2009年3月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Jewish groups denounce Oliphant Gaza cartoon (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Two Jewish groups have denounced a Pat Oliphant political cartoon on Gaza as anti-Semitic, likening its fanged Star of David to Nazi imagery before the Holocaust.

Clinton visits Mexican church, watches police train (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton placed a bouquet of white roses at a basilica and watched police storm an airplane in a mock hostage rescue as she ended a two-day visit to Mexico on Thursday.

Not guilty plea for alleged Ill. church shooter (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:38 PM PDT

This March 13, 2009 file booking photo originally released by the Madison County Sheriff's Department in Edwardsville, Ill., shows Terry Sedlacek, 27, of Troy, Ill. Sedlacek, accused of shooting Pastor Fred Winters of First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., through the heart during his Sunday sermon earlier this month, was indicted Thursday, March 26, 2009, by the Madison County grand jury in Edwardsville and charged with first-degree murder in the death. (AP Photo/Madison County Sheriff's Department, File)AP - A man charged in the fatal shooting of a pastor during church services said Thursday that he wanted to plead guilty, moments after his attorney entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.

Baptist preacher runs again for office he bilked (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:23 PM PDT

The Rev. Henry J. Lyons preaches at the First Baptist Institutional Church Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30, 2003, in Lakeland, Fla. Lyons, the ousted former president of a national organization of black Baptist churches is running for the position again, a decade after he was sent to prison for stealing millions of dollars from the group. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr., Pool)AP - The ousted former president of a national organization of black Baptist churches is running for the position again, a decade after he was sent to prison for stealing millions of dollars from the group.

New estimate raises ND flood higher than sandbags (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Volunteers make use of a ladder and other items to assist in filling sandbags as the Red River rises Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Moorhead, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Bad news turned dire Thursday for residents scrambling in subfreezing temperatures to pile sandbags along the Red River: After they spent the day preparing for a record crest of 41 feet, forecasters added up to 2 feet to their estimate.

Condom uproar latest message problem for pope (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 10:24 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2009 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, left, and spokesman father Federico Lombardi, greets the media at the end of a news conference he held on the aircraft on his way to Yaounde, Cameroon. From the Gospel to Google, the church has been seeking ways to announce the word of Christ for 2,000 years. Pope Benedict XVI has gone on YouTube and his speeches appear in Chinese on the Vatican Web site, but judging from the uproar over a Holocaust-denying bishop and his pronouncement that condoms deepen the AIDS crisis, he's clearly struggling with his message. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)AP - From the Gospel to Google, the church has been seeking ways to announce the word of Christ for 2,000 years.

NY budget cuts could imperil Jewish burial rites (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 08:58 PM PDT

AP - New York City's medical examiner warns that proposed budget cuts could threaten Jewish and Muslim burial rites.

Florida priests get jail for stealing from church (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 11:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Two disgraced Roman Catholic priests have been sentenced to prison in a case involving the misappropriation of more than $8 million from their church, a theft one judge called "greed unmasked."

Priest gets 4-year sentence for Fla. church theft (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:24 AM PDT

Rev. John Skehan, 81, turns to leave the courtroom after appearing before Judge Jeffrey Colbath in the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach,Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Gary Coronado, Pool)AP - A Florida priest convicted of stealing money from his church was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison, the second cleric to be imprisoned for taking thousands of dollars from the same congregation.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT

AP - The former chief executive of an embattled kosher slaughterhouse who has been charged with fraud, money laundering and other crimes is asking a judge to plan court proceedings so they don't conflict with Jewish holidays.

PhD program explores Christian spirituality (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:18 AM PDT

Adam McClendon, the first spirituality Ph.D. student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, talks about the program on the school's campus in Louisville, Ky., Friday, March 6, 2009. McClendon will spend the next five years in class work and on research of the subject. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - A new doctorate program at a conservative Baptist seminary will explore the life lessons of the Bible at a time when self-help spirituality is being popularized by celebrities like Oprah.

US judge strikes down policy on religious visas (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:45 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has struck down a long-standing government policy that made it tougher for religious workers from other countries to remain in the United States.

US fights to keep visa ban on Muslim scholar (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:26 PM PDT

A US government lawyer argued against revoking a high-profile travel ban on leading Oxford University Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, pictured in 2008, in a court appeal on Tuesday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - A US government lawyer argued against revoking a high-profile travel ban on leading Oxford University Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan in a court appeal on Tuesday.

Breakaway Episcopalians lose bid to keep building (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 02:07 PM PDT

AP - A judge has ruled that a Colorado Springs church building belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and not a breakaway parish.

Obama lawyer sticks to ban on Muslim scholar (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:59 PM PDT

Reuters - A lawyer arguing on behalf of the Obama administration on Tuesday echoed Bush administration policies to back a decision to deny one of Europe's leading Muslim intellectuals entry to the United States.

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