2008年9月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Hundreds pay respects to late Muslim leader (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 07:57 PM CDT

Family members carry the body of Imam W. D. Mohammed, son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Mohammed, as the crowd rushes up to touch the coffin after a funeral prayer service in Villa Park, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was among hundreds of Muslims attending a suburban Chicago service on Thursday to mourn the death of Imam W.D. Mohammed, the son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad.

Muslim meatpackers fired in Ramadan work dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 06:06 PM CDT

Reuters - Meat processor JBS Swift & Co. has fired 130 Muslim workers after they refused to return to work in a dispute with the company over Ramadan fasting and meal breaks, company and union officials said on Thursday.

Pope to visit French city of Lourdes as pilgrim (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:49 PM CDT

Volunteers plant olive trees, at the Place des Invalides in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, in front of the podium where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a mass on Saturday. French authorities will mobilize 9,200 police and other security officers for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Paris and Lourdes this week. The pope's three-day visit, starting on Friday, Sept. 12, will be his first to France since he became pontiff in 2005. In addition to his visit to the French capital, he will go to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in the south of France. Volunteers' shirts read: 'Growing up in trust'. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Lourdes shrine in southern France this week, following the same path many have taken hoping for miracles.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 05:52 AM CDT

AP - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is publishing a ritual blessing for the Quinceanera, the coming-of-age celebration for Hispanic girls on their 15th birthday.

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