2008年12月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Pope Benedict XVI condemns quest for quick profit (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 05:08 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis is a result of the quest for short-term gains at the expense of the common good.

Obama hopes to reboot US image among Muslims (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 05:21 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama is seen after speaking about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich during his meeting with Vice President-elect Joe Biden and former Vice President Al Gore, both not pictured, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he will try to "reboot America's image" among the world's Muslims and will follow tradition by using his entire name — Barack Hussein Obama — in his swearing-in ceremony.


Perfume vials from Christ's era unearthed in Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 01:57 PM CST

Reuters - A team of Franciscan archaeologists digging in the biblical town of Magdala in what is now Israel say they have unearthed vials of perfume similar to those that may have been used by the woman said to have washed Jesus' feet.

Former World Bank expert named Romanian premier (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:56 AM CST

Theodor Stolojan addresses the media in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 10 2008 shortly after being designated as the country's new Prime Minister. Romanian President Traian Basescu  named World Bank ex senior economist Theodor Stolojan as prime minister of a coalition government. Romania's economy has been hit by the global economic crisis and the nomination of Stolojan is meant to send a signal of political stability and expertise at handling the economy. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - A former World Bank economist was chosen Wednesday to become Romania's next prime minister — a job he held before as the country emerged from decades of communism.


Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:27 AM CST

AP - The city council has voted to make Cleveland the third Ohio city with a domestic partner registry for gay or other unmarried couples.

Religion today (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:14 AM CST

This photo released by the Orthodox Church in America shows Metropolitan Jonah. (AP Photo/Orthodox Church In America)AP - Over the course of 11 days in November, the soft-spoken monk known as Jonah saw his life change in ways he hadn't dreamed of.


Russian Orthodox Church to pick leader in January (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 08:22 AM CST

General view of  Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral during the funeral of  the late Patriarch Alexy II Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Candles flickered and white-robed elders chanted prayers as Russia bade farewell Tuesday to the Patriarc, who guided the country's dominant Russian Orthodox Church through its remarkable recovery after decades of Communist-era oppression. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, Pool)AP - Russian Orthodox Church will pick a new patriarch in January to replace the longtime leader who died last week.


Families cope a year after Colo. church shootings (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 05:34 AM CST

This undated family photo shows Tiffany Johnson, 26, who was killed in a shooting Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, at a missionary training center in Arvada, Colo. Johnson was shot and killed a year ago by gunman Matthew Murray at the Youth With a Mission training center in the Denver suburb of Arvada. (AP Photo/Tom Johnson)AP - Tim Johnson used to worry about his daughter, Tiffany, while she was in Africa on one of her missionary trips.


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