2009年9月5日星期六

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Some Catholic bishops question gov't health care (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:38 PM PDT

This Aug. 24, 2009 photo shows a copy of a news magazine addressing the current debate over health care in the United States sitting on a chair as Dr. Marius Laumans, left, talks to his patient Lynnette Drake, right, at a Group Health facility in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have taken a consistent line on a health care overhaul: It's vital, but they cannot support proposals that go too far in covering abortion and not far enough in protecting health workers who don't want to provide that procedure.


Basra alcohol ban triggers fear among Christians (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

An Iraqi man walks past the half empty shelves in his shop in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. Alcohol vendors among the shrinking Christian community in Basra fear for their future after city councillors banned the sale of alcohol.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Alcohol vendors among the shrinking Christian community of Iraq's mostly Shiite southern oil hub of Basra fear for their future after city councillors banned the sale of alcohol.


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