http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:08:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23496/opus-dei-film http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23496/opus-dei-film#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:09:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23496 British film-maker Roland Joffe is to recreate the life and miracles of Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer, the Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei, one of the most influential and secretive organisations within the Catholic Church.

The film seems set to stir up more controversy, following in the wake of several screen hits tapping into public fascination with tales of Opus-inspired crimes and conspiracies, which have set Vatican chasubles aflap. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23496/opus-dei-film/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23473/ireland-catholic-priests-child-abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23473/ireland-catholic-priests-child-abuse#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 14:13:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23473 The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has spent nine years looking into allegations from thousands of former pupils of state schools and orphanages, some which date back more than 60 years.

It is due to report on Wednesday while a second report looking into how sex abuse complaints were handled by the Catholic Church will be published by the commission in the summer.

It is thought some 500 priests have been implicated in the abuse allegations.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23473/ireland-catholic-priests-child-abuse/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 10:34:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23455 Amid protests against reported church destructions, the city of Hanoi has ordered one of its districts to stop construction work on land claimed by the Catholic church.

The move was seen as a surprise turnaround by Communist authorities who since March demolished at least one historic church building in the Central Highlands, Christians said.

Government work crews reportedly destroyed a Protestant church building of Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South), or ECVN(S), in the area of Banmethuot om March 11.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23455/vietnam-halts-church-construction/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:16:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23385 Pope Benedict XVI has ordered a probe into the ultra-conservative Legionaries of Christ after allegations that the order's late founder Marcial Maciel secretly fathered a child.

The leadership recently admitted that Maciel, a cult figure among Legionaries, led a "double life" after the discovery of his liaison with the mother of his daughter.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23371/catholic-news http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23371/catholic-news#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:18:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23371 • Medical journal The Lancet has launched a stinging attack on the Pope for his opposition to the use of condoms.

• Two priests are jailed for stealing more than more than $8 million.

• The Pope vs. Witchcraft: Is One Man's Faith Another's Superstition? ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23371/catholic-news/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23308/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23308/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier-2#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:14:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23308 The Vatican said Friday it is not satisfied by the apology issued by a Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust, saying the cleric must still clearly "distance himself" from the controversial comments.

Bishop Richard Williamson, who is now in England, issued a statement Thursday saying he regretted making the remarks. But he did not retract them or say he had changed his mind about the Holocaust.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23308/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23306/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23306/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:58:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23306 A bishop whose recent rehabilitation by Pope Benedict XVI provoked global outrage has apologized for remarks in which he denied the Holocaust, a Catholic news agency reported on Thursday.

Some outside observers were not convinced by Bishop Williamson’s statement. “He does everything except confront the central issue of this whole crisis,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. “Has he changed his mind about the Holocaust, and does he believe that the Holocaust is a historic fact?”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23306/richard-williamson-holocaust-denier/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23296/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23296/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-3#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:55:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23296 A country in which many Nazi criminals sought refuge has expelled a Roman Catholic bishop who denies the scale of the Holocaust.

The Argentine government last week gave the bishop 10 days to leave the country or be expelled.

The government cited irregularities in his immigration application and condemned his remarks as 'deeply offensive to Argentine society, the Jewish people and humanity.' ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23296/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-3/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23295/sister-jesme http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23295/sister-jesme#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:36:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23295 A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is causing ructions in the Catholic Church in the south Indian state of Kerala.

In Amen - an autobiography of a nun, Sister Jesme says when she became a nun she discovered priests were forcing novices to have sex with them.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23295/sister-jesme/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23243/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23243/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-2#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:38:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23243 The Vatican demanded Wednesday that a bishop who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted into the Roman Catholic Church.

The Vatican also said in a statement that Pope Benedict XVI didn't know about Bishop Richard Williamson's views when he agreed to lift his excommunication and that of three other ultraconservative bishops Jan. 21.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23243/holocaust-denier-richard-williamson-2/feed