2009年7月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, are photographed as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, July 10, 2009. President Obama sat down with the pontiff at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home.

Obama, pope meet on abortion, Mideast peace (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:07 PM PDT

This handout picture released by The Vatican press office(VPO) shows Pope Benedict XVI (L) greeting US President Barack Obama prior their meeting at the Vatican. Obama promised the pontiff that he would try to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.(AFP/VPO-HO)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday promised to try to reduce abortions in his country during his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, while also discussing Middle East peace efforts.

Obama Stresses Common Ground With Pope Benedict (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:06 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - President Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time today in Rome, and while they offered little in the way of public comment before or after their sit-down, Vatican and U.S. sources said the two engaged in a wide-ranging discussion that touched on immigration policy and the Middle East and that saw Benedict emphasizing the church's conservative position on abortion. [See photos of Obama's meeting with the pope]

Obama delivers letter from Kennedy to Pope (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:00 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a letter from Senator Edward Kennedy to Pope Benedict on Friday and asked the Roman Catholic pontiff to pray for the senator, who is suffering from an incurable brain tumor.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama staffers meet pope (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, his eldest daughter Malia and youngest Sasha, and first lady Michelle arrive at Pratica di Mare's military airport, near Rome, Friday, July 10, 2009. After attending a three-day G8 (Group of Eight) Summit meeting in L'Aquila, central Italy, President Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - If one career highlight was getting Barack Obama elected president, another might be meeting the pope.

Obama tells pope he will try to limit abortions in US: Vatican (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:45 AM PDT

This handout picture released by The Vatican press office(VPO) shows Pope Benedict XVI (L) greeting US President Barack Obama prior their meeting at the Vatican. Obama promised the pontiff that he would try to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.(AFP/VPO-HO)AFP - US President Barack Obama promised Pope Benedict XVI on Friday as they met for the first time that he would try to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.

Obama tells pope he wants to reduce abortions in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:44 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama promised Pope Benedict on Friday that he would do everything possible to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.

Obama delivers letter to pope from Sen. Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has given Pope Benedict XVI a personal letter from ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Pope concerned about Seoul's private school law: envoy (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 09:06 AM PDT

Students pray for a successful result before taking the College Scholastic Ability Test, a standardized exam for college entrance, at a high school in Seoul in 2007. Pope Benedict XVI told South Korea's president a new private school law could undermine the autonomy of Catholic schools in the country, a diplomat said Friday.(AFP/File/Lee Jong-Duck)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI told South Korea's president a new private school law could undermine the autonomy of Catholic schools in the country, a diplomat said Friday.

China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:49 PM PDT

Chinese army troops do their morning exercise on the main square in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - China has raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in the far western region of Xinjiang to 184, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

Obama to conclude summit talks, meet with pope (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 11:15 PM PDT

AP - Global problems, Africa and the pope all figure in President Barack Obama's day.

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