What if God had a myspace?

Wrong organ

Musician canned for focus on wrong organ (AP)

AP - A Catholic priest has removed his church's organist and choir director from her duties saying her sale of sex toys was not "consistent with Church teachings."

Creationist?

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I consider myself a rational person. When I have a question, I turn to science and logic to find the answer. Regarding the origins of life, science tells us that humans evolved from single-celled organisms to our current form through a process of natural selection that took billions of years.

This much is clear to anyone with any background in modern thinking. We can look at the fossil record and trace many of our genetic traits back to ancient species. In fact, scientific reasoning can explain nearly every stage of life from the Big Bang to the present day. I say "nearly" because the period that scientists claim lasted from roughly 205 to 250 million years ago, commonly known as the Triassic period, was quite obviously the work of the Lord God Almighty.

This guy now advocates Noah ALSO had dinos in his ark

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Koreans go online worship

South Koreans go online for divine

SEOUL--Online worship is thriving among South Koreans who are too busy to attend churches or temples, or who simply want to browse their preferred sermon, a news report said Monday.

Pope considers return to Latin Mass

Pope considers return to Latin mass (AP)

AP - It was one of the most radical reforms to emerge from the Second Vatican Council. The Mass, root of Roman Catholic worship, would be celebrated in the local language and not in Latin.

Vatican doctrine office needs overhaul?

Vatican doctrine office needs overhaul: theologians (Reuters)

Reuters - Pope Benedict is coming under mounting criticism from his former German theologian colleagues who liken the Catholic Church's doctrinal office, which the pontiff once headed, to a 19th century censorship bureau.

Injustices done in Colonization - Pope

Pope: Injustices Done in Colonization

Pope Benedict XVI, who has been criticized by Indian rights groups, said Wednesday the church does not gloss over the injustices that accompanied the Christian colonization of Latin America and lamented that indigenous peoples' basic rights were often trampled upon by missionaries.

Slander

Catholics say blog spreads BBC "slander" to Italy (Reuters)

Reuters - Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading "slander" by posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of child sexual abuse.

NY diocese loses sex abuse lawsuit

N.Y. diocese loses sex abuse lawsuit (AP)

AP - Several civil lawsuits have arisen from allegations of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, but few have gone to trial. Most were settled out of court.

Prayers at Ohio Legislature criticized

Prayers at Ohio Legislature criticized (AP)

AP - Guest ministers leading prayers in the Ohio House are violating guidelines by evangelizing and speaking on political topics, the House clerk warned.

Pope to relax Latin Mass rules

Cardinal: Pope to relax Latin Mass rules (AP)

AP - A Vatican official has confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI plans to loosen restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass, reviving a rite that was essentially swept away by the revolutionary reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

***Still, Econe schismatics must come back to the fold.

Russian church reunites

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AFP - The domestic and exiled branches of the Russian Orthodox Church reunited in a ceremony here Thursday in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, ending an 80-year split over communism.

HK residents want Bible reclassified as indecent

Bible drawn into sex publication controversy (Reuters)

Reuters - More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal.

Arrogant and Disrespectful

Brazil's Indians offended by Pope comments (Reuters)

Reuters - Outraged Indian leaders in Brazil said on Monday they were offended by Pope Benedict's "arrogant and disrespectful" comments that the Roman Catholic Church had purified them and a revival of their religions would be a backward step.

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Pope in Aparecida, Brazil

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An aerial view shows people attending a mass by Pope Benedict XVI at the Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, on Sunday, May 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Juca Varella, Agencia Estado)

Pope Benedict XVI in Brazil

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Pope Benedict XVI speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the V Conference of Latin American and the Caribbean Bishops in Aparecida, Brazil, Sunday, May 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Pope slams Latin America's drug cartels

Pope slams Latin America's drug cartels (Reuters)

Reuters - Pope Benedict warned Latin America's ruthless drugs cartels on Saturday that they would face God's harsh judgment for wrecking countless lives across the region.

Pope decries the widening gap between the poor and the rich

Pope decries rich-poor gap in Latin America (Reuters)

Reuters - Pope Benedict decried the growing gap between rich and poor in Latin America on Sunday but told priests to stay out of politics even as they fight for social justice.