2009年11月11日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

AP - Sweden's Lutheran church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, just two weeks after it gave clergy the right to wed same-sex couples.

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:36 AM PST

FILE - Protesters hold signs in front of the Mormon Church during a 'No on Prop 8' rally in Los Angeles to protest the church's monetary support of Prop 8, Nov. 6, 2008. The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement,  Elder Dallin H. Oaks , a high-ranking Mormon says in a speech to be delivered Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 at Brigham Young University-Idaho. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.


Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:18 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2009 photo, Sister Catherine Bitzer  holds a marriage document at the Diocese of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, Fla.  At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known European records from the United States. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)AP - Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known European records from the United States.


Pope urges Europe to defend religious heritage (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:20 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.
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