2008年12月4日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 11:02 PM CST

Rev. Edwin Bacon, of All Saints Episcopal Church, delivers a sermon in support of same sex marriages Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Pasadena, Calif. Demonstrations on Saturday to protest passage of an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative were the largest of several marches that followed Tuesday's passage of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and overturning the state Supreme Court decision that legalized such unions in May. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province Wednesday, in a long-developing rift over the Bible that erupted when Episcopalians consecrated the first openly gay bishop.

Episcopal Church dissidents move toward division (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:48 PM CST

Reuters - Conservatives who have left the U.S. Episcopal Church took the first step on Wednesday to form a separate Anglican Church in North America, following years of division over gay rights and scriptural interpretation.

Lungs from NJ church shooting victim transplanted (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 07:55 PM CST

Double lung transplant patient John Muscarella, 21, is hugged by Suja Alummoottil in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 in a hallway at Newark, N.J.'s Beth Israel Medical Center. Muscarella underwent a double lung transplant last week. He received the organs from Alummoottil's nephew, Dennis Malloosseril, one of the shooting victims at the St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church in Clifton. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Thanks to a set of transplanted lungs from a young man killed in a New Jersey church shooting, John Muscarella can breathe a little easier now.

Doctors' panel won't rule on 'miracles' at Lourdes (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:10 PM CST

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2008, file photo, pilgrims queue to visit the grotto at Lourdes, southwestern France. An international doctors panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the business of judging whether pilgrims to the French shrine could have benefited from 'miracle' healing, a direct challenge to the church's way of deciding what makes the cut as a divine cure. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)AP - An international doctors' panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the "miracle" business at Lourdes.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:55 AM CST

AP - A Roman Catholic priest urged his parishioners to confess if they voted for Barack Obama with knowledge of the president-elect's support for abortion rights, drawing a dissenting view from his bishop and further stirring a debate about Catholic political responsibility.

Religion today (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:42 AM CST

Egyptian residents pass by the under construction Nour mosque in Ein Shams district, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Early on a Sunday morning, hundreds of Christian Egyptians quietly slipped into a former underwear factory and held the first services in a church they'd secretly been setting up inside. Bells rang, and worshippers sang hymns in the ancient Coptic language. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Early in the morning two Sundays ago, hundreds of Christian Egyptians quietly slipped into a former underwear factory where they had discreetly set up a church and held their first service. Bells rang and hymns were sung.

Pope says banks should support weakest (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 06:08 AM CST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is urging banks to help families experiencing financial problems.

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