2009年8月20日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:48 PM PDT

AP - Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman Catholic leaders is at risk because of a recent U.S. bishops' statement on salvation.

Court nixes religious displays in postal station (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A Connecticut church may operate a postal station without violating the constitutional separation of church and state, as long as it clearly distinguishes it from private space, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.

Pope names Orlando tourist ministry a basilica (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Father David Kiyingi, of Montreal, Canada, is silhouetted against a stained-glass window while photographing the sanctuary during a visit to the Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.  Pope Benedict XVI recently designated the church a minor basilica, one of only 63 in the United States. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Even though Mary Jo Smith and her husband had just arrived in Orlando to start their vacation late the night before, they still showed up for noon Mass at the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe before hitting the theme parks with their five children.


Ramadan begins Saturday in Egypt, summer cut short (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:17 PM PDT

A vendor carries a tray of bread as he rides a bicycle past a stall selling traditional tin lanterns known as Fawanis, used to decorate during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo on August 16, 2009. The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday in Egypt, where authorities are turning the clocks back a month early in a bid to reduce daylight hours for those fasting.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday in Egypt, where authorities are turning the clocks back a month early in a bid to reduce daylight hours for those fasting.


Excerpts from Lutheran report on human sexuality (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:03 PM PDT

AP - On Wednesday, leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a "social statement on human sexuality" — a precursor to Friday's expected vote on a proposal to allow pastors in committed same-sex relationships to serve as clergy in individual congregations of the country's largest Lutheran denomination.

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