http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/religion Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sun, 19 May 2013 16:36:41 +0200 An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hard-line-MPs-block-law-protecting-women-20130518 France's constitutional council has cleared a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, turning down a challenge by the opposition. http://www.news24.com/World/News/French-court-clears-gay-marriage-bill-20130517 Pope Francis has called on world leaders to put an end to the "cult of money" and to do more to help the poor, warning that insecurity is rising in the world and the "joy of life" is diminishing. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pope-urges-end-to-tyranny-of-money-20130516 Two car bombs have exploded in sprawling Shi'ite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital morning, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Iraq-bombs-target-Shiite-neighbourhoods-20130516 The Belgian Roman Catholic Church says it had received more than 300 complaints of sexual abuse of minors in 2012. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Church-logs-300-sexual-abuse-complaints-20130515 Alcohol vendors in Baghdad were worried for their safety, a day after unknown gunmen shot dead 12 people at a humble row of shops selling beer and liquor. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Iraq-alcohol-vendors-fear-next-attack-20130515 Brazil has become the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Brazil-gives-green-light-to-gay-marriage-20130515 Authorities in Myanmar are struggling to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims fleeing religious unrest, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cyclone-Myanmar-works-to-evacuate-camps-20130515 The end may be near for a California evangelical radio network used by a preacher to predict - incorrectly - the apocalypse. http://www.news24.com/World/News/End-of-days-for-US-apocalypse-radio-20130513 Pope Francis has created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as well as a Colombian and a Mexican who founded congregations. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pope-Francis-canonises-his-first-saints-20130512 A Korean-American sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea was a missionary who used his tourism business to form groups to overthrow the government, says the state's Supreme Court. http://www.news24.com/World/News/American-plotted-against-state-N-Korea-20130510 Israeli police have held back hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men trying to prevent a Jewish women's group from praying at a key Jerusalem holy site, a reversal of past practice. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Police-guard-women-praying-at-Jewish-site-20130510 A former Church of England Archbishop has denied claims that he covered up allegations of child abuse against a senior clergyman, which were revealed in the Times newspaper. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Former-archbishop-denies-abuse-cover-up-20130510