2009年5月14日星期四

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Pope set to complete eight-day Middle East tour (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:39 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives for a mass on Mount Precipice, where the Bible says a mob tried to hurl Jesus off a cliff, in the northern city of Nazareth May 14, 2009. Tens of thousands of the faithful turned out in the town of Jesus's boyhood on Thursday when Pope Benedict took his Holy Land pilgrimage to the heartland of Israel's minority Arab population. REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters - Pope Benedict will complete a Middle East pilgrimage on Friday with prayers at one of the holiest sites for Christians, a day after holding mass for tens of thousands in the Galilee town of Nazareth.


Spain moves to ease abortion law (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 08:17 AM PDT

AP - The Spanish government approved a plan Friday to ease its abortion law and allow the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, pressing ahead with a sweeping social reform agenda that has irked conservatives and the Catholic church.

Noted Catholic theologian dies at 68 (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 08:37 PM PDT

AP - Monsignor William A. Kerr, a leading human rights figure whom serial killer Ted Bundy sought out to be his spiritual counselor on death row, died Wednesday. He was 68.
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