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German nun beatified: was '19th century Mother Teresa'
Trier, Germany - The Catholic Church in Germany on Sunday beatified Mother Rosa Flesch (1826-1906), a nun who devoted her life to the poor and sick, with Cardinal Joachim Meisner describing her as a 19th century Mother Teresa. Like the Albanian-born ...

[Posted on : 2008-05-04 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Vatican: Pope's exclusion from 'most influential' list, is good
Vatican City - US news magazine Time has left out Pope Benedict XVI from its list of the world's 100 Most Influential People, but far from being piqued, the Vatican has welcomed the pontiff's exclusion. I am very pleased that the Pope is not on th...

[Posted on : 2008-05-02 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope to holiday in Australia ahead of World Youth Day
Sydney - Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit Australia July 12-21, taking a holiday before his pastoral visit for the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Day in Sydney, officials said Friday. The 81-year-old German pontiff's overseas trip, the third thi...

[Posted on : 2008-05-02 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Vandals hit major Jewish cemetery in Berlin for second night
Berlin - Vandals have returned to the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery in suburban Berlin for a second night running, desecrating and knocking over tombstones, German police said Wednesday. The extensive walled cemetery, established in 1880, survived the S...

[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope to visit Australia from July 12 to 21
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Australia from July 12 to 21 the Vatican said Wednesday. The dates for the pastoral visit for the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Days in Sydney, were included in a calendar of events issued by the Vati...

[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope Benedict XVI meets Iranian delegation - Summary
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI met Wednesday a high-level Iranian Shiite Muslim delegation visiting the Vatican for bi-lateral talks on the theme Faith and Reason in Christianity and Islam . Benedict was particularly satisfied with the choice of ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Pope Benedict XVI to meet Iranian delegation
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled later Wednesday to meet a delegation representing Iran's Shiite Muslim religious majority. Both Iran and the Vatican have religious governments, so there are many issues the two states have in common, s...

[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Iran to counter Dutch anti-Islam video with two documentaries
Tehran - Iran is to counter the anti-Islamic video Fitna (Discord) made by Dutch legislator Geert Wilders with two documentary films, Fars news agency reported Monday. The Iranian films are titled Reply to Fitna and Beyond Fitna and aimed at what the...

[Posted on : 2008-04-28 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Bulgaria's Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter
Sofia - Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on Sunday celebrated Easter with church services and folk festivals. Maxim, the 93-year-old patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, led the traditional resurrection mass in the capital Sofia at midnight as ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-27 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

More than 100,000 Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter in Moscow
Moscow - More than 100,000 Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter in the 700 or so churches of the Russian capital Sunday. Many politicians and intellectuals also attended the Easter service in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the seat of ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-27 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

 



 

 


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