2009年5月31日星期日

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Fla.'s 'Father Oprah': Church is about forgiveness (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Alberto Cutie's girlfriend Ruhama Buni Canellis enters the Church of the Resurrection as Police Captain Sanchez looks on in Biscayne Park, Fla. on Sunday May 31, 2009.  (AP Photo/C.M. Guerrero, Pool)AP - A popular Miami priest nicknamed "Father Oprah" said Sunday that "church is about forgiveness" during his first sermon since leaving the Roman Catholic Church to become Episcopalian amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach.


Kansas abortion doctor shot dead at church (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Reuters - A Kansas doctor reviled by anti-abortion groups for his work providing so-called "late-term" abortions was shot and killed in his Wichita, Kansas, church on Sunday, and police said they captured the man responsible.

Obama seeks new start with Muslim world (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on securing cyber infrastructure May 29, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama will journey to the center of Arab-Muslim civilization this week, to begin the daunting task of draining deep mistrust of the United States felt across the Islamic world.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - President Barack Obama will journey to the center of Arab-Muslim civilization this week, to begin the daunting task of draining deep mistrust of the United States felt across the Islamic world.


Obama may meet pope during July visit to Italy: report (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:22 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Pentecost Sunday mass at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. US President Barack Obama may meet with Pope Benedict XVI in July when he is in Italy for a Group of Eight summit, the ANSA news agency reported Sunday, without citing its sources.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - US President Barack Obama may meet with Pope Benedict XVI in July when he is in Italy for a Group of Eight summit, the ANSA news agency reported Sunday, without citing its sources.


Abortion doctor shot dead in Kansas church (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 03:52 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, May 28, 2009. Obama expressed outrage on Sunday at the fatal shooting of a controversial Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions, in a statement released by the White House.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Authorities here on Sunday arrested a suspect in the death of a controversial provider of late-term abortions, who was fatally shot as he walked into services at his Kansas church, officials said.


Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:59 PM PDT

The body of Dr. George Tiller is removed from the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan., Sunday, May 31, 2009. The attorney for  Tiller says the late-term abortion provider was shot and killed at his church in Wichita (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.


Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2009 05:14 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will try to repair America's tarnished image in the Muslim world on Thursday, as he looks to mobilize support for restarting Middle East peacemaking and thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, Disarming Catholic Critics (Time.com)

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - In selecting Catholic scholar Miguel Diaz to be the new Vatican ambassador, Obama neutralized potential controversy and highlighted a potential weakness of the American Catholic Church these days
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