2009年12月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Europe talks with faiths it once thought would fade (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 03:28 AM PST

Participants sing religious songs as they arrive to take part in the European Meeting of Young Christians at Targi Poznanskie in Poznan December 29, 2009. About 30,000 people from Europe and other continents will gather for the meeting, which is organised by the Taize Community and is usually held in one of Europe's major cities. The meeting, which will run from December 29, 2009 to January 2, 2010, was organized in response to the invitation of the archbishop and ecumenical leaders of Poznan. REUTERS/Kacper PempelReuters - Europe, the most secularized region on Earth, has decided to launch a regular dialogue with the organized religions that many on the continent once thought would wither away.


Pope, Berlusconi's power displays 'fuelled attacks' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:30 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is seen after being assaulted in Milan, on December 13. Berlusconi is still recovering after a man struck him in the face with a souvenir replica of Milan's cathedral, leaving him with a broken nose and other facial injuries.(AFP/Pool/File/Livio Anticoli)AFP - Assaults on Pope Benedict XVI and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi within two weeks show the danger of ostentatious displays of power and risk triggering copycat attacks, experts said.


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