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Bishop takes sick leave after fight

Sat, 02/06/2010 - 09:30 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Vaxjo, Sweden -- A Church of Sweden bishop said he is taking sick leave following a physical confrontation with an employee of his office.

Bishop Sven Thidevall of Vaxjo said he was not injured during the scuffle, which mostly involved pushing and shoving, but he decided to take his sick leave to recuperate from the incident mentally, The Local reported Friday.

"We have a poor psychosocial working environment and have tried to work things out for quite some time. Of course the soul hurts when something like this happens," Thidevall said. "There was no serious physical violence but the situation feels bad. Everyone knows that the office has experienced tension for some time now and of course no one feels good about this."

Bishop warns 'Merry Xmas' hollow greeting

Sat, 11/28/2009 - 10:15 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Repton, England -- An English bishop warns that wishing a blanket "Happy Christmas" could be resented by those Christians suffering
this season.

Christians shouldn't "simply make a cocoon of happiness for ourselves and our loved ones" at Christmas, the Right Rev. Humphrey Southern, bishop of Repton, wrote in his monthly newsletter.

To those who are suffering, it can be an empty greeting, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

"This is the 'Happy Christmas' month. Yet to many that greeting will be hollow, coming as an insult, or even an obscenity," he said.

Some of the points he made were these: