2009年1月27日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Former church member: Haggard performed sex act (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:06 AM CST

Ted Haggard answers questions during the HBO panel for the documentary 'The Trials of Ted Haggard' at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles January 9, 2009. Haggard, the powerful U.S. evangelist who fell from grace in 2006 amid a gay sex scandal, returned to the spotlight on Friday saying his faith was stronger but he wished people had been more forgiving. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)AP - A young man who formerly attended New Life Church says that then-pastor Ted Haggard performed a sex act in front of him in a hotel room in 2006 and sent him explicit text messages.


Mass. church fire defendants freed on bail (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:36 PM CST

AP - Three men accused of burning a predominantly black church in Massachusetts hours after the election of President Barack Obama have been released on house arrest.

Russian Orthodox Church electing new head (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 08:34 AM CST

Senior members of the Russian Orthodox Church cast their ballots to select candidates to replace late Patriarch Alexy II in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The church leaders selected three candidates in a secret ballot Sunday, including the church's interim leader, to replace former Patriarch Alexy II, who died last month.  A final choice will be made by Thursday before a weekend enthronement. (AP Photo)AP - The Russian Orthodox Church says the choice is up to God, but the electors who will name the next patriarch this week include prominent businessmen and political figures, as well as monks and priests.


Pope Benedict's Africa pilgrimage dates issued (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 07:47 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI will meet with Muslim representatives and women's rights advocates when he travels to Cameroon and Angola in March on his first papal trip to Africa, the Vatican said Monday.
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