Path to Sainthood Gets Steeper (Religion News)
Posted by Jose on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: religious products
Pope John Paul II beatified more saints than all other popes combined. Now the Vatican will make the road to sainthood more difficult. Father James Martin, acting publisher of the Jesuit magazine America, talks with Madeleine Brand about the increased restrictions on beatification.
Pope John Paul II beatified more saints than all other popes combined. Now the Vatican will make the road to sainthood more difficult. Father James Martin, acting publisher of the Jesuit magazine America, talks with Madeleine Brand about the increased restrictions on beatification.
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In the six and a half years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal law-enforcement agencies have secretly established profiling techniques to screen immigrants based on their nationalities, protocols that critics charge encourage the unjustified targeting of Muslims. read more…
Muslim representatives and Vatican officials meet Tuesday for talks that will hopefully lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting later this year focusing on terrorism. The meetings are an attempt to improve relations after a 2006 speech by Pope Benedict XVI in which he quoted an ancient emperor’s criticism of Islam.
Muslim representatives and Vatican officials meet Tuesday for talks that will hopefully lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting later this year focusing on terrorism. The meetings are an attempt to improve relations after a 2006 speech by Pope Benedict XVI in which he quoted an ancient emperor’s criticism of Islam.
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The Vatican and a delegation of Muslim scholars have agreed to start a permanent dialogue to discuss theological, social and political issues. The Catholic Muslim forum will meet every two years, alternating between Rome and a Muslim country. Pope Benedict will attend the first forum in November.
The Vatican and a delegation of Muslim scholars have agreed to start a permanent dialogue to discuss theological, social and political issues. The Catholic Muslim forum will meet every two years, alternating between Rome and a Muslim country. Pope Benedict will attend the first forum in November.
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After almost five years of war, many young people in Iraq, exhausted by constant firsthand exposure to the violence of religious extremism, say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they preach. read more…
St. Patrick’s Day falls during Holy Week this year. The conflict was too much for bishops in Ireland, so they decided to move the feast date in honor of St Patrick, the national saint. Secular St. Patrick’s celebrations, however, will continue right on schedule.
St. Patrick’s Day falls during Holy Week this year. The conflict was too much for bishops in Ireland, so they decided to move the feast date in honor of St Patrick, the national saint. Secular St. Patrick’s celebrations, however, will continue right on schedule.
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A revolt over capital punishment is brewing among Brooklyn’s federal judges, who are appealing to Attorney General Mukasey to stem the rising number of death penalty trials over which they must preside. read more…
American shock jocks, dirty tricks masterminds and political bloggers: Beware the wrath of an 86-year-old Kenyan villager. read more…
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