2009年7月15日星期三

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US commission seeks China Xinjiang sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:32 AM PDT

Armed Chinese paramilitary forces perform drills on People's Square in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. The US government commission on religious freedom called Wednesday for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The US government commission on religious freedom called Wednesday for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.

Jewish ritual finds home in Big Sky Country (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:54 AM PDT

In this May 28, 2009 photo, Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, stand outside their Bozeman home. An extension built onto the home houses Montana's first modern-day mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. (AP Photo/Susan Gallagher)AP - In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:37 AM PDT

AP - Televangelist, life coach and author Paula White has returned to the pulpit of the Tampa megachurch she co-founded.

Gay clergy eligible for all Episcopal ministry (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:29 PM PDT

AP - Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" Tuesday, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leaders who had sought a clear moratorium on consecrating another gay bishop.

Episcopal vote on gay clergy widens Anglican split (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:14 PM PDT

The Episcopal Church in the United States has voted to end a moratorium on the ordination of gays and lesbians as bishops, ignoring the rift the issue has already caused in the broader Anglican church. That resolution was aimed at healing and reconciling the Anglican Communion after the Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, pictured here in April 2009.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)Reuters - A global schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion looked set to widen on Tuesday after its U.S. branch, the Episcopal Church, approved a resolution to ordain gay and lesbian clergy.

Honduran minister who insulted Obama quits (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:09 PM PDT

Reuters - The Honduran minister who called U.S. President Barack Obama "that little black guy" quit the country's post-coup interim government on Tuesday, citing U.S. Embassy "pressures."

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