Christian News Articles

14 March 2010, 3:32 pm

Zenit.org ).- Here is a Vatican translation of an interview with Monsignor Charles Scicluna, who handles cases brought against abusive priests for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which...

14 March 2010, 3:31 pm

By Nicole Winfield ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Sunday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church i...

14 March 2010, 3:25 pm

Interview with the head of investigations into paedophile priests. The figures of the phenomenon (300 in 10 years), and "false and libellous" attempts against Pope Benedict XVI and the Church accused ...

14 March 2010, 3:25 pm

Vatican City - An invitation to meditate on the parable of the "prodigal son", in which we are reflected in "the two children and especially, in which we contemplate the heart of the Fa...

14 March 2010, 3:24 pm

BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. missionary released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho. Twenty-four-year-old Charisa Coulter arrived at the Boise Airport Saturday night whe...

14 March 2010, 2:05 pm

By Father John Flynn, LCROME, MARCH 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- There is an increasing move away from the death penalty, according to participants in a recent congress. From Feb. 24-26, campaigners against...

14 March 2010, 2:05 pm

Zenit.org ).- Here is the text of an address given by Monsignor Fortunatus Nwachukwu, head of protocol for the Holy See's Secretariat of State, at a theological convention on the theme "Faithfuln...

14 March 2010, 2:03 pm

BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday and gave Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: call elections within 24 hours or face crippling mass demonstratio

14 March 2010, 1:26 pm

A statement by the Catholic Church said Cardinal Sean Brady, who was then a priest and part-time secretary to the late Bishop of Kilmore Francis McKiernan, had attended the 1975 meetings at the direct...

14 March 2010, 1:24 pm

Rome - A World War II bomb discovered during construction of a new station for high-speed trains in central Rome was defused Sunday after nearby homes were evacuated, the ANSA news agency reported. ...

14 March 2010, 8:58 am

Ireland should consider standing down over revelations that he knew about an alleged cover-up involving the country's most notorious paedophile priest, child abuse victims said today.Cardinal Sean Bra...

14 March 2010, 8:16 am

WASHINGTON – A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which pro-life lawmakers could play a decisive role.

14 March 2010, 8:16 am

In a lawsuit filed by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Ohio's high court ruled that the law does not infringe on the free-speech rights of adults. Phil Burress, president of 

14 March 2010, 8:09 am

The Catholic Church across Europe has become swept up in the scandals. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and...

14 March 2010, 6:55 am

In an interview on Vatican Radio, Lombardi suggested that the pope was the victim of a "tenacious plot" to implicate him in Munich sex abuse cases."It's rather clear that in recent days there have bee...

14 March 2010, 6:26 am

have reported that Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican official in charge of prosecuting priests alleged to have committed serious sexual crimes, has defended the Pope in a widening child abuse s...

14 March 2010, 6:22 am

Cardinal Sean Brady was one of three priests who failed to report allegations of sex abuse by Fr Brendan Smyth to gardaí, it has been revealed.The victims met with the then Fr Brady in 1975 and were ...

14 March 2010, 5:40 am

"It was just like I've dreamed of," Kevorkian said. Except the shot dipped into the basket and dipped out. De La Salle-Concord had survived a memorable 59-56 CIF Northern California Division I semif...

14 March 2010, 5:32 am

Daily Mail reported on Sunday.According to the dissenters, led by German journalist Gabriele Weber, the dossier may contain information that shows Eichmann’s post-war escape from the country was aid...

14 March 2010, 4:57 am

(AP) — LONG BEACH, New York - In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Po...

14 March 2010, 4:51 am

14 March 2010, 4:51 am

Regis Jesuit players celebrate Saturday night at CU's Coors Events Center after the Raiders repeated as Class 5A boys state champions. "It's a special group of guys," Regis coach Ken Shaw said.

14 March 2010, 4:11 am

Twentythree Coptic Christians were injured by Muslim extremists Friday after an attack on a church community centre said an Egyptian bishop

14 March 2010, 3:20 am

Pope Benedict XVI's spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has blasted reports saying the Bishop of Rome allowed a paedophile priest to continue with the ministry during his stint as archbishop of Munich.

14 March 2010, 3:20 am

(RTTNews) - Italians in huge numbers on Saturday took to the streets in Rome to protest against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government. The protest called by the opposition accuse him of alter...

14 March 2010, 1:55 am

-- San Ramon Valley-Danville reserve guard Connor Kevorkian stole the ball in the corner, turned and took a three-pointer at the game's buzzer.

14 March 2010, 1:39 am

Twenty people, both Coptic Christians and Muslim, were also arrested in Friday's troubles, the official said. Fighting broke out in the northwestern province of Mersa Matrouh when Muslim residents beg...

14 March 2010, 12:56 am

MEMRI: Special Dispatch| 2854 | March 12, 2010 Hamas/Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project/Islam & the West Hamas Sermon in Gaza on Al-Aqsa TV: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam The following are excerpt...

14 March 2010, 12:08 am

TACOMA — Yaz Fuller didn't want to walk back on the floor. "Seventh place!" she said in disgust after her Kennedy Catholic team lost to Seattle Prep Saturday for a disappointing finish to the s...

13 March 2010, 11:37 pm

FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Joe Hegarty scored 18 points to lead Faith Christian to its third consecutive state boys basketball title with a 57-47 win over Aspen in the Class 3A final Saturday night. De...

13 March 2010, 10:59 pm

Bears star guard Alexis Gray-Lawson hit her head hard on the floor with five minutes left and lay nearly motionless for 15 minutes. But she was conscious and talking with medical personnel, coach Joan...

13 March 2010, 10:20 pm

LONG BEACH, N.Y. — In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII h...

13 March 2010, 10:15 pm

(AP) — FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Taylor Helbig scored 17 points and Holy Family won its third straight state girls basketball championship with a 45-29 victory over cold-shooting Colorado Springs ...

13 March 2010, 10:15 pm

(AP) — LONG BEACH, N.Y. - In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope P...

13 March 2010, 9:13 pm

Being brought up in a fundamentalist Bible church I can remember being given Chick tracts to read. I don't think we had them at home, but you'd pick one up at church or at some Christian event. Their ...

13 March 2010, 8:56 pm

CAIRO — Muslims attacked a community center and burned several homes belonging to Coptic Christians in northwestern Egypt over the weekend, injuring 23 people, in a rampage that a local bishop s...

13 March 2010, 8:42 pm

Spare a thought for the typical Catholic priest. His image has been blackened by successive child abuse scandals, first in Ireland and America, now in Germany, Holland and Italy. His vocation is vanis...

13 March 2010, 7:44 pm

WASHINGTON - A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive rol...

13 March 2010, 5:50 pm

Pope Benedict XVI meets head of German Bishops' Conference, Robert Zollitsch in his office to discuss abuse allegations involving the German Catholic Church on March 12, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican.

13 March 2010, 5:41 pm

In this photo released by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets Archbishop Robert Zollitsch during an audience in his private library at the Vatican, Friday, March 12,...

13 March 2010, 4:05 pm

(AP) — LONG BEACH, N.Y. - In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope P...

13 March 2010, 3:53 pm

said. "It is clear that these efforts have failed," he said on Radio Vatican. On Friday, the pope's former diocese of Munich confirmed a report that, as an archbishop in 1980, the ...

13 March 2010, 3:17 pm

In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII has an unusual defender.

13 March 2010, 3:07 pm

LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) -- In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII h...

13 March 2010, 3:06 pm

LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) -- In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII h...

13 March 2010, 2:46 pm

A retired Jewish businessman from Long Island finds himself in the middle of a decades-long debate over whether Pope Pius XII could have done more to save the Jews from the Holocaust.

13 March 2010, 2:01 pm

A Christian legal group filed an appeal this week to fight a ban against a church meeting in homes. The Gilbert, Ariz., church was ordered to stop all activities, including Bible studies, leadership meetings and fellowship.

13 March 2010, 12:07 pm

Moroccan authorities deported more than 40 foreign Christian aid workers this week in an ongoing, nationwide crackdown.

13 March 2010, 9:32 am

The Lutheran World Federation added more than 1.5 million new members to its member churches last year, according to the latest report.

13 March 2010, 8:32 am

The head of the largest ecumenical body in the world sent condolences this week after receiving news that Egypt’s top Sunni Islam cleric had died after suffering a heart attack.

13 March 2010, 8:07 am

For the third year in a row Christian sisterrocktrio Everlife has headed overseas for a European concert tour

13 March 2010, 8:03 am

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and General Secretary of the Methodist Church Rev Dr Martyn Atkins have backed the development of regional support teams

13 March 2010, 5:59 am

Twenty-three Coptic Christians were injured by Muslim extremists Friday after an attack on a church community center, said an Egyptian Bishop.

13 March 2010, 5:53 am

Over the last 20 years, support for legal abortion has continued to drop among young adults, a new Gallup poll shows.

13 March 2010, 5:01 am

Sinead OConnor has hit out at the Vatican after a Catholic bishop appealed to parishioners to help the Church meet the costs of compensating victims of child abuse

13 March 2010, 4:04 am

The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland has welcomed Tuesdays historic vote to devolve police and justice powers to Northern Ireland

13 March 2010, 3:32 am

Bill Johnson and Mark Stibbe are set to bring healing to Bristol at the Release2010 conference this May

13 March 2010, 2:48 am

The United States accused China of various human rights abuses in its new State Department report including the disappearance of several Christian leaders

13 March 2010, 2:40 am

Thousands of Nigerian women dressed in black and carrying Bibles wooden crosses pictures of victims and branches symbolising peace marched in a central Nigerian state on Thursday to protest the massacre of about 500 villagers who were mostly women and children

12 March 2010, 6:58 pm

The U.S. Department of State said Friday that is “increasingly concerned” about the ongoing persecution of religious minority communities in Iran.

12 March 2010, 6:41 pm

The board of the international body that manages Web addresses will not decide until June whether or not to approve the latest proposal for a “.xxx” top-level domain.

12 March 2010, 4:22 pm

A friend emailed a copy of a January 17, 2010 article in The Sun News, a paper out of Myrtle Beach, SC, that trumpeted a Barna survey allegedly showing that ”born again” Christians suffer the highest rates of divorce and atheists/agnostics the lowest.

12 March 2010, 1:53 pm

The Texas State Board of Education voted on Friday to approve new standards for social studies classes. The 11-4 vote was a preliminary approval

12 March 2010, 11:36 am

The United States accused China of various human rights abuses in its new State Department report, including the disappearance of several Christian leaders.

12 March 2010, 11:20 am

“Okay, I’m done talking about evangelism. Now we are going to do it.”

12 March 2010, 11:20 am

The environment social engagement diakonia and migration are just some of the issues that European Lutherans will be considering when they come together in Bratislava Slovakia this week

12 March 2010, 11:07 am

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was yesterday presented with the Russian Order of Friendship for his outstanding contribution to the cooperation and friendly relations between Russia and the UK

12 March 2010, 10:48 am

The former Bishop of Rochester is encouraging Christians to tell politicians about their concerns over being marginalised in the marketplace