2009年2月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:40 AM CST

Time.com - The Freedom of Choice Act has become an anti-abortion rallying cry. The trouble is, it doesn't exist

U.S. seeks to improve image in Muslim Indonesia (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:31 AM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) waves she takes a tour in a slum in Jakarta February 19, 2009. (Bay Ismoyo/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made small talk on a popular music TV show and toured U.S.-funded aid projects on Thursday as she tried to improve America's image in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Pope tells Nancy Pelosi life must be protected (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:35 PM CST

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, listens to Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at the Villa Madama residence, in Rome, Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009. Pelosi is on an official visit in Italy until Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its development." The U.S. House speaker, a Catholic, was the first top Democrat to meet with Benedict since the election of Barack Obama, who won a majority of the U.S. Catholic vote despite differences with the Vatican on abortion.

Suspicious Ala. church fires ruled arson cases (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 03:25 PM CST

AP - Authorities say two fires that destroyed churches in rural Alabama last weekend are likely arsons.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 11:20 AM CST

AP - Boston College officials have quietly placed crucifixes in every classroom and Christian artwork around the Roman Catholic university's campus, stirring some faculty complaints.

Catholic schools trying to survive (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 11:16 AM CST

This Nov. 14, 2007 file photo shows Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y. speaking during a news conference at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops fall meeting in Baltimore. The Diocese of Brooklyn and New York City announced Saturday Feb. 14, 2009, that they are considering a similar move, converting four schools with falling enrollment into publicly funded charter schools without religious instruction. However, state law prohibits converting religious schools into charters. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark,File)AP - Maryland is considered the cradle of Roman Catholic education in America, but if that heritage is to endure, decisive action must be taken soon to address falling enrollment at Baltimore's parochial schools, the archbishop said.

Pope admonishes Pelosi on duty to protect unborn (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:54 AM CST

Pope Benedict XVI gestures during his weekly general audience in St. Peters's square at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI admonished visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who advocates abortion rights, that AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admonished visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who advocates abortion rights, that "all Catholics" should uphold the Church's teachings on life.

Clinton sees new role for Indonesia in US 'smart power' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 02:28 PM CST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the presidential palace in Jakarta on February 19. Clinton has met Bambang as she sets about seeking to rebuild ties with the Islamic world after the Bush years.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said Indonesia -- as a democratic and mainly Muslim country -- would play a key role in the Obama administration's new commitment to "smart power".

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