2009年5月13日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Pope to hold mass in town of Jesus' boyhood (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the crowd from his Popemobile as he arrives to lead a mass at the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem May 12, 2009, where it is believed Jesus had his final prayer before he was betrayed and arrested. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - Pope Benedict will visit Nazareth on Thursday, the town of Jesus' boyhood in the heartland of Israel's minority Arab population.


Possible SupCo nominee shows no extra caution (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - This June 2008 photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. When a federal appeals court meets in Chicago Wednesday May 13, 2009 to take up a bitter dispute over alleged religious discrimination by a condo association the judges themselves could end up as the main attraction. Wood, 58, a former University of Chicago law professor like Obama, is getting the biggest share of the spotlight. Oral arguments before the full appeals court are set for Wednesday in what has come to be known as 'the mezuzah case.' (AP Photo/University of Chicago, Lloyd DeGrane, File)AP - Supreme Court prospect Diane P. Wood asked the most questions and showed no extra measure of caution Wednesday as judges on Chicago's federal appeals court plunged into a dispute over alleged housing discrimination.


Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 08:13 AM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the United Auto Workers in a dispute over dues and the religious objections of a Roman Catholic at an Indiana factory.

Pope gunman: I want to convert to Christianity (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 07:41 AM PDT

AP - The man who shot Pope John Paul II says he would like to convert to Christianity at a baptism ceremony at the Vatican soon after his release from prison in January, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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