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  • July 2008

    • Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Jul 14, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

      He was uninvited to the Anglican Church's big, once-a-decade Lambeth Conference next week, but New Hampshire’s gay Episcopal bishop decided cheerfully to go anyway, to be a “constant and friendly reminder” of gays in the sect. Not so cheerful was the heckler who interrupted his sermon in London last night, calling the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson a heretic and blaming him for the church’s division over homosexuality, the Independent reports. More »

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      religion  • protests  • Anglican Church  • Episcopal Church  • bishop  • Archbishop of Canterbury  • Gene Robinson  • hecklers

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Ex-Bishop Wins Paraguay's Presidency in Historic Vote

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 21, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Ex-Bishop Wins Paraguay's Presidency in Historic Vote

      Opposition leader Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s presidential election yesterday, ending 61 years of one-party rule, Reuters reports. With nearly all votes counted, the former bishop beat Paraguay’s first female presidential contender by 41% of the vote to 10%. “We've made history,” the center-leftist Lugo told a packed square as he hailed a newly “free and independent” country. More »

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      politics  • presidential election  • bishop  • Paraguay

    • Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

      Pope Benedict XVI had strong words for America's Roman Catholic bishops today, asserting that the clerical sexual molestation scandal had been "very badly handled" in many cases, the AP reports. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust, to foster healing, to promote reconciliation and to reach out with loving concern to those so seriously wronged," he said. More »

  • March 2008

    • Televangelist's Husband Admits Attacking Her

      newser  |  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Mar 12, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Televangelist's Husband Admits Attacking Her

      The husband of Pentecostal televangelist Juanita Bynum pleaded guilty yesterday to assaulting her and was sentenced to three years probation. Thomas W. Weeks III, the founder of Global Destiny churches, admitted grabbing Bynum, throwing her down and kicking her in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel in August, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.  Weeks apologized to his wife in court. More »

    • Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 6, 08 12:00 PM CST

      Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

      Sikh leaders won’t attend a US interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next month because the Secret Service won’t let them wear ceremonial daggers, the AP reports. Kirpaans are required attire for the Eastern religion. “We cannot undermine the rights and freedoms of religion in the name of security,” said a Sikh official. But the Secret Service won’t bend the rules. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • Secret Service  • Catholic  • bishop  • sword  • Sikh

  • January 2008

    • UK Bishop Blasts Muslim 'No-Go' Zones

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 5:50 PM CST

      UK Bishop Blasts Muslim 'No-Go' Zones

      A high-ranking UK bishop has sparked a row by criticizing immigration laws and claiming that Islamic extremists threaten Christians in "no-go" areas across Britain. Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church of England's only Asian bishop, wrote a Telegraph editorial that blames the "novel philosophy of multiculturalism" for threatening Britain's Christian heritage. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • bishop

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