2009年5月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Church of Scientology on trial in France (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:36 PM PDT

A Church of Scientology official, Eric Roux, speaks to journalists at a Paris court. The Church of Scientology and six of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud that could lead to an outright ban on the organisation in France.(AFP/Pierre Verdy)AFP - The Church of Scientology and six of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud that could lead to an outright ban on the organisation in France.


N.Ireland soccer mob beats Catholic man to death (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:23 PM PDT

AP - Militant Protestant supporters of a Scottish soccer team beat to death a Roman Catholic man in the latest sign of how sports rivalries inspire sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland, police and politicians said Monday.

Austria: brawl in Sikh temple leaves preacher dead (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Protesters run for cover as Indian police chase them during a protest in Amritsar, India, Monday, May 25, 2009. Indian officials clamped a curfew on a north Indian city Monday and soldiers were called in after a shooting at a Sikh temple in Austria sparked a night of protests. A leader of the sect was killed and another wounded Sunday when Sikhs wielding knives and a handgun attacked the two in Vienna. At least 15 others wounded, Austrian police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Investigators believe a sermon at a Sikh temple set off an attack that saw worshippers use a frying pan and microphone stands to fend off knife- and gun-wielding assailants who fatally shot a cleric, police said Monday.


French court tries Church of Scientology (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 11:03 AM PDT

AP - The Church of Scientology could be dissolved in France if it is convicted in a trial that opened Monday in a Paris court, where the group and seven of its French leaders stand charged of organized fraud and illegal pharmaceutical activity.

Mass. church fire forces parade cancellation (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 10:24 AM PDT

AP - An four-alarm fire damaged a 161-year-old Massachusetts church and forced the town of Middleborough to cancel its Memorial Day parade.

Pope seeks urgent reconciliation in China church (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 07:25 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican on Monday urged Catholics in China's underground and official churches to take urgent, practical steps at reconciliation and forgiveness.
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