2009年2月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

NY town seeks comfort after plane falls onto home (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:33 PM CST

Chris Fashone, right, reacts as he joins others at a service in memory of the victims of Continental Connection Flight 3407 at Clarence Center United Methodist Church Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009  in Clarence Center, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - At Clarence United Methodist Church, they prayed — for the victims, for their families and for the small army of workers sifting through plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo.


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Clinton ends China visit with church, Web chat (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:42 AM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) listens to a clergy as she walks out after a Sunday service at the Beijing Haidian Christian Church in Beijing February 22, 2009. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her visit to China on Sunday by attending services at a state-sanctioned church, having a conversation with women's rights activists and doing a brief Web chat.


Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:05 PM CST

Time.com - The Catholic equivalent of a get-out-of-purgatory-free card, indulgences are being used to encourage churchgoers to do more good works

Misuse of genetics an 'attack on humanity', says pope (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:19 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI prays with cardinals during a concistory in the Vatican. The Pope on Saturday freshly condemned the practice of discriminating through genetic selection as an AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday freshly condemned the practice of discriminating through genetic selection as an "attack against all of humanity".


Gruesome killing poses another test for US Muslims (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 01:27 PM CST

In this photo made available by Bridges TV, Muzzammil Hassan, and his wife Aasiya Hassan of  Orchard Park, NY, near Buffalo, pose in an undated photo. Police say Hassan beheaded his wife after she filed for divorce. (AP Photo/Bridges TV)AP - The crime was so brutal, shocking and rife with the worst possible stereotypes about their faith that some U.S. Muslims thought the initial reports were a hoax.


Pope decries discrimination based on genetics (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:19 AM CST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that any type of discrimination based on genetic factors, such as a risk for cancer or other ailments, is an attack against all of humanity.
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