<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - bishop</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/bishop</link><description>Newsvine - bishop</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:58:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:09:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Half-naked woman's Pope spoof irks bishop</title>
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The Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh has called on Carnegie Mellon University to take action against a female student who marched naked from the waist down and passed out condoms while dressed as the Pope during a parade organized by the school&rsquo;s arts department.
University&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987172-half-naked-womans-pope-spoof-irks-bishop</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987172-half-naked-womans-pope-spoof-irks-bishop</guid><category>college</category><category>naked</category><category>bishop</category><category>religion</category><category>police</category><category>half</category><category>woman</category><category>university</category><category>charges</category><category>pope</category><category>pittsburgh</category><category>fun</category><category>condom</category><category>spoof</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:52:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater3FB8CA17-3EBB-8F73-0BEA-45A9915638C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater3FB8CA17-3EBB-8F73-0BEA-45A9915638C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mormon Bishop Scares Off Attacker With Samurai Sword</title>
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When Kent Hendrix woke up yesterday to his teenage son telling him someone was being attacked in front of their house, he did what any self-respecting Mormon bishop/martial arts instructor/fourth-degree black belt holder/weapons collector would do: He grabbed his Samurai sword,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914738-mormon-bishop-scares-off-attacker-with-samurai-sword</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914738-mormon-bishop-scares-off-attacker-with-samurai-sword</guid><category>mormon</category><category>attack</category><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>police</category><category>thief</category><category>sword</category><category>samurai</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:44:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterE357FD2C-2313-2AFD-CFE2-2F918478B85B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterE357FD2C-2313-2AFD-CFE2-2F918478B85B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Samurai sword-wielding Mormon  bishop comes to aid of woman being attacked | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Very Cool Bishop! And honorable weapon for a most worthy hero.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885482-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-of-woman-being-attacked-fox-news</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885482-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-of-woman-being-attacked-fox-news</guid><category>of</category><category>mormon</category><category>aid</category><category>bishop</category><category>attacked</category><category>to</category><category>woman</category><category>more</category><category>comes</category><category>us-news</category><category>read</category><category>samurai</category><category>being</category><category>sword-wielding</category><category>http-www-foxnews-com-us-2013-04-23-samurai-sword-wielding-mormon-bishop-comes-to-aid-woman-being-att</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:35:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeCC3EB8B0-8940-D807-F170-083F6021176B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeCC3EB8B0-8940-D807-F170-083F6021176B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tip Leads to Return of Stolen California Rock Art - Archaeology Magazine</title>
<description><![CDATA[
BISHOP, CALIFORNIA&mdash;An anonymous tip has led to the recovery of a series of 3,500-year-old rock carvings that had been stolen from a sacred Native American site in California&rsquo;s Sierra Nevada.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[kpr37]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[kpr37]]></source><link>http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812678-tip-leads-to-return-of-stolen-california-rock-art-archaeology-magazine</link><guid>http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812678-tip-leads-to-return-of-stolen-california-rock-art-archaeology-magazine</guid><category>bishop</category><category>california</category><category>sierra-nevada</category><category>us-news</category><category>archaeology</category><category>native-americans</category><category>rock-carvings</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 02:23:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Turkey: Driver gets 15 years in bishop killing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer says the driver of a Roman Catholic bishop in Turkey has been convicted of stabbing him to death and sentenced to 15 years in prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661885-turkey-driver-gets-15-years-in-bishop-killing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661885-turkey-driver-gets-15-years-in-bishop-killing</guid><category>eu</category><category>turkey</category><category>bishop</category><category>slain</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German court convicts Holocaust-denying bishop</title>
<description><![CDATA[A German court has fined an ultraconservative British bishop (EURO)1,800 ($2,400) for denying the Holocaust in a television interview.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16546539-german-court-convicts-holocaust-denying-bishop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16546539-german-court-convicts-holocaust-denying-bishop</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>bishop</category><category>holocaust</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:47:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope taps New York vicar for Camden, NJ, bishop</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pope has named a new bishop for Camden, New Jersey, after agreeing to let Bishop Joseph Galante retire a few months early because of his ailing health.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16410760-pope-taps-new-york-vicar-for-camden-nj-bishop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16410760-pope-taps-new-york-vicar-for-camden-nj-bishop</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>bishop</category><category>world-news</category><category>camden-bishop</category><category>bishop-joseph-galante</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:34:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Gay Anglican Bishop Reflects on Tenure in NH - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson says he chafed for several years at being branded the first openly gay bishop of the Anglican Church until he realized that he was wasting a pulpit from which he could advocate for equality
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250753-first-gay-anglican-bishop-reflects-on-tenure-in-nh-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250753-first-gay-anglican-bishop-reflects-on-tenure-in-nh-abc-news</guid><category>on</category><category>in</category><category>first</category><category>bishop</category><category>gay</category><category>nh</category><category>anglican</category><category>tenure</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62120198EB-A60D-5775-EBA4-406648A58242.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62120198EB-A60D-5775-EBA4-406648A58242.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First gay Anglican bishop reflects on tenure in NH</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson says he chafed for several years at being branded the first openly gay bishop of the Anglican Church until he realized that he was wasting a pulpit from which he could advocate for equality.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynne Tuohy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lynne Tuohy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250690-first-gay-anglican-bishop-reflects-on-tenure-in-nh</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250690-first-gay-anglican-bishop-reflects-on-tenure-in-nh</guid><category>us</category><category>bishop</category><category>nh</category><category>anglican-church</category><category>us-news</category><category>episcopal-bishop</category><category>new-hampshire-episcopal-bishop-gene-robinson</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:21:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ccaf76d8-4fa2-46af-8059-f66e5b5307e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="327" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ccaf76d8-4fa2-46af-8059-f66e5b5307e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Concord, N.H., the world's first openly gay Episcopal bishop, Gene Robinson, poses for a photo at the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. He retires from his post Jan. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dixon, 2nd female bishop in Episcopal Church, dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Holmes Dixon, who became a priest in her late 40s and later became the second female bishop in the Episcopal Church, has died. She was 75.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16213827-dixon-2nd-female-bishop-in-episcopal-church-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16213827-dixon-2nd-female-bishop-in-episcopal-church-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>female-bishop</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mexico bishop inspires, infuriates with activism</title>
<description><![CDATA[The white-haired bishop stepped before some 7,000 faithful gathered in a baseball stadium in this violence-plagued northern border state. He led the gathering through the rituals of his Mass, reciting prayers echoed back by the massive crowd. And then his voice rose.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Sherman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Sherman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16146356-mexico-bishop-inspires-infuriates-with-activism</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16146356-mexico-bishop-inspires-infuriates-with-activism</guid><category>mexico</category><category>ap</category><category>bishop</category><category>world-news</category><category>outspoken</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:22:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=142cf857-93e0-43d6-9f41-1bfb3ff23871.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=142cf857-93e0-43d6-9f41-1bfb3ff23871.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Dec. 22, 1999 file photo shows Bishop Raul Vera in San Cristobal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Vera arrived in Saltillo as Bishop in 2000, with a reputation as a social crusader. Veras realm is a wide swath of Coahuila, a state bordering Texas thats become a hideout for the brutal Zetas cartel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=139f4979-905f-4f50-bbae-794640a4135f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=139f4979-905f-4f50-bbae-794640a4135f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 10, 1998 file photo, Bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas, Samuel Ruiz, right, and auxiliary Bishop Raul Vera give a blessing at the Tzeltal Indian community of Chanal in the Chiapas highlands of Mexico. Vera arrived in Saltillo as Bishop in 2000, with a reputation as a social crusader. Marked by his unvarnished speech, Vera's voice now carries beyond his diocese here, especially when he weighs in on issues such as drug violence, vulnerable immigrants and gay rights. (AP Photo/Pasqual Gorriz, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>China revokes new Shanghai Catholic bishop's title</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a fresh challenge to Vatican authority, China has revoked the title of a new Catholic bishop in Shanghai who outraged Chinese officials by immediately dropping out of the government agency that oversees the country's officially sanctioned church, religious officials said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15856152-china-revokes-new-shanghai-catholic-bishops-title</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15856152-china-revokes-new-shanghai-catholic-bishops-title</guid><category>new</category><category>china</category><category>bishop</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>as-china</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:12:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swaziland gets first female Anglican bishop</title>
<description><![CDATA[As the Church of England weighs whether it will allow women to become bishops, the Anglican Church has ordained its first female bishop in Africa.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phathizwe-Chief Zulu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phathizwe-Chief Zulu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282496-swaziland-gets-first-female-anglican-bishop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282496-swaziland-gets-first-female-anglican-bishop</guid><category>bishop</category><category>anglican-church</category><category>world-news</category><category>swaziland</category><category>af</category><category>female-bishop</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:20:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Obama &quot;October Surprise&quot; To Trump The Don's Rehashed &quot;Scandal?&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;is right about Team Obama&rsquo;s October Surprise, then, yes, it&rsquo;s juicy.
We previewed the torrid tales about Mitt Romney&rsquo;s oppressive, insulting, and over-zealous crusade against Mormon women in last week&rsquo;s post:&nbsp;&lsquo;Romn&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14669000-obama-october-surprise-to-trump-the-dons-rehashed-scandal</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14669000-obama-october-surprise-to-trump-the-dons-rehashed-scandal</guid><category>mormon</category><category>abortion</category><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>divorce</category><category>staples</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>adoption</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>obama</category><category>pregnancy</category><category>testimony</category><category>termination</category><category>gloria-allred</category><category>divorce-papers</category><category>gag-order</category><category>october-surprise</category><category>unseal</category><category>medical-reasons</category><category>does-mitt-romney</category><category>tom-stemberg</category><category>carrel-hilton-sheldon</category><category>does-romney-support-abortion-for-medical-reasons</category><category>termination-for-mothers-health</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:53:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499857B6664-B0CA-B2A8-1C23-697CAE8EA448.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499857B6664-B0CA-B2A8-1C23-697CAE8EA448.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Parrot wants to be president!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Romney reminds me of a gift I gave my wife many years ago.&nbsp; The toy was a toucan.&nbsp; When you spoke to the toucan it repeated exactly what you said.&nbsp; Well today you saw that Romney has no plan no independent ideas he just wants to be president.&nbsp; Well the Mormon &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ex military Republican]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ex military Republican]]></source><link>http://tinkledowntheory.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14629088-the-parrot-wants-to-be-president</link><guid>http://tinkledowntheory.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14629088-the-parrot-wants-to-be-president</guid><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>mimic</category><category>not-presidential</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:40:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chilean bishop suspected of abusing minors resigns</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pope on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a Chilean bishop who is under investigation by the Vatican for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317630-chilean-bishop-suspected-of-abusing-minors-resigns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317630-chilean-bishop-suspected-of-abusing-minors-resigns</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>bishop</category><category>chile</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jim Lehrer: Ask Mitt Romney If He Stands By Mormonism's Views Of Women  </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Given the church&rsquo;s history of political activism, and Romney&rsquo;s prominent role in the church, it seems bizarre that he&rsquo;s yet to address the issue at all&mdash;a perverse instance of religious tolerance leaving questions about gender discrimination unasked and u&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14182554-jim-lehrer-ask-mitt-romney-if-he-stands-by-mormonisms-views-of-women</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14182554-jim-lehrer-ask-mitt-romney-if-he-stands-by-mormonisms-views-of-women</guid><category>mormon</category><category>church</category><category>women</category><category>debate</category><category>election</category><category>discrimination</category><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>priest</category><category>gender</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>lds</category><category>priesthood</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:31:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama387A2234-97B1-888A-3D17-44CAD5FCE26A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama387A2234-97B1-888A-3D17-44CAD5FCE26A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Newark Archbishop: Catholics Who Support Gay Marriage Should Not Receive Holy Communion and Consider Where Candidates Stand On It And Abortion - AP  CBS New York</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myers released a statement for Catholics to consider where political candidates stand on abortion and marriage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greenwood10]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greenwood10]]></source><link>http://greenwood10.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14101241-newark-archbishop-catholics-who-support-gay-marriage-should-not-receive-holy-communion-and-consider-where-candidates-stand-on-it-and-abortion-ap-cbs-new-york</link><guid>http://greenwood10.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14101241-newark-archbishop-catholics-who-support-gay-marriage-should-not-receive-holy-communion-and-consider-where-candidates-stand-on-it-and-abortion-ap-cbs-new-york</guid><category>ap</category><category>new-york</category><category>bishop</category><category>marriage</category><category>gay</category><category>stewart</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>cbs</category><category>associated-press</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>liberals</category><category>conservative</category><category>bergen</category><category>cbs-broadcasting</category><category>eye-logo-tm</category><category>american-catholics</category><category>garden-state-equality</category><category>archbishop-myers</category><category>roman-bergen-record</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:28:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Greenwood103117A0A3-F129-BB4C-C1CC-79A515899F23.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Greenwood103117A0A3-F129-BB4C-C1CC-79A515899F23.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney's Role as Mormon Bishop Shows His Extremist Religious Beliefs </title>
<description><![CDATA[Forbidding endangered women to have abortions, forbidding couples to adopt unless the wife quits her job and becomes a full-time mother, excommunicating people for having sex outside of marriage, and more.  Thatt is just a small taste of some of the other things Mitt Romney has&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14032501-mitt-romneys-role-as-mormon-bishop-shows-his-extremist-religious-beliefs</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14032501-mitt-romneys-role-as-mormon-bishop-shows-his-extremist-religious-beliefs</guid><category>women</category><category>abortion</category><category>election</category><category>bishop</category><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>gop</category><category>pregnant</category><category>sexism</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>pro-life</category><category>conservative</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>misogyny</category><category>unwed</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>miormon</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:11:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosramaBA4E3039-8035-9C1A-598D-32F43F1DE461.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosramaBA4E3039-8035-9C1A-598D-32F43F1DE461.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Catholic Bishop Convicted for Failing to Report Priest in Child Sex Abuse Case</title>
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. &mdash;
The  first American bishop criminally charged in the clergy sex abuse  scandal was found guilty Thursday of a misdemeanor count of failing to  report suspected child abuse, a conviction that extends the struggle of  Roman Catholic leaders to restore tr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13725017-catholic-bishop-convicted-for-failing-to-report-priest-in-child-sex-abuse-case</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/07/13725017-catholic-bishop-convicted-for-failing-to-report-priest-in-child-sex-abuse-case</guid><category>bishop</category><category>training</category><category>religion</category><category>man</category><category>crime</category><category>fine</category><category>priest</category><category>catholic</category><category>probation</category><category>convicted</category><category>child-sex-abuse</category><category>failure-to-report</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:29:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467821B8C6F-6C3A-5C13-04B8-BCA762B37F65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="130" width="188" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467821B8C6F-6C3A-5C13-04B8-BCA762B37F65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bishop's conviction intensifies calls to step down</title>
<description><![CDATA[Calls for Bishop Robert Finn's resignation intensified a day after he became the highest-ranking U.S. church official to be convicted of a crime related to the child sexual abuse scandal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13687077-bishops-conviction-intensifies-calls-to-step-down</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13687077-bishops-conviction-intensifies-calls-to-step-down</guid><category>us</category><category>bishop</category><category>charged</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>catholic</category><category>us-news</category><category>catholic-bishop</category><category>bishop-robert-finn</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2012 21:25:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09ed17b7-20e7-419b-ba63-383fabeab4c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09ed17b7-20e7-419b-ba63-383fabeab4c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011, file photo, Bishop Robert Finn, of Kansas City, Mo., leaves a meeting at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Prosecutors and attorneys for Finn and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph have agreed to have a judge hear their case Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, weeks before their scheduled jury trial date. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a324dd6-49b4-4df9-a195-72667857c81f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a324dd6-49b4-4df9-a195-72667857c81f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph appears in court during in a bench trial Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo. Following a short non-jury trial, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge John Torrence convicted Finn of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspicions of child abuse but acquitted him on another count of failing to report. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Tammy Ljungblad, Pool)\&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d9fbfad-40be-4c5f-93f9-f00eab8e8fe7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d9fbfad-40be-4c5f-93f9-f00eab8e8fe7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph addresses the judge during in a bench trial Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo. Following a short non-jury trial, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge John Torrence convicted Finn of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspicions of child abuse but acquitted him on another count of failing to report. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Tammy Ljungblad, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3de12251-5e7a-4ad8-94d8-2cf2cbbf27ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3de12251-5e7a-4ad8-94d8-2cf2cbbf27ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph appears during a bench trial Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo. Following a short non-jury trial, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge John Torrence convicted Finn of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspicions of child abuse but acquitted him on another count of failing to report. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Tammy Ljungblad, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bishop hits up flock to beat Referendum 74 </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Yakima is hitting up worshipers in the pews of his 41 parishes to donate money to defeat Referendum 74, the same-sex-marriage measure on Washington&rsquo;s November election ballot.The Rt. Rev. Joseph Tyson, in a letter to pastors, deliverer 14 talk&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13504403-bishop-hits-up-flock-to-beat-referendum-74</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13504403-bishop-hits-up-flock-to-beat-referendum-74</guid><category>washington</category><category>bishop</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>catholic</category><category>tyson</category><category>republican</category><category>yakima</category><category>conservative</category><category>same-sex</category><category>referendum-74</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:56:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama7C23CB9B-421A-D3AC-160C-FB2017EE5E98.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama7C23CB9B-421A-D3AC-160C-FB2017EE5E98.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Controversy over Shanghai bishop continues to brew</title>
<description><![CDATA[Classes have been delayed indefinitely at a Shanghai Catholic seminary caught in the middle of a struggle between Chinese priests and the Communist Party-controlled church over the appointment of a bishop, a staff member and media report said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13406289-controversy-over-shanghai-bishop-continues-to-brew</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13406289-controversy-over-shanghai-bishop-continues-to-brew</guid><category>new</category><category>china</category><category>bishop</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>communist-party-controlled</category><category>shanghai-catholic</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:56:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The entrance to St. Mary Elementary School in Janesville, Wisconsin has two identical archways with contrasting inscriptions. One entrance says, "For God." The other says, "For Country." Portals at St. Mary School
That is where Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, U.S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13314351-vp-role-for-paul-ryan-has-his-former-parish-priest-worried</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13314351-vp-role-for-paul-ryan-has-his-former-parish-priest-worried</guid><category>bishop</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>priest</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>vice-president</category><category>janesville</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>path-to-prosperity</category><category>wi-house-budget-committee</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:03:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousgFBDFA8D6-C4B4-5179-063B-CD6BA2842B8C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousgFBDFA8D6-C4B4-5179-063B-CD6BA2842B8C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Kansas City priest has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography counts in a case that led to misdemeanor criminal charges against his bishop and diocese.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13101357-priest-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13101357-priest-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges</guid><category>bishop</category><category>man</category><category>charges</category><category>federal</category><category>crime</category><category>priest</category><category>us-news</category><category>child-porn</category><category>guilty</category><category>child-sex-abuse</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>diocese</category><category>pleads</category><category>crimes-against-children</category><category>midemeanor</category><category>failure-to-report</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:22:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467EA770D17-F3E7-7084-B737-2F45DF402B59.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467EA770D17-F3E7-7084-B737-2F45DF402B59.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>