2009年2月2日星期一

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 03:29 PM CST

President Barack Obama, seen here in January 2009, told the Organisation of Islamic Conference that he has full confidence that the United States can work together with the world's largest grouping of Muslims, the OIC said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas)AFP - President Barack Obama told the Organisation of Islamic Conference that he has full confidence that the United States can work together with the world's largest grouping of Muslims, the OIC said on Sunday.


Pope's bishop pick criticized over Katrina comment (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 02:10 PM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI's decision to promote a pastor who suggested Hurricane Katrina was provoked by sin in New Orleans was criticized Sunday by Austrian priests and church groups.

Russian Orthodox Church enthrones new leader (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:51 PM CST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, his wife Svetlana, center, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cross themselves during the enthronement service for Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009.  The new patriarch was seated on the throne of the Russian Orthodox Church Sunday, becoming the first leader of the world's largest Orthodox church to take office after the fall of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - A new patriarch took charge of the Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday, formally becoming the first leader of the world's largest Orthodox church to take office after the fall of the Soviet Union.


Pope: Euthanasia 'false solution' to suffering (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 07:20 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that euthanasia is a "false solution" to suffering, adding his voice to a bitter debate in Italy over the fate of a comatose woman whose father wants to remove her feeding tube.
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