2009年4月21日星期二

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Warren: From Peacemaker to Lightning Rod (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:58 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - Unlike many evangelical leaders of recent decades, the Rev. Rick Warren doesn't want to be a lightning rod. When I asked him before the last election whether the Christian right had tarnished the image of American evangelicals, Warren didn't blink: "without a doubt."

Germany to excavate suspected Jewish grave (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 10:44 AM PDT

The compound suspected  the remains of more than 750 Jewish prisoners slain by the Nazis in the final days of the WWII is seen in Jamlitz, some 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Berlin on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. German authorities say excavation will begin this week on a site suspected of holding the remains of more than 750 Jewish prisoners slain by the Nazis in the final days of the war. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - A birch-lined back yard believed to hold the remains of more than 750 former Jewish prisoners slain by the Nazis in the final days of World War II will be excavated by German authorities starting Wednesday.


Mich. bishop appointed as new St. Louis archbishop (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Archbishop-designate Robert Carlson speaks at the press conference to announce his appointment to the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in St. Louis. Carlson will be filling the post left vacant when Archbishop Raymond Burke was appointed to the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. in June 2008.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam)AP - Bishop Robert J. Carlson of Saginaw, Mich., was named Tuesday as the new archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis.


Jewish educational institution struggles (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:18 PM PDT

AP - The nation's oldest institution for training rabbis, cantors and educators of Reform Judaism is facing economic woes that could lead the college to close two of its three U.S. campuses.
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