2009年1月28日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Wife says Haggard told her of struggles years ago (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 10:57 PM CST

This image taken from video, supplied by Magnolia Pictures, shows the Rev. Ted Haggard  preaching in the documentary film 'Jesus Camp'. Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard — a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.  (AP Photo/Magnolia Pictures,File)AP - Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard's wife says she knew about his struggles with same-sex attraction for years and felt he was "winning the battle" before a scandal involving a male prostitute triggered his downfall in late 2006.


3 Mass. men indicted in black church fire (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 06:02 PM CST

AP - Three Massachusetts men have been formally indicted in the torching of a predominantly black church hours after the election of President Barack Obama.

Russian Orthodox Church elects leader (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 04:25 PM 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 interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, seen as a modernizer who could seek a historic reconciliation with the Vatican and more autonomy from the state, was overwhelmingly elected patriarch Tuesday.


Outreach to Muslims starts new path in Mideast (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:55 PM CST

In an image made from a video provided by Al-Arabiya, President Barack Obama is interviewed in Washington by Dubai-based Al-Arabiya cable network Monday Jan. 26, 2009.  It was the Obama's first formal television interview as president given to an Arabic cable TV network. (AP Photo/Al-Arabiya)AP - Even before crafting its own Middle East strategy, the Obama administration is making clear that its approach will differ — in tone and style, if not also in substance — from its predecessor's.


Forgiveness sought for Holocaust-denying bishop (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:44 PM CST

AP - An ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI silenced one of its bishops on Tuesday and distanced itself from his claim that no Jews were gassed during World War II.

6 Germans awarded for preserving Jewish history (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 05:51 AM CST

AP - A German couple who started a charity to reconnect their town with Jewish families who fled during the Holocaust is among five recipients of an annual Jewish history award.
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