2010年4月15日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Federal judge rules Day of Prayer unconstitutional (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2007 file photo, Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor stands in front of the door at the foundation headquarters in Madison, Wis. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb reached the conclusion in a lawsuit the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison-based group of atheists and agnostics, brought against former President George W. Bush's administration near the end of his second term. The foundation argued the day violates the separation of church and state. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)AP - A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional Thursday, saying the day amounts to a call for religious action.


April 22 US appeals court hearing for Chinese Muslim Uighurs (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:01 AM PDT

This photo taken by the US military in 2009 shows Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release but with no country to go to. The last five Uighur Chinese Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp are to have a court hearing next week to ask for their release on US soil after nearly a decade of detention, judicial sources said Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - The last five Uighur Chinese Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp are to have a court hearing next week to ask for their release on US soil after nearly a decade of detention, judicial sources said Thursday.


Fidesz plans new IMF deal, eyes dual citizenship (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Hungary's new center-right government will seek a new deal with international lenders and plans to make it easier for ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries to obtain dual citizenship, foreign minister-designate Janos Martonyi told Reuters.

Calif. city may face legal action over prayer vote (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 07:09 PM PDT

AP - When Lancaster's flamboyant mayor R. Rex Parris calls the City Council to order at its next meeting, it's a good bet he'll open the proceedings with a prayer.

Catholic editor joins Vatican's critics (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:38 PM PDT

Condemnation from gay groups and the French government forced the Vatican into damage control on Wednesday over remarks by the pope's right-hand man linking paedophilia to homosexuality.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - The editor of a leading Roman Catholic publication said comments by the Vatican's number two linking pedophilia and homosexuality revealed a "huge gulf" in thinking between church leaders and ordinary Catholics.


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