2009年3月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

UK's Brown backs ending ban on royal Catholics (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 10:15 AM PDT

AP - British monarchs should be allowed to marry Roman Catholics, the government said Friday — endorsing the idea of lifting a ban on Catholic royals but at the same time refusing to back legislation to do just that.

Journal criticizes pope's comment on condoms (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 09:12 AM PDT

AP - The Lancet medical journal on Friday accused Pope Benedict XVI of distorting scientific evidence in his statement that condoms worsen the AIDS crisis. It said he should retract the comments.

US Catholic bishops warn of Reiki therapy dangers (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 09:01 AM PDT

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned Roman Catholics to shun the eastern healing art of Reiki because it lacks scientific credibility and is dangerous to Christian spiritual health.(USCCB)AFP - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned Roman Catholics to shun the eastern healing art of Reiki because it lacks scientific credibility and is dangerous to Christian spiritual health.


Italian dig uncovers "oldest" temple in Cyprus (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 05:12 AM PDT

Reuters - An Italian archaeologist says she has discovered what is believed to be the oldest site of religious worship in Cyprus, a temple which is about 4,000 years old.

Baptist preacher runs again for office he bilked (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 08:32 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.


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

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:38 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.


Clinton visits Mexican church, watches police train (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:14 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.
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