Austrians Leaving Catholic Church
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Austrians disgusted by a summer of scandal involving child pornography at a seminary and a prominent priest accused of sexual abuse are leaving the Roman Catholic church in significant numbers, church leaders ...
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"The wind has spoken for itself"  Pope Benedict XVI, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Austria on Sunday by reminding Europeans of their Christian heritage as they grapple with immigration and Islam.Bereft of huge throngs of adoring pilgrims such as the 1 million Brazilians who turned out to see him in May, the German-born pontiff appealed to far smaller gatherings of believers in mostly Catholic Austria not to discard their faith.In a farewell speech, he urged Austrians 'to bring the traditional values of the continent _ values shaped by the Christian faith _ to European institutions.' Read more
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Austrian bishop Kurt Krenn has resigned,  apparently at the Pope's request, after a sex and child  pornography scandal in his diocese rocked the Roman Catholic  church in the Alpine nation.
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Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage to Austria on Friday with a solemn tribute to Jewish Holocaust victims, and an appeal to diplomats serving with the U.N. nuclear agency and other international organizations.Ahead of his visit, Benedict's seventh foreign trip in two years as pope, the German-born pontiff spoke of his affection for Austria, a mostly Catholic country 'which has been near to me since my childhood.'But the pope, who visited and vacationed here often as a cardinal, faced a challenge: Many Austrian believers, disgusted by clergy sex scandals and deeply resentful of a government-imposed church tax, have grown cold _ and tens of thousands have left the church altogether. Read more
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Stephan Eberharter announced his  retirement Friday after a decade and a half as a leading light  of the Austrian Alpine skiing team.
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Pope Benedict XVI briefly expanded on the Vaticanâs increasing focus on the environment at the end of a three-day visit to Austria.
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Benedetto XVI ripercorre le tappe del viaggio in Austria
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict hopes his   homecoming this weekend to the Catholic heartland of Bavaria   will revive faith in Germany as more than half a million   pilgrims prepare to welcome him.
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A Roman Catholic bishop blamed for a seminary porn scandal that has rocked Austria's church has resigned, Austrian media reported Wednesday.
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An influential Roman Catholic lay organization expressed relief Thursday at the resignation of a bishop who oversaw a seminary where authorities found child pornography, calling it an "important first step" in rebuilding trust in Austria's scandalized church.
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In the town where Christians believe Christ was born, the Christians are leaving. Four years of violence, an economic free fall and the Israeli separation barrier
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland said Tuesday he will quit the human rights organisation Amnesty International in protest of its change of policy on abortion.
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The people of Heuersdorf have lost their village but saved their church.
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EUROPA/AUSTRIA - ÂUn solo attimo con Missio Âguardare Cristo, aprire il cuore e donare amoreÂ: le Pontificie Opere Missionarie dellÂAustria salutano Papa Benedetto XVI e rilanciano in questa occasione i programmi di aiuto per gli ex bambini soldato dellÂUganda Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Con un rinnovato sito (www.missio.at), un breve video-clip che sarÃ  trasmesso venerdÃ¬ 7 settembre nella cornice della visita del Papa e una campagna di manifesti, di cui 400 sono affissi dal 30 agosto in tutta la capitale aus...
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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road to sainthood, including the 19th century German mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson&#39;s film on Christ&#39;s passion. At the same ceremony in St Peter&#39;s Square on Sunday, he beatified Austria&#39;s last emperor, Karl I. Some of.
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A Midlands congregation said goodbye to its church yesterday at a farewell service to mark its closure.