2009年4月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Church-Shopping: Why Do Americans Change Faiths? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A new study shows that Americans aren't losing their religion, just switching their religious affiliation

Pope demands soul-searching after Italy quake (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is flanked by a firefighter as he looks at a collapsed student dorm in L'Aquila, central Italy, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Benedict XVI visited the region in central Italy ravaged by this month's earthquake, offering words of comfort to the survivors and calling for the rebirth of the area. The April 6 quake claimed 296 lives and hit 26 towns and villages in the Abruzzo region in the Apennine mountains. The 6.3-magnitude quake drove around 50,000 from their homes and toppled or heavily damaged thousands of buildings across the region. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Pope Benedict XVI embraced the survivors of Italy's deadly earthquake Tuesday as he walked through their muddy tent camp and demanded "serious soul-searching" from those responsible for the shoddy construction blamed for many of the 296 deaths.

Swedish foreign minister denied entry to Sri Lanka (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - Sweden recalled its top diplomat in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was blocked from joining a European delegation pressing for a cease-fire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.

Pope hears victims' "silent cry" in quake zone (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 12:24 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI leaves after visiting a little church in the quake destroyed village of Onna, near Aquila, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - Pope Benedict comforted survivors of Italy's earthquake Tuesday and asked God to heed the "silent cry" of its victims rising from the earth.

In flu crisis, US has planned for the worst (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 09:55 AM PDT

A statue is seen on Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, on April 27, 2009. Mexico faces a AP - If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would go into a protective crouch.

Why so many Americans switch religions (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - America is a country on the move in innumerable ways, and religion is no exception. Half of Americans have changed their religious denomination at least once in their lives – many several times – and 28 percent have switched faiths altogether (for example, from Christianity to Judaism). Amid this fluidity, the number of "unaffiliated" adults has grown to 16 percent of the population.

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