2008年8月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Thousands seek refuge from India religious attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:04 AM CDT

School children attend a prayer meeting to pay tributes to the victims of the recent clashes between Hindus and Christians in Orissa, in the northern Indian city of Shimla, August 29, 2008. (Anil Dayal/Reuters)Reuters - Thousands of people, most of them Christians, have sought shelter in makeshift government camps in eastern India, driven from their homes by religious violence which has killed at least 13 people this week.

Italy museum defies pope anger over crucified frog (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:39 PM CDT

In this photo taken May 24, 2008 a view of a green frog nailed to a cross outside an office, during a protest inside the 'Museion' museum in Bolzano , northern Italy. Museum officials said Thursday Aug. 28, 2008 the sculpture that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials will continue to be on display. The board of the foundation of the 'Museion', voted to keep the work by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger, the museum said in a statement. Earlier in August the pope had written a letter to Franz Pahl, the president of the Trentino-Alto Adige region that includes Bolzano, denouncing the sculpture. '(It) has offended the religious feelings of many people who consider the cross a symbol of God's love and of our redemption,' (AP Photo/Othmar Seehauser)AP - An art museum in northern Italy said Thursday it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials.

After 1,500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:18 PM CDT

AP - A small group of pagans pledged Thursday to hold a protest prayer among the ruined Acropolis temples, more than 1,500 years after Christians stamped out worship of the ancient Greek gods.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 06:24 AM CDT

AP - The pastor of one of Minnesota's largest churches said an IRS investigation into his ministry's finances is "politically motivated."

Religion today (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 06:23 AM CDT

AP - Carol Umsted got more than the word of God during services this summer at the Congregational United Church of Christ of Valley City.

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