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Pope says Vatican will excommunicate women priests - May 30, 2008

Advocates of women ordination cite the letters of Saint Paul, some of the earliest texts of Christianity, to show that women played important roles in the early church.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21553/catholic-church-women-priests

Germany: Exorcists are summoned from abroad to drive the demons away - May 22, 2008

Hundreds of Germans, tortured by inner voices, are on the search for priests who can free them from what they believe to be the grip of the Devil, according to an extraordinary radio documentary that has stirred an awkward debate about exorcism in the Catholic Church.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21495/exorcism-24

The Virgin Marys place in the Kern County sun - May 16, 2008

Twenty years after a woman said the Virgin Mary appeared to her, hundreds still attend Our Lady of the Rock gatherings in the Mojave. Despite disavowal by the church, followers say they draw comfort.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21445/virgin-mary-5

Church disowns activist bishop - May 16, 2008

Australia's bishops have released a public statement suggesting that Bishop Robinson is wrong about the authority of Christ and the authority of the church to "teach the truth".
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21443/church-disowns-activist-bishop

Vatican says aliens could exist - May 14, 2008

Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, the Vatican's astronomer speculates.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21426/vatican-says-aliens-could-exist

Vatican trying to avoid baptism by proxy - May 9, 2008

The Roman Catholic Church has recently directed dioceses worldwide not to give parish information to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The move is to prevent LDS Church members from baptizing by proxy Catholic ancestors.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21388/vatican-trying-to-avoid-baptism-by-proxy

Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France - May 5, 2008

Officials at Notre-Dame-du-Laus church say that after four months of daily apparitions starting in May 1664, the Virgin Mary asked Rencurel to build a church and a house to receive priests.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21358/virgin-mary-4