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Vatican besieged by leaks, conspiracies
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI....
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Religion briefs for Feb. 11, 2012
News and events from Central Virginia churches.
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US sex abuse lawsuit against Vatican dismissed
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have asked a court to dismiss their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants....
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Church ad urges prayer for last-place Canadiens
MONTREAL (AP) -- It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team....
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Vatican says no Iran trip planned
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI receives many invitations and that a trip to Lebanon is under consideration but that there are no plans for a visit to Iran....
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Plea averts trial in NY Hasidic firebomb case
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A guilty plea has averted a trial in an attempted murder case that brought unusual attention to a religious dispute in a Jewish enclave in New York....
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German court rejects Jewish ghetto work claims
BERLIN (AP) -- A German court has rejected the claim of two Jewish women for extra pension payments for work they did under the Nazis in ghettos....
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Religious license plates for sale in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina drivers can buy religious license plates that feature three crosses and a sunrise....
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Bishops told pedophiles lie, victims must be heard
ROME (AP) -- Psychologists have told bishops from around the world that priests who rape and molest children often lie when confronted with an accusation and that victims usually tell the truth and need to be believed in order to heal....
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Pope names bishop for Salina, Kansas
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has named a new bishop for the Salina, Kansas, diocese....
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Muslim groups plan rally after NYPD intel report
NEW YORK (AP) -- Muslim groups and interfaith leaders are holding a rally in the wake of a report about New York Police Department intelligence....
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Contraception mandate outrages religious groups
Workplace health plans will have to cover all forms of contraception with Food and Drug Administration approval starting next year, and religious groups are putting up a fight....
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Jewish leaders offended by Ga. preacher's ceremony
ATLANTA (AP) -- Jewish leaders are criticizing a bizarre ceremony at an Atlanta megachurch in which Bishop Eddie Long was wrapped in a scroll and exalted as a "king" to the applause of his parishioners....
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Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner says the Obama administration should reconsider a decision to make church-affiliated employers cover birth control on their health care plans....
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Macedonia Muslims urge restraint over carnival
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Muslim leaders in Macedonia are calling on their community to stay calm and not respond to provocations as many remain upset about a local carnival earlier this month....
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Supervisors OK Monroe church's new sanctuary
The Amherst Board of Supervisors approved a request last week by a Monroe-area church to build a new, larger sanctuary beside its existing structure.
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Mission trip turns into race to build wells in Guatemala
Hunter Smith is coordinating a 5K race to raise money for more wells in Guatemala.
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Church news for Saturday, January 21, 2012
News and events from Central Virginia churches.
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Holy Cross Catholic Church finds way back after renovation
Visitors would never know that just last year, Holy Cross Catholic Church’s sanctuary was crawling with contractors and termite specialists.
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Church news for Saturday, January 14, 2012
Religion and church briefs for Lynchburg and Central Virginia.
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The Beatles and the Beatitudes
God wants to change you, and He promised you will be blessed if you allow Him to do so. If you are a believer, are people seeing Jesus in you? Are they looking through you and seeing Him?
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Religion briefs for Jan. 7, 2012
Curch news for the central Virginia region for the week of Jan. 7, 2012
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Church news for Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Peace for a New Year
The world is anything but peaceful. However the unrest in our hearts is what troubles us most, if we are truly honest, and that is precisely what Jesus wants to address in each of us.
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Church news for Saturday, December 24, 2011
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