2009年7月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Global health officials mull how to slow swine flu (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

U.S. students wave to journalists from the fenced off courtyard of the Yanxiang Hotel, where groups of students are being kept in quarantine, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Students from the U.S. and U.K have been quarantined at the hotel after classmates were diagnosed with swine flu. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Some Muslim countries are advising pregnant women not to attend the hajj pilgrimage. China is quarantining any visitor suspected of having a fever, while priests in New Zealand have been banned from placing Communion wafers on worshippers' tongues.

Russian pupils to have choice of religion, ethics (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 10:46 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks on during his meeting with the leaders of Russia's main religious denominations at the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. (AP Photo/ Alexander Nenenov, Pool)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a pilot project Tuesday that will require schoolchildren to take classes in religion or secular ethics.

Catholic friars to open Hebrew academy in Poland (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:09 AM PDT

A photo of a Torah being restored in 2007. Roman Catholic Franciscan friars are to open Poland's first privately-run Hebrew academy in October with the approval of the country's chief rabbi and a Polish cardinal, its rector said Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Henning Kaiser)AFP - Roman Catholic Franciscan friars are to open Poland's first privately-run Hebrew academy in October with the approval of the country's chief rabbi and a Polish cardinal, its rector said Tuesday.

China to allow 2,700 Muslims to visit Mecca: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:03 AM PDT

Uighur Muslims arrive for Friday prayers at the Yanhan Mosque in Urumqi on July 17, 2009 in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China will allow over 2,700 Muslims to visit the holy site of Mecca this year, with pilgrims making the trip in 10 groups organised by the government, state press said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will allow over 2,700 Muslims to visit the holy site of Mecca this year, with pilgrims making the trip in 10 groups organised by the government, state press said Tuesday.

Pope Benedict sends greetings to Tour de France (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 02:29 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges faithful during his Angelus prayer in Romano Canavese, northern Italy, Sunday, July 19, 2009. The pope blessed a few hundred faithful Sunday with his right arm in a cast during his first public appearance since undergoing surgery to set a wrist he fractured in a fall. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to riders and organizers of the Tour de France and told them that commitment in sports must always be accompanied by the respect of moral values.

Hungarian carpenter serves Pope on throne (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 08:54 PM PDT

Master carpenter Arpad Rostas uses a special chemical-mix on an old wooden-chair for restauration in his workshop of Marcali, south-west of Budapest(AFP/File/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Master carpenter Arpad Rostas would like the pope to sit on his chair: a high, gilded throne carved out of oak with a pair of angels, the coats of arms of Hungary and the Catholic Church and a poem by Rostas himself.

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