2009年4月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

10 Holy Cross priests object to Obama invitation (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama returns a salute as he steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., early Wednesday, Wednesday, April 8, 2009, after returning from a Baghdad. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Ten priests from the order that founded the University of Notre Dame say the school risks its "true soul" and could distance itself from the Roman Catholic Church by inviting President Barack Obama to campus next month.


Vatican quake appeal: restore church treasures (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 02:17 PM PDT

In this April 6, 2009 file photo, a painting of the Virgin Mary and a crucifix are seen in the rubble of collapsed church building, in the village of Castelnuovo, near L'Aquila central Italy. The Vatican is appealing to experts worldwide to volunteer their skills to restore art works and other treasures from churches devastated by the earthquake and aftershocks this week in a medieval town in central Italy.  (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)AP - The Vatican appealed Wednesday to experts worldwide to volunteer to restore paintings and other treasures from churches devastated in quakes this week in central Italy.


Say amen: Ark. church holds Easter service in bar (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AP - A fledging Arkansas church will see if distilled spirits can mix with the Holy Spirit this Easter weekend.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:07 AM PDT

AP - Maryland prison officials say inmates would continue to be offered the choice of kosher meals beyond Passover.

Black and Jewish, a synagogue gains acceptance (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:07 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, March 29, 2009, a silver Torah place marker is seen on a Torah at Temple Beth ' El  in Philadelphia, during the congregation's Torah dedication ceremony. The sacred scrolls were a small sign of recognition for the African-American temple, which after decades on the fringes is starting to be welcomed by the mainstream Jewish community despite the synagogue's unusual traditions and beliefs. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - The jubilation in Temple Beth'El's packed sanctuary overflowed into the aisles, with members dancing, clapping and singing as they welcomed their first Torah from Israel.


Quake funerals begin in Italy as more bodies found (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT

People react with emotion after the funeral of Giuseppe Chiavaroli, 24, one of the victims of the earthquake, in Loreto Aprutino, central Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. A powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy early Monday, killing some 260 people and leaving around 28,000 homeless. A state funeral for other victims is scheduled for Friday morning. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Bells tolled in hilltowns across central Italy on Wednesday as the first funerals got under way for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. The Vatican granted a dispensation so a funeral Mass for most of the 272 dead could be celebrated on Good Friday.


Blair urges Catholic Church homosexuality rethink (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 03:42 AM PDT

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair during a session in Davos, Switzerland, on the second day of the World Economic Forum in January 2009. Blair said the Catholic Church needed to rethink its attitude towards homosexuality, as it is out of step with ordinary church-goers'.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Former premier Tony Blair said the Catholic Church needed to rethink its attitude towards homosexuality, as it is out of step with ordinary church-goers', in an interview published Wednesday.


Vatican says pope plans quake visit (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 02:43 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the area hit by a deadly earthquake in the Abruzzo region east of Rome soon.

Apostles, not apostates: BYU paper's ungodly typo (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.
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