2009年8月15日星期六

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Gay marriage fight, `kiss-ins' smack Mormon image (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Frank Echols, right, and Bob Robinson kiss at Love Park in Philadelphia on Saturday Aug. 15, 2009, during a kiss-in organized by gay rights activists. On Saturday activists are gathering in more than 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada for the Nationwide Kiss-In a mass demonstration of public affection.  (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - The Mormon church's vigorous, well-heeled support for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California last year, has turned the Utah-based faith into a lightning rod for gay rights activism, including a nationwide "kiss-in" Saturday.


Bishops discuss Catholic church's woes in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 09:37 AM PDT

Filipino Arcbishop Orlando Quevedo, secretary-general of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), gestures as he speaks during a press briefing at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Centre in Manila, flanked by Pakistani Arcbishop Lowrence Saldanha (L). Mixed marriages, dwindling entrants to the priesthood and violence against its members are among problems facing the Catholic church in Asia.(AFP/Jay Directo)AFP - Mixed marriages, dwindling entrants to the priesthood and violence against its members are among problems facing the Catholic church in Asia, bishops said at a conference here Saturday.


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