2008年9月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

U.S. Catholics pray for more priests (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:13 PM CDT

A sign seeking a Roman Catholic priest is pictured outside St. James Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts August 25, 2008. Facing dwindling shrinking congregations, shifting demographics and a drain on cash from settling sexual abuse lawsuits against priests, Roman Catholic churches are shuttering at a quickening pace in the U.S. Northeast. (Jason Szep/Reuters)Reuters - The sign outside St. James Church in the affluent Boston suburb of Wellesley sums up Catholicism's deepening struggles in the United States.


Vatican to host meeting on evolutionary theory (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 01:49 PM CDT

The Vatican announced Monday it will host a conference on evolutionary theory next year coinciding with its 150th anniversary -- and as creationism gains ground among fundamentalist Christians. AFP - The Vatican announced Monday it will host a conference on evolutionary theory next year coinciding with its 150th anniversary -- and as creationism gains ground among fundamentalist Christians.


Philippine Muslims still searching for a homeland (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Filipino Muslim school children walk outside the Blue Mosque in Maharlika village in Taguig city, suburban Manila on September 11, 2008.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - It is mid-morning and the muezzin's call at Manila's Blue Mosque in suburban Maharlika echoes across the run-down tenement blocks as men slowly walk towards its sky blue onion-shaped dome.


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