2009年11月8日星期日

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Lieberman: Senate to investigate Ft. Hood shooting (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST

A soldier reads a bible during church service at the First Air Calvary Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - A key U.S. senator called Sunday for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology.


Army chief fears backlash for Muslim U.S. soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 08:33 AM PST

Army Chief of Staff General George Casey addresses the media at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - The U.S. Army's top general expressed concern on Sunday that last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, blamed on a Muslim Army officer, could fuel a backlash in the military against Muslim troops.


Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives aboard the popemobile to celebrate a mass in Paul VI square in Brescia, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.  Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Paul VI was elected pope in 1963, taking over from John XXIII who began the Second Vatican Council, a landmark initiative to modernize the policies and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Paul led the council to its completion, which Benedict attended as an up-and-coming theologian.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.


G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 05:13 PM PST

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.


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