2010年6月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Traditional Hindu temple dedicated in Mississippi (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:36 AM PDT

FILE - In a Monday, May 24, 2010 photo, workers stand outside a new 3,500-square-foot Hindu temple near Brandon, Miss., made of natural materials, such as granite, wood, straw and marble and formed by Indian artisans. Erected in a community mostly populated by Protestant churches, the temple offers a vivid contrast to the culture and heritage of the American South. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)AP - With 16 tiers of Hindu script inscribed into its concrete ceiling, the ornate, cream-colored temple is an incongruous structure at the end of a winding road near Brandon, a growing bedroom community just outside Mississippi's capital city.

Austrian Catholics ramp up quest for church reform (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2010 file photo artist Emmerich Weissenberger hangs symbolically above the entrance of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria, to protest against church abuse. Long a thorn in the Vatican's side, Austrian Catholics have ramped up their quest for a more liberal church in the wake of the global clerical sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)AP - Historically a potent symbol of Catholicism in Europe, Austria has in recent years been known more as the center of a taboo-busting movement to liberalize the church.

China's believers compete in first religious games (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:59 AM PDT

Reuters - China's first "Religious Games" took place in the southwestern province of Yunnan this week, allowing Buddhist monks and Taoist nuns to compete with Muslims, Catholics and Protestants in a series of sporting events, local media reported.

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