Filipino Muslim rebels ready to talk peace with new president-apparent Aquino

Filipino rebels ready to talk peace with Aquino

MANILA, Philippines – Muslim guerrillas said Sunday that they were ready to enter into peace talks with Philippine president-apparent Benigno Aquino III after years of little progress under his predecessor, hoping that his strong electoral mandate can bolster negotiations to end one of the country’s decades-long rebellions.
Moro Islamic … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Filipino Muslim rebels ready to talk peace with new president-apparent Aquino.

Akshaya Tritiya To Witness 20,000 Weddings

DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Sunday May 16 which happens to the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya is all set to witness a huge number of weddings in Delhi. Reportedly, couples have lined up to tie the knot on this day of Akshaya Tritiya which is considered to be a holy day according to the Indian Calender.

Among …. Source article  : Akshaya Tritiya To Witness 20,000 Weddings.

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest removal of ancient graves to make way for new emergency room

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest grave removal

ASHKELON, Israel – Israeli antiquities authorities operating under heavy police guard began relocating ancient graves on Sunday to make way for construction of a hospital emergency room, setting off protests from ultra-Orthodox Jews who say Jewish remains are being disturbed.
Officers forcibly carried off dozens of demonstrators who had staged a sit-in …. Read the original article  : Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest removal of ancient graves to make way for new emergency room.

Phoenix Catholic hospital nun rebuked for agreeing that woman needed abortion to save her life

Phoenix hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion

PHOENIX – A nun and administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been reassigned and rebuked by the local bishop for agreeing that a severely ill woman needed an abortion to survive.
Sister Margaret McBride was on an ethics committee that included doctors that consulted with a young woman … Read more : Phoenix Catholic hospital nun rebuked for agreeing that woman needed abortion to save her life.

Episcopal church in Los Angeles ordains 2 women, including the church’s 2nd openly gay bishop

Episcopal church ordains its 2nd openly gay bishop

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Seven years after the Episcopal Church caused an uproar by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, it has done the same thing again – only this time with a woman.
The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, was ordained and consecrated on Saturday, making her … Read more »»».

Episcopal church in Los Angeles ordains 2 women, including 2nd gay bishop

Episcopal church in LA ordains 2nd gay bishop

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Episcopal Church has ordained its second openly gay bishop.
Church spokesman Bob Williams says the Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, was consecrated Saturday at a ceremony attended by 3,000 people in Long Beach, Calif.
Glasspool and another female bishop are also the first two … Read more >>>.

Pope insists bad seeds in priesthood don’t obscure good work done by church

Pope: Bad seeds in priesthood can’t obscure good

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday lamented that the clerical abuse scandals were eclipsing the Catholic church’s reputation as a place of hope, but insisted that bad seeds in the priesthood cannot eliminate the good the church does.
Benedict cited the Gospel parable about a sower and …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Pope insists bad seeds in priesthood don’t obscure good work done by church.

Government policies for minorities answer to fatwas: Khurshid

NEW DELHI – The government’s policy of opening more banks in areas dominated by the minorities was an effective “condemnation” of fatwas warning Muslims against going to banks or taking out life insurance policies, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid said Saturday.

“My greatest condemnation of such things is through the figures (of the …. Source article  : Government policies for minorities answer to fatwas: Khurshid.

Muslim clerics condemn scholar’s arrest

NEW DELHI – Muslim leaders Saturday condemned the arrest of an Islamic scholar after a scare on a London-bound flight when a woman passenger complained to the flight crew about his “dangerous conversation”.

Maulana Noor-ul-Huda, who runs Farooqiya Madrasa in Deoband, was on his way to London to deliver lectures when he was arrested after … Read : Muslim clerics condemn scholar’s arrest.

Iranian cleric wants to see creation of ‘Greater Iran’ to rule over Middle East, Central Asia

Iranian cleric wants creation of ‘Greater Iran’

TEHRAN, Iran – A radical cleric called Saturday for the creation of a “Greater Iran” that would rule over the entire Middle East and Central Asia, in an event that he said would herald the coming of Islam’s expected messiah.
Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi said the creation of what he …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Iranian cleric wants to see creation of ‘Greater Iran’ to rule over Middle East, Central Asia.

Episcopal church in LA to ordain 2 women, including 2nd gay bishop

Episcopal church in LA to ordain 2nd gay bishop

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Seven years after the Episcopal Church caused an uproar by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, it’s set to do the same thing again – only this time with a woman.
The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, will be ordained and consecrated on … Read more >>>.