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The Vatican Considers Allowing Married Men to Become Priests
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Pope Francis is at it again. The head of the Roman Catholic Church has suggested overturning centuries of tradition and allowing married men to become priests. This unexpected reform comes in response to a shortage of Catholic priests. Since 1965, there has been almost a 30 percent decrease in the number of priest in the…
Americans’ freedom of speech at risk, warns New York archbishop
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American Christians may one day find themselves facing legal penalties simply for believing marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, a fate already suffered by believers in other countries, writes New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Perhaps one of America’s most influential Catholics. He reflected in his personal blog on Thursday on the nasty…
Catholic bishops: Shun lawmakers who voted for NY same-sex marriage
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By Elizabeth Tenety ~ from the Washington Post’s On Faith New York’s state’s Catholic bishops continue to blast the state’s passage of homosexual marriage this week, with one bishop calling on Catholic schools and other institutions to shun lawmakers in protest of the vote. In an op-ed Sunday in the New York Daily News, Nicholas DiMarzio,…
Pope tweets for the first time
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Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first-ever tweet today, announcing the launch of a new news site from the Vatican News Twitter account. A photo from the Vatican shows the Pontiff typing out the message himself. CLICK HERE to see the photo and the tweet:
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