2010年8月20日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


NYC imam's goodwill tour comes amid mosque furor (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:06 PM PDT

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, center, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, greets worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Rauf, the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York, is on a U.S.-funded outreach tour to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to talk about religious tolerance in America. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - The furor over the planned mosque and Islamic center near ground zero has put Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in a curious position: At the same time he is being vilified in the U.S. for spearheading the project, he is traveling the Mideast on a State Department mission as a symbol of American religious freedom.


New US Catholic missal to debut in November 2011 (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:16 PM PDT

AP - Catholics in the United States will begin using a long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent next year, a leading American cardinal announced Friday.
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