2009年4月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Muslims get long sentences for U.S. Army base plot (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Muslim men convicted of plotting to kill soldiers at a U.S. Army base received long prison sentences on Wednesday for a plan prosecutors said was inspired by holy war against the United States.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:03 AM PDT

AP - United Methodist clergy cannot perform same-sex marriages or gay civil unions, even if their regional church district supports the idea, the denomination's high court ruled.

Religion today: Synagogues, churches build green (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:02 AM PDT

In this photo taken March 31, 2009, Rabbi Brant Rosen walks past the Ark of the Covenant that is made from recycled woven metal in the sanctuary at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation synagogue in Evanston, Ill. The $9 million synagogue opened in February 2008 and in September became the only worship building in the country to receive the highest green-building rating from the nonprofit U.S. Green Buildings Council. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - When it rained, water filled the basement a foot high, flooding the preschool room at least once a year. The air conditioner wouldn't work in two rooms at the same time. The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation desperately needed a new synagogue.

Pope sorry for abuse at native Canadian schools (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 10:21 AM PDT

Native Canadian Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, attends Pope Benedict XVI general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday April 29, 2009. A group of native Canadians attended the pontiff's general audience on Wednesday before a private meeting where the pope expressed his concern for the acknowledged abuse and 'deplorable conduct' of some church members at Canadian schools that native Canadians were forced to attend, in an effort to assimilate them into Canadian society. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Wednesday to native Canadians who were physically and sexually abused at church-run boarding schools they were forced to attend, saying he was sorry for their anguish and was praying they would heal.

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

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:05 AM PDT

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

India politicians shun Muslim slums (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 11:07 PM PDT

Indian Muslim boys watch a game of cricket in New Delhi. For many among India's huge Muslim minority, general elections only serve to highlight their community's general sense of isolation and neglect.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - No politician campaigns for votes in the slums of Ahmedabad that are home to Muslims displaced by mobs of rampaging Hindus.

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