2010年8月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the Iftar dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington August 13, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Republicans attacked President Barack Obama on Sunday for his comments on a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center in New York, saying he was "disconnected" from the nation in an election year.


Turkey: patriarch holds historic Mass at monastery (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 06:26 AM PDT

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, conducts a service at the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The mass conducted by Patriarch Bartholomew I, religious leader of all Orthodox Christians, marks the first official religious service carried out at the ancient monastery since the foundation of the modern Turkish Republic. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Orthodox Christians held the first Mass in almost 90 years at an ancient monastery on the side of a Turkish mountain Sunday, after the government allowed worship there in a gesture toward religious minorities.


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