2010年1月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pat Robertson: Haiti 'cursed' by pact with devil (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST

AP - Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been "cursed" because of what he called a "pact with the devil" in its history.

2 NJ church groups in Haiti reportedly OK (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:06 PM PST

AP - One of two New Jersey church groups traveling in Haiti has survived the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation, and a member of the second says that group may be OK as well.

Disabled worshippers struggle to find home in pews (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:40 AM PST

AP - Among the most humbling moments being confined to an electric wheelchair came when Shawana Bulloch realized it could prevent her from attending services at her Savannah church.

Pope meets, forgives woman who knocked him down (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:05 AM PST

FILE - Photo made available Friday Dec. 25, 2009 by the Italian Interior Ministry, of Susanna Maiolo, identified by the Vatican as the woman who jumped a barrier inside St. Peter's Basilica at the start of Christmas Eve Mass, and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, managing to knock him down before being pulled away by security. The Vatican said Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, the pontiff has met with Maiolo  and forgiven her. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Pope Benedict met with Susanna Maiolo and her relatives at the end of his general audience Wednesday. Lombardi reported that Maiolo told the pontiff she was sorry. Pope Benedict inquired about her health and 'wanted to demonstrate his forgiveness.'  (AP Photo/Italian Interior Ministry, HO)AP - Pope Benedict XVI met on Wednesday with the woman who knocked him over at St. Peter's Basilica during Christmas Eve Mass, and he forgave her, the Vatican said.


Pope gunman to be released from Turkish prison (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:16 AM PST

FILE -  This is a Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 file photo of Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981,  as he is surrounded by journalists and plainclothes policemen, at police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Agca said Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010  he would answer questions about the 1981 attack after he is released from prison next week.  Little is known about what led Agca to shoot at the pope while he was greeting the faithful in St. Peter's Square, but rumors have swirled about whether foreign powers had conspired to have the Polish-born pontiff killed.  (AP Photo/Osman Orsal, File)AP - The gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II said Wednesday he would answer questions about the 1981 attack after he is released from prison next week.


Arson eyed in 5 east Texas church fires this month (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:19 PM PST

AP - Officials say arson is suspected in five east Texas church fires since the beginning of the year. Three have been in one town and two came in one night this week.
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