2009年7月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


British Foreign Office minister resigns (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office minister Mark Malloch Brown says he will resign at the end of the month for family and personal reasons.

Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate, as his Archbishop James Harvey, Prefect of the Papale Household, looks on, at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009. Benedict XVI called Tuesday, July 7, 2009, for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. In 'Charity in Truth,'' Benedict denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality of the globalized economy and lamented that greed has brought about the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing the profit-at-all-cost mentality blamed for bringing about the global financial meltdown.


Pope calls for a "global authority" on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI makes his Angelus blessing over Saint Peter's square at the Vatican July 5, 2009. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat.


Stars sing for Jackson in emotional farewell (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:09 PM PDT

In this photo provided by MJ Memorial, singer Mariah Carey sings during Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/MJ Memorial, Kevin Mazur)Reuters - Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher led an emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday as the music world, the Jackson family and thousands of fans bade farewell to the "King of Pop."


Han Chinese protesters seek Muslim Uighur targets (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 11:33 AM PDT

A video grab from CCTV shows an overturned police car in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China July 5, 2009. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TVReuters - Han Chinese armed with iron bars and machetes roamed Urumqi city on Tuesday looking to wreak revenge on Uighurs for bloody ethnic clashes two days earlier which killed 156 and wounded more than 1,000.


Obama preaches democracy to Moscow students (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:19 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is preaching the gospel of democracy to students in Russia.

Buddhism thrives as China relaxes religious policy (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 12:53 AM PDT

A buddhist nun performs her morning chore of sweeping the floor at Wutaishan, literally AFP - Temples thrive, monks travel far and wide in search of enlightenment, the faithful fill the halls of worship -- after decades of atheist policies, Buddhism is making a huge comeback in China.


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