http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/ Religious and Spiritual News en leonid@spirithit.com admin@spirithit.com Copyright © 2005 SpiritHit.com hourly 2 2005-06-06T14:05:01-05:00 http://news.spirithit.com/images/rss/spirithit.gif http://news.spirithit.com/ 137 24 Kiev, Ukraine -- A document regarding start of unification of the Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Kievan patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox church (UAPTs) was signed… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/merging_ukrainian_orthodox_churches/ 2005-06-06T13:25:01-05:00 UK -- An end to the centuries-old division over the place of the Virgin Mary in the Church came closer this week after the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) said… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/end_to_divisions_over_virgin_mary/ 2005-05-19T15:59:01-05:00 Vatican City -- Among the pilgrims present for Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday audience this morning were Bob and Mary Schindler—parents of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman, who… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/pope_meets_with_schiavo_parents/ 2005-05-18T15:38:01-05:00 Geneva -- Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and other religious leaders will gather in here June 7-9 at the invitation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to promote inter-religious… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/beyond_dialogue/ 2005-06-06T14:05:01-05:00 Vatican -- Pope John Paul's long-time private secretary says the late pontiff's personal papers have been saved and not burned as he requested. Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz,… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/pope_john_pauls_papers_preserved/ 2005-06-06T13:53:01-05:00 Athens -- The Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) has issued a letter to the Christian world in which it calls on churches everywhere to become healing and reconciling communities… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/mission_gathering_sends_letter_to_churches/ 2005-05-19T17:45:02-05:00 Vatican -- The Vatican has made public an annual message to the world's Buddhists, timed for the Buddhist festival of Vesakh. Signed by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the president… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/vatican_sends_greetings_to_buddhist_world1/ 2005-05-16T14:37:00-05:00 Athens -- Religious groups that offer “miraculous healing” and denominations that emphasize a “charity approach” are alienating disabled people from churches, an… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/churches_neglect_abuse_disabled_wcc_speaker_says/ 2005-05-11T22:56:01-05:00 Russia -- On the night of 9-10 May the building of a synagogue in the suburbs of Moscow burned down. The local rabbi is convinced that he is dealing here with intentional arson "on… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/many_antisemitic_incidents_in_russia/ 2005-05-11T19:43:00-05:00 Vatican City -- "Do not be fearful about the future of the world," Pope Benedict XVI told a public audience on Wednesday, May 11. The Holy Father spoke to about 15,000 people… http://news.spirithit.com/index/europe/more/do_not_fear_the_future_pope_says/ 2005-05-11T19:25:01-05:00