Vatican official criticizes US bishops on abortion

Archbishop Raymond Burke, the former St. Louis prelate who now leads the Vatican supreme court, said President Barack Obama "could be an agent of death" if his support for abortion rights becomes a model for leaders in other countries.

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Anglican head warns against conservative challenge

The spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans raised questions Monday about the legitimacy of plans to create a global network of conservative Anglicans that would challenge his authority and the teachings of liberal North American churches.

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Pope returns to old way of distributing Communion

A papal aide says Pope Benedict XVI intends to return to the old way of distributing Communion at Masses.

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Bishop Would Deny Communion to Giuliani

Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Burke, who made headlines last presidential season by saying he'd refuse Holy Communion to John Kerry, has his eye on Rudy Giuliani this year. Giuliani's response: "Archbishops have a right to their opinion."

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Lesbian Couple in Wyo. Denied Communion

Leah Vader and Lynne Huskinson, a lesbian couple who got married in Canada last August, sent a letter recently to their state legislator decrying a Wyoming bill that would deny recognition of same-sex marriages. The lawmaker read the letter on the floor of the Legislature.

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Rocked by sex and pedophilia scandals, the Catholic church has been losing members by the millions.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.

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"In light of the Church's clear teaching, and your consistent actions, therefore, I believe it is inappropriate for you to be receiving Holy Communion and I now ask respectfully that you refrain from doing so."

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During Holy Communion, a priest dropped a piece of the wafer on the floor. He put it in to a dish with holy water, believing that this would cleanse and dissolve it.

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Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley last night issued a forceful defense of his decision to participate in the funeral of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, an appearance that has drawn sharp criticism from some conservative Catholics because of Kennedy's ardent support for abortion rights.

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He was, at the same time, the scion of the most storied Catholic family in American history, and the bane of the Catholic right.

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An Italian priest has pleaded guilty to drunk driving while blaming the Holy Wine he drank at mass for the bust.

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Bess writes Swine flu worry is afflicting religious worship this weekend reports Pew Forum. Pastors are now grappling with liturgical health issues such as whether Communion chalices, used to offer wine to the congregation in general, may risk transmitting the virus.

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A Catholic website is launching a petition that targets Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling on church leaders to discipline them by withholding communion because they "not only disregard the Church's teachings … but actively and publicly promote pol …

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Items hidden away for decades could be a blessing for one New England congregation. Ten silver beakers, cups once used for communion, were kept in a safe at the First Parish Church in Cohasset for more than 50 years and very few even knew about them.

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Federal marshals moved four accused illegal immigrants from the Hammond City Jail after the police chief clashed with the immigrants' priest, family and attorneys over whether their could receive Holy Communion.

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"Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man," wrote A.E. Houseman.

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FORT WORTH, Texas (Catholic Online) - Much of the Christian world has prayed fervently and mourned grievously as members of the global Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church have suffered from the wounds against the ancient faith occasioned by the internal struggles between  …

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A priest at a South Carolina Roman Catholic church says his parishioners shouldn't take Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because of the Democrat's stance on abortion.

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Irked by pro-choice Democrats who tout their Catholicism, the archbishop of Washington is chiding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for misstating church history and the archbishop of Denver is warning vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden not to take Communion.

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Word spread like wildfire in Catholic circles: Douglas Kmiec, a staunch Republican, firm foe of abortion and veteran of the Reagan Justice Department, had been denied Communion.

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Douglas Kmiec, a staunch Republican, firm foe of abortion and veteran of the Reagan Justice Department, had been denied Communion.

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Hey, Rudy: Taking Holy Communion at the papal Mass was a sin. An angry Edward Cardinal Egan pounded New York's pro-choice former Mayor Rudy Giuliani from his Internet pulpit on Monday for taking the Eucharist at Pope Benedict's historic Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

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Twice-divorced former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani took Communion at a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict on Saturday, breaching rules that bar those who remarry outside the Church from doing so.

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Twice-divorced former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani took Communion at a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict on Saturday, breaching rules that bar those who remarry outside the Church from doing so.

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A Story that bears Repeating Involving False Teeth

Some stories are just meant to be shared, or make you wish that the teller of said story had caught the event described on video. The following actually happened to my grandmother last weekend....

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After St. Louis University basketball coach, Rick Majerus, made comments concerning his position on stem cell research, St. Louis Archbishop, Raymond Burke, has said he would deny Majerus holy Communion and that St. Louis University staff should discipline Burke.

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The Episcopal Church enters the new millenium miles ahead of other religions. But again, politics rears its ugly head. Next month bishops will meet to decide whether or not they will continue to allow openly gay priests to serve the church.

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