2009年2月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Fire burns through roof of iconic Chicago church (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 06:38 PM CST

Chicago firefighters work in freezing temperatures on an extra-alarm fire at the Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of Cardinal Francis George, in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A fire burned for more than two hours Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral, severely damaging the attic and leaving gaping holes in the roof of the 134-year-old landmark that is the seat of Cardinal Francis George.

Lawyer: Guilty plea coming in TN church shooting (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 06:13 PM CST

AP - An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire in a Tennessee church will plead guilty to killing two people and wounding six others, his attorney said Wednesday.

Mormon church in Nevada town destroyed by fire (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:27 PM CST

Firefighters spray water on the remains of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Logandale, Nev., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison says there was no immediate indication of foul play in the 4 a.m. fire that engulfed the church. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Fire has destroyed a Mormon church in a small Nevada farming town outside Las Vegas.

Vatican turnaround: Holocaust denier must recant (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:16 PM CST

This undated image from video shows British-born Bishop Richard Williamson, center, conducting a Mass at an unknown location. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, the Vatican distanced itself from Williamson, a prelate who denied the Holocaust, and demanded that he recant. The Vatican also said that Pope Benedict XVI didn't know about Bishop Richard Williamson's views when he agreed to lift the bishop's excommunication last month. (AP Photo/Courtesy SVT)AP - The Vatican, bowing to the growing furor over Pope Benedict XVI's decision to accept a return to the church of a prelate who denied the Holocaust, made a dramatic turnaround Wednesday and demanded the bishop recant.

Vatican demands Holocaust denier publicly recant (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:52 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he celebrates his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, February 4, 2009. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)Reuters - The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust to publicly recant his views if he wants to serve as a prelate in the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican said Pope Benedict was not aware of Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust when the pontiff lifted excommunications on him and three other traditionalist bishops last month.

Catholic order says founder committed misconduct (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:51 PM CST

AP - A staunchly conservative religious order favored by Pope John Paul II said Wednesday that there had been unspecified misconduct by its founder.

Convent shuts after helping generations 'overcome' (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:53 AM CST

Sister Camille D'Arienzo, 76, a past president of the Brooklyn Sisters of Mercy order who worked from Sisters of Mercy convent offices, listens during an interview in New York, Wednesday Jan. 6 , 2009. The order's governing body plans to close the 146-year-old Sisters of Mercy motherhouse on Willoughby Avenue in Forth Greene at the end of January, citing prohibitive renovating costs. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Ringed by massive red brick walls, the Convent of Mercy rose during the Civil War. Two decades later, the Brooklyn Bridge opened. And more than four decades passed before the Empire State Building appeared on the Manhattan skyline seen from the windows of the Brooklyn convent.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:15 AM CST

AP - Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a packed Sixteenth Street Baptist Church with a message of racial reconciliation and cooperation on social issues.

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