2009年4月9日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Former President Carter to speak at Wake Forest (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 02:37 PM PDT

AP - Former President Jimmy Carter and poet Maya Angelou will speak later this month at a meeting of southeastern Baptist organizations at Wake Forest University.

Pope washes priests' feet on Holy Thursday (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 11:07 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI holds up the Gospel during a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The Chrism Mass marks the start of the Vatican Easter celebrations. Benedict XVI celebrated a Holy Thursday Mass that included the traditional blessing of holy oils -- some of which the church will send to the earthquake zone as a sign of closeness to the stricken population. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI sent ceremonial oils blessed on Holy Thursday to Italy's devastated quake zone in a sign of solidarity with the survivors.


Singapore's born-again Christians thrive (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 10:29 PM PDT

A banner hangs outside what will be the new Singapore home of the New Creation Church in 2012(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Believers gather at the New Creation Church every Sunday for upbeat services conducted in ultra-modern surroundings that are helping make Christianity the religion of choice for Singaporeans.


10 Holy Cross priests object to Obama invitation (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 10:07 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.


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