Row erupts in Australia over 'gay' Jesus play: report
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Australian church leaders have condemned a play shortly to open in Sydney depicting Jesus as a gay man who is seduced by Judas, a report said Sunday.
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MADRID, Spain The Catholic Church is slamming the Spanish government&#39;s plan to legalize gay marriage. The church is furious with the changes planned by the Socialist government, saying legalizing gay marriage
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A picture showing Osama Bin Laden in a Christ-like pose sparks protest after going on display in Australia.
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Conservative groups both praise and criticize Windsor report on human sexuality within the Anglican Communion. The long-awaited Windsor Report on the role of homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, drew both
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Comment is free: Giles Fraser: Uniting in homophobia, the Anglican church has delivered another blow to the battle against global religious fascism.
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An Anglican report today criticised US bishops for ordaining an openly gay canon last year. Mark Oliver looks at the issues behind the row that has divided the Anglican communion.
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Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a Christ-like pose and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have caused a stir in Australia after they were showcased in a prestigious religious art competition.
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A popular Internet video accusing Australians of opposing Japanese whaling because of racism while brutally killing animals such as kangaroos and dingoes drew sharp government criticism Monday.
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Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a  Christ-like pose and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a  burqa have caused a stir in Australia after they were showcased  in a prestigious religious art competition.
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A Christian law group is fighting for a ban on gay members
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The Catholic church in Spain yesterday attacked government plans to legalise gay marriage, saying it would be like releasing a &quot;virus&quot; into Spanish society.
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LONDON (CP) - An Anglican Church commission urged Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships on Monday and encouraged both sides of the divide over homosexuality to apologize as a first step in reconciling differences that threaten to split
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A political row has broken out in Australia over election campaign suggestions that Australia would consider a &quot;pre-emptive strike&quot; against terrorist operations in neighboring countries.
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Traditionalists and gay Christians were tonight cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy.
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ROME (Der Spiegel) - Echoes of an old culture war have been rippling through Europe, as a bishop in Germany calls for Catholics to keep their kids away from a sex-education musical and the Vatican condemns a new gay-rights campaign in Italy. A children's musical about sex and babies, organized by the German government, has been touring the country since 2003 without noticeable friction. But now it's arrived in the city of Fulda, near Frankfurt, and the local bishop has called for a boycott. The Fairytale of Nose, Belly and Butt should be avoided by right-thinking Catholic families, according to Heinz Josef Algermissen, because in the Church's view, "explanations about sexuality belong in the home," and "can't be left to a theater troupe." The show's Web site begs to differ, saying the theory behind the project is that humans are "sexual beings from birth onward," and that children experience "smooching and touching genitals as no less fun or significant than tickling their big toe." Uproar in Italy, too This notion of human sexuality is no doubt as offensive to the Church as the idea that humans might be wired from birth to be straight or gay - which is the assumption behind an Italian ad campaign protested recently by the Vatican. The regional government of Tuscany has planned to use a photo of a newborn child wearing a hospital bracelet with the word "homosexual" as part of a publicity push to combat homophobia. "Sexual orientation," reads the tag line, which will appear on billboards throughout Tuscany, "is not a choice."  Italy's political right, along with some Catholic groups, want the campaign to be withdrawn. The Church's declared position is that homosexuality is a psychological disorder, not exactly a sin - although indulging in gay sex is a sin.
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An international commission formed to end a rift in the Anglican church over the issue of homosexuality recommended Monday a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex
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Community leaders in Australia protest over government plans to curb child abuse in Aboriginal areas.