2008年9月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Plant workers: Fairness at stake in prayer dispute (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:18 AM CDT

AP - Melissa Infante sat in her car smoking a cigarette, knowing she was supposed to be packaging meat at the JBS Swift & Co. plant where she's worked for nearly two years.

Episcopal church defrocks dissident bishop (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 10:20 PM CDT

Reuters - Leaders of the U.S. Episcopal Church voted on Thursday to defrock a bishop who has been a leader among dissidents opposed to the ascendancy of gays in the church and a critic of other issues involving liberal scriptural interpretation.

Breakaway Episcopal bishop ousted from ministry (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:27 PM CDT

AP - Episcopal Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, whose diocese is moving toward splitting from the national church, was ousted from ministry Thursday by his fellow bishops.

Pope defends wartime pontiff Pius XII (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:21 PM CDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican September 17, 2008. Pope Benedict on Thursday forcefully defended his wartime predecessor Pius XII against accusations he did not do enough to help the Jews, saying Pius AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that his predecessor Pius XII spared no effort to save Jews from the Nazis, one of the strongest Vatican defenses of a pontiff accused of silence during the Holocaust.


Vatican says Pope too old to travel to Mexico City (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 12:32 PM CDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his weekly general audience inside Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. At left is Prefect of the Papal Household Archbishop James Harvey. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - A cardinal says that Pope Benedict XVI will not attend an event in Mexico City next year because the city sits too high above sea level for someone his age.


Religion today (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:14 AM CDT

AP - Leave your Bhagavad-Gita at home while traveling out of town?

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:14 AM CDT

AP - A federal appeals court has rejected claims that using Christian crosses in city logos and buildings is unconstitutional.
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