Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 20, 2010 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
Vatican declares the Blues Brothers a 'Catholic classic'
On the 30th anniversary of the cult film's release, the official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has declared it a "Catholic classic".
It points out that Jake and Elwood Blues battled police, a psychotic ex-girlfriend, country and western fans and neo-Nazis in order to raise enough money to prevent the closure of the church-run orphanage in which they grew up.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 22, 2010 at 9:32:00 AM CEST
Turin police raid Scientology chapter
Police raided a local Scientology chapter here and discovered a hidden archive which contained not only information on the group's members but also on the sect's 'enemies', the Turin daily La Stampa reported on Thursday.
Police were acting on a warrant issued by magistrates who have opened a probe into the religion which is suspected of violating laws governing the handling of personal information.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 20, 2010 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
Dutch sex shop to give away "Pope condoms"
De Condoomfabriek (The Condom Factory) said it wanted to make a point about sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and the Vatican's opposition to contraceptives.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 16, 2010 at 10:42:00 AM CEST
Polish pop star faces jail for blasphemy - Pop star claims Bible written by drunks
One of Poland's most famous and controversial pop stars faces two years in jail after suggesting that the Bible was written by drunks and people with a fondness for "herbal cigarettes".
Dorota Rabczewska, famed for an unabashed attitude when it comes to flaunting her flesh, and a string of hits, has been charged by Warsaw prosecutors with insulting religious feeling for comments she made in a television interview a year ago.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 5, 2010 at 2:37:00 PM CEST
Italian police fine woman for wearing burqa in public
The growing European row over bans on Muslim veils spread to Italy yesterday after a Tunisian-born woman was fined for wearing a burqa, the first time such a penalty has been imposed in the country.
Amel Marmouri, 26, was stopped by carabinieri officers in a spot check outside a post office in Novara in northern Italy and given a 500 euro (£431) fine, payable within 90 days. She at first declined to lift her veil to be identified because the officers were male, but agreed when a municipal police patrol which included a woman officer was summoned.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 24, 2010 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Radical Muslim Group Threatens South Park Creators Over Muhammad Episode
Islamists have warned the creators of TV show South Park they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit.
A posting on the website of the US-based group, Revolution Muslim, told Matt Stone and Trey Parker they would "probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh".
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 24, 2010 at 11:22:00 AM CEST
Leben unter katholischer Kontrolle
Wer hier wohnt, braucht starke Nerven. Im Rainerum in Südtirol führen katholische Salesianer ein absurd strenges Regiment - Kameras filmen die Flure, Besuch auf dem Zimmer ist verboten, das Verrücken der Möbel ebenso. Freiheit und Privatsphäre? Nicht in diesem Wohnheim.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 24, 2010 at 11:21:00 AM CEST
The next Catholic abuse scandal: Crimes against women
We now know that the sex abuse crimes involving Catholic clergy first reported in large numbers in the United States may have been committed in equally high numbers in Europe. Amazingly, in these two relatively sophisticated places, parents, nuns, teachers and both religious and civil authorities -- Catholic and non-Catholic -- were willing to be blind to the often obvious occasion of sin. And they ignored the Catholic laity in the pews, preferring instead to make deals with Rome, or at least to respect its jurisdiction.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 23, 2010 at 4:48:00 PM CEST
Katholische Kirche erwirkt einstweilige Verfügung gegen kritischen Blogger
Kirche gegen Meinungsfreiheit? Dass in der katholischen Kirche nicht immer alles mit rechten Dingen zugegangen ist und der eine oder andere Pfaffe mittlerweile als widerlicher Kinderficker geoutet wurde, sollte der Öffentlichkeit bekannt sein…
Aber anscheinend versuchen Teile der katholischen Kirche, eine kritische Berichterstattung über pädophile Pfarrer zu verhindern und somit erhielt der den Blogger Stefan Aigner von regensburg-digital.de eine Kostprobe des katholischen Verständnisses zur Meinungsfreiheit in Form einer einstweiligen Verfügung.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 3:33:00 PM CEST
WARNING!
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 3:31:00 PM CEST
Church fights sex abuse bill, claims it's "a threat"
A bill in Connecticut's legislature that would remove the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases has sparked a fervent response from the state's Roman Catholic bishops, who released a letter to parishioners Saturday imploring them to oppose the measure.
Under current Connecticut law, sexual abuse victims have 30 years past their 18th birthday to file a lawsuit. The proposed change to the law would rescind that statute of limitations.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 10:22:00 AM CEST
Penn and Teller: Bullshit! Creation Vs. Evolution
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