2009年7月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

White House expects 'frank' talks between Obama, pope (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:41 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience at Paul VI hall at The Vatican. US President Barack Obama's talks with Pope Benedict XVI will be AFP - US President Barack Obama's talks with Pope Benedict XVI will be "frank" but constructive in areas of disagreement such as abortion, the White House said Wednesday.

Vatican replaces cardinal in Holocaust controversy (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, second from right, flanked by Bishop James Harvey, second from left, and by personal secretary Bishop Georg Gaenswein, right, delivers his blessing at the end of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as part of the Vatican's effort to reconcile with an ultraconservative group.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT

AP - The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Roman Catholic faith.

50 Methodist bishops agree to cut their pay (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT

In this June 8, 2009 photo, Bishop Gregory Palmer poses for a photo in Springfield, Ill. Fifty United Methodist bishops in the United States will roll back their salaries by 4 percent next year in what Bishop Palmer, president of the Council of Bishops, says is a gesture of solidarity with others hurt by the global economic downturn. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - One of the nation's largest Christian denominations is addressing the nation's financial crisis with what it hopes will be a spiritual teaching moment as well as a cost-saver.

Obama, summit partners, eye intense global talks (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:03 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is greeted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, right, at the Quirinale Palace, Rome, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Obama is in Italy to attend the G8 (Group of Eight) summit in L'Aquila from July 8 to July 10. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama joined fellow world leaders in Italy Wednesday for talks on threats to global security and stability at a summit where climate change, a continuing global economic crisis, nuclear proliferation and world hunger took top billing.

Church camps closing amid declining use, economy (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 12:47 AM PDT

A car enters Camp Sumatanga, a United Methodist Church retreat in Gallant, Ala., in this photograph taken Thursday, June 25, 2009. Sumatanga is among hundreds of church camps nationwide that are facing money problems. Years of declining use and the recession have forced administrators to consider closing or cutting services. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - Camp Sumatanga has meant Bible stories and softball games for generations of Methodist families. Young and old alike come to the old church retreat for renewal in its quiet coves and chapels.

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