2009年10月4日星期日

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


6 members of Supreme Court attend Catholic Mass (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:06 PM PDT

Archbishop of Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl speaks with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after the Red Mass at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, in Washington Sunday Oct. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Biden, six members of the Supreme Court and hundreds of members of the legal community.


Suspects in Mass. church fire face new charges (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:58 AM PDT

AP - Two white men charged with torching a predominantly black Massachusetts church in response to President Barack Obama's election have been indicted in an earlier fire.

Pope: materialism, extremism harm Africa's future (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, to celebrate a mass for the opening of the synod on Africa, a three-week gathering of some 300 prelates to discuss the church's problems on the continent. The Pontiff praised Africa's rich cultural and spiritual treasures, saying they are the 'spiritual lung'' for a world in a crisis of faith and hope. But he says Africa has also been afflicted by 'toxic spiritual garbage'' exported by other countries: materialism and religious fundamentalism. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Giglia, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI opened a special meeting of clerics about Africa on Sunday by praising the continent as a font of spirituality but lamenting that it is afflicted by materialism and religious fundamentalism.


Jackson, Farrakhan at beaten Ill. teen's funeral (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:27 PM PDT

This image from video provided by WFLD Fox Chicago on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 shows a person swinging a wooden two-by-four during a fight on Chicago's South Side on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Prosecutors have charged three teenagers with first-degree murder in the beating death of Chicago student Derrion Albert who was walking home from school when this fight occurred. Family members believe the 16-year-old was fatally beaten Thursday for refusing to join a gang. But some witnesses say he was a bystander who was swept into a violent fight. (AP Photo/WFLD Fox Chicago)AP - The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Saturday, both calling for an end to youth violence.


Mormons told to exemplify Christian values daily (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:13 AM PDT

AP - A church leader on Sunday counseled Mormons to look for opportunities to exemplify the Christian values of love and forgiveness in their daily lives.
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