2009年7月9日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope meeting special for Obama: White House (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:29 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience on July 8, 2009 at Paul VI hall at The Vatican. Obama's meeting with the Pope at the Vatican on Friday carries more weight than normal for the new US president, the White House said.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - Barack Obama's meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday carries more weight than normal for the new US president, the White House said.


Irish Catholics say tree stump looks like Mary (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:12 AM PDT

An unidentified person places an item at the stump in St Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Limerick, Ireland, Thursday, July, 9, 2009. Thousands of Irish Catholics are flocking to a church to pray at a tree stump — a recently cut-down willow that many say bears the shape of the Virgin Mary. The phenomenon at St. Mary's parish church in the village of Rathkeale in County Limerick harkens back to decades past when Catholic devotion and pilgrimages were a dominant feature of rural life in Ireland. (AP Photo)AP - Thousands of Irish Catholics have flocked this week to a County Limerick church to pray at the stump of a recently cut willow that many observers say, has the silhouette of the Virgin Mary.


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