http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Religion and Beliefs headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:18 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=301 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10633213&ref=rss PHILADELPHIA: The woman accused of trolling the internet as Jihad Jane has appeared for the first time in public, after six months of detention.Colleen LaRose pleaded not guilty to the four-count indictment at a brief arraignment... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10633116&ref=rss Leon Laclau shared his life, and often, his bed, with Marga over 20 years - all while serving as a Catholic priest in a town in the French Pyrenees.His clerical leadership eventually expelled him, prompting protests from his flock... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10633114&ref=rss A Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland ordered a priest to remain silent over his views church officials should not tell police about child abusers within the priesthood.Bishop Dermot Clifford said Monsignor Maurice Dooley, an expert... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10633104&ref=rss With a couple of hours to kill in Wellington on Monday I tossed up between the spy dome trial and Te Papa. Since it was a sunny afternoon and Te Papa offered a longer walk along Wellington's new waterfront I went there.Wrong decision.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10633051&ref=rss Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke has been banned from four Irish venues during a European tour of his controversial right-to-die workshops.The director of Melbourne-based assisted suicide group Exit International... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632971&ref=rss BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632970&ref=rss VIENNA - The Vienna Boys' Choir said yesterday it had heard from eight possible abuse victims following an initial report of allegations last week.The famed institution said the men range in age from about 40 to over 70 and contacted... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632443&ref=rss A new witness has come forward to back the story of a British couple facing a month's jail sentence in Dubai for kissing in public. Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 26, are awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632446&ref=rss BERLIN - A German archdiocese, which Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982, said yesterday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632424&ref=rss The scandals raging in the Catholic Church have set off an unprecedentedly public debate among senior clergy on one of Roman Catholicism's strongest taboos - the issue of whether the paedophilia in its ranks is a consequence of priestly... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632421&ref=rss When he became Pope nearly five years ago, Benedict XVI promised to clean up the Catholic Church.He would not be a showman Pope like John Paul II, he would not flog himself around the world addressing huge stadiums.The church,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632307&ref=rss Biblical film Kingdom Come has a chance at resurrection with plans to liquidate the production company postponed until the end of May.An application to liquidate the film's production company, South Vineyard, was made in Dec... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:56:22 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632269&ref=rss CANBERRA - The federal Government is coming under increasing pressure to reject the advice of its domestic spy agency and overturn a deportation order against a Muslim cleric.The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632119&ref=rss The Vatican has denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of paedophile priests in his German homeland. It also insisted that church confidentiality doesn't prevent bishops... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10632064&ref=rss Some of you think that I never have a good thing to say about pastors, and it's true that I've been inclined to go on about the ones who are, at best, complacent, self-important and out-of-touch; and at worst, greedy, egotistical,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10631789&ref=rss Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.This helps boost his income to more than a million dollars a year.The speaking fee is paid by the 20 church branches... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10631788&ref=rss A good week was when there was enough food on the table for her seven children, or money to buy clothes and school books.Those weeks were rare, but Angela Yerkovich would still tithe 10 per cent of the meagre wage - on a level... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10631679&ref=rss For a secular land, it seems a busy time for faith.There is the arrival of Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist; Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church has been assailed for weeks - but so far his empire remains intact; and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200