2008年10月24日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Serbian church head offers resignation (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:54 AM CDT

AP - The Serbian Orthodox Church says its head, Patriarch Pavle, has offered his resignation for health reasons.

In Obama or McCain, US scientists see new hope (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:31 AM CDT

Democratic presidential nominee US Senator Barack Obama (R) tours solar photovoltiaic panels at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada in June 2008. US scientists will breath easier after the elections, certain either candidate will mark progress after the Bush administration and the influence of Christian fundamentalists on its policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Laura Rauch)AFP - US scientists will breath easier after the elections, certain either candidate will mark progress after the Bush administration and the influence of Christian fundamentalists on its policies.


Debating Pope Pius's Holocaust Actions (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:27 AM CDT

U.S. News & World Report - Should Pope Pius XII, the pope who led the Vatican through the Second World War, be considered for sainthood? An Israeli cabinet minister surprised experts when he waded into the increasingly heated debate on the issue this week, saying it would be "unacceptable" to consider canonizing Pius XII, whose reluctance to condemn the Holocaust during World War II has drawn accusations that he turned a blind eye to the fate of the Jews.

Romanian authorities say Jewish graves vandalized (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:23 AM CDT

A Jewish cemetery employee surveys damaged graves in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Vandals rampaged through the Jewish cemetery in Romania's capital, toppling tombstones and smashing markers for as many as 200 graves, authorities said Friday.  Jewish leaders condemned the vandalism and said the scale of the destruction suggested the activity was organized, but investigations are in progress. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - Vandals rampaged through a sprawling Jewish cemetery in Romania's capital, toppling tombstones and smashing markers for as many as 200 graves, authorities said Friday.


US Muslim voters are election year outcasts (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:29 PM CDT

In this July 1, 2008 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses a crowd at an event called 'An Evening With Colin Powell,' held for the 2008 U.S. Scholar-Athlete Games, in Providence, R.I..  When Colin Powell, a Republican, recently condemned using Muslim as a smear, on NBC's 'Meet the Press'  - a tactic he said members of his own party allowed - there was an outpouring of gratitude and relief from American Muslims. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)AP - Lepers. Untouchables. Politically radioactive.


GOP group's head calls Obama 'a Muslim socialist' (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:59 PM CDT

AP - County and state GOP officials criticized the head of a New Mexico Republican women's group for calling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a "Muslim socialist" and stating that "Muslims are our enemies."

Religion today (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:08 AM CDT

Basheer Jones speaks to students at Collinwood High School Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, in Cleveland. Big public school districts around the state have turned the presidential election into coursework, capitalizing on the energy of this year's campaign to register unprecedented numbers of graduating seniors.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Left-leaning Christian and social activists see opportunity in an unconventional presidential race and a spiraling national economy: pushing poverty as an election issue.


Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:08 AM CDT

AP - Calls for unity and religious moderation from Muslim and Christian leaders marked the opening of Lebanon's biggest mosque in the heart of the capital.
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