2010年8月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


At-risk religious lands being preserved nationwide (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 01:09 PM PDT

A statue of Mary resides on the retreat land of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Wareham, Mass., Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The order has sold development rights on about 100 acres of its property, which is now permanently preserved. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - The stretch of shoreline owned by a Massachusetts religious order is a place where even the sounds add to the stillness. Bells jangle on buoys as birds chatter and the tide slides in a soft rush past scattered clammers.


Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:19 AM PDT

AP - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lost almost 91,000 members and 48 congregations last year, but saw a slight increase in per-congregant giving.

Martin Luther has Wittenberg in a stir 500 years on (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Plastic statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther, which are part of the art installation 'Martin Luther - I'm standing here' by German artist Ottmar Hoerl, are pictured in the main square in Wittenberg, eastern Germany August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - About 800 colorful statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first railed against some practices of the Roman Catholic church almost 500 years ago.


Paul apologizes for disparaging church picnic (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 08:11 AM PDT

AP - Republican Rand Paul has apologized for saying he worried beer would be thrown at a church picnic he attended last weekend in western Kentucky.

Rotterdam court rejects Muslim scholar's lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 07:19 AM PDT

AP - A Dutch court has rejected a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by prominent Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, saying the city of Rotterdam had good reasons for ending his contract.

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