2009年1月25日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

In Philippines, even the Church feels financial pinch (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:54 AM CST

A young boy prays at a Catholic church in Manila. As the economic downturn hits the pockets of Filipinos, the powerful Roman Catholic Church which dominates this Southeast Asian archipelago of 90 million, is also feeling the pinch.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - Evangeline Rellanos has been selling candles outside San Pedro Cathedral in the heart of the Philippines' Davao City since she was seven years old -- but she has never seen business this bad.

Atheism 2.0 -- Indonesia's nonbelievers find refuge online (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 09:54 PM CST

Muslims pray at a mosque to celebrate the New Year in Jakarta. In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, atheists are increasingly using web tools such as social networking sites, mailing lists and blogs to communicate with like-minded people in a nation where declaring there is no God can turn someone into an outcast.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - Chain-smoking at a trendy coffee shop while studiously ignoring the mosque's evening call to prayer, Indonesian atheists Didi and Dewi have little patience for the beliefs of most of their countrymen.

Russian church prepares to elect new patriarch (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 09:06 PM CST

The teeth of a bronze lion are seen near Moscow's Christ the Saviour cathedral. Russian Orthodox Church leaders are gathering in Christ the Saviour cathedral to start the process of electing a new patriarch to head a church enjoying a post-Soviet boom in popularity and cosy relations with the Kremlin.(AFP/Michael Eckels)AFP - The Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday starts the process for electing a new patriarch to head a church enjoying a post-Soviet boom in popularity and cosy relations with the Kremlin.

Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:38 PM CST

A 1977 file photo showing Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Lefebvre rebelled against the Vatican's modernizing reforms of the 1960's, including replacing Latin with local languages at Mass. The Vatican made the announcement Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. (AP Photo)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose rehabilitation sparked outrage among Jewish groups.

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