2010年10月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Third World missionaries get low-tech training (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Servants in Faith and Technology instructor Larry Winiarski works a handfull of mud to make quick repairs to cook stoves Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 in Lineville, Ala.   The group has been training religious workers and community leaders from all over the world for three decades on how to use common items to improve and extend lives in underdeveloped nations.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - In a rural nook of east Alabama where there aren't enough bright lights to blot out the stars at night, missionaries and community leaders from foreign lands are learning to save lives in the Third World not just with Bibles, but with mud, sand and leaves.


Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:14 AM PDT

AP - A group of Roman Catholics asked Pope Benedict XVI to reverse the decision by the Archdiocese of Boston to close their parishes, which sparked a six-year fight and several round-the-clock parishioner vigils.

In Holy Land, Christians a community in decline (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT

A Palestinian nun prays inside a church in the West Bank city of Ramallah October 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - In the land where Jesus lived, Christians say their dwindling numbers are turning churches from places of worship into museums.


List of new cardinals named by Pope Benedict (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Papal delegate Archbishop Angelo Amato (R) greets Marianna Popieluszko, mother of Father Jerzy Popieluszko at beatification mass on Plac Pilsudskiego in center of Warsaw June 6, 2010. REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Pope Benedict named 24 new Roman Catholic cardinals Wednesday, including 20 who are young enough to join the 120-member conclave that will secretly elect his successor when he dies.


Pope names 24 new cardinals (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:46 AM PDT

FILE - This April 4, 2008 file photo shows Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington D.C., during a lecture on 'Unifying Religious Threads that Provide a Common Ground for Peace', in Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Archbishop Wuerl is one of the 24 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 during has weekly general audience at the Vatican.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)AP - Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals Wednesday, putting his mark on the body that will elect his successor and giving a boost to Italian hopes to regain the papacy.


O'Donnell, Coons split on economic outlook (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Coons, left, and Republican U.S.Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, right, both of Delaware, participate in a candidates' forum Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 in Rehoboth Beach, Del. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Delaware Senate candidates Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons on Wednesday offered sharply different views on what's bogging down the economy and how to fix it.


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