2008年12月31日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Warren's inauguration prayer could draw more ire (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:35 PM CST

Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren delivers a speech during the 8th Annual Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Long Beach, California on Saturday Dec. 20, 2008. Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves 'gays and straights.' (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another. At George W. Bush's 2001 swearing-in, the Revs. Franklin Graham and Kirbyjon Caldwell were criticized for invoking Christ. The distinctly Christian reference at a national civic event offended some, and even prompted a lawsuit.

Armenians, Georgians in unholy row over disputed church (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 11:04 AM CST

A view of the Armenian Apostolic Norashen Church sitting beside the Georgian Orthodox Church of Jvaris Mama(L) in central Tbilissi. Unused for nearly seven decades, the Norashen Church is at the heart of long-running dispute between the Armenian Apostolic and the Georgian Orthodox Churches.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)AFP - Amidst the rambling homes and cobble-stoned streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi's old town, two stone churches stand side-by-side, sharing a snow-covered courtyard.

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