2010年11月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Go forth and blog, tweet and post, US Catholic bishops told (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 03:30 PM PST

Roman Catholic bishops in the United States should go forth and blog, tweet and preach on the AFP - Roman Catholic bishops in the United States should go forth and blog, tweet and preach on the "new digital continent" of social media, a church leader said Monday.


Sphinx-lined road unearthed in Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:02 PM PST

A handout images made available by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities shows Egyptian workers standing next to one of the 12 sphinxes dating from the reign of the last Pharaonic dynasty, Nectanebo I (380-362 BC), discovered by Egyptian archaeologists along a sphinx-lined road in Luxor, southern Egypt.(AFP/HO)AFP - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a sphinx-lined road in Luxor that led to the temple of Mut, the ancient goddess worshipped as a mother, the culture minister said on Monday.


Obama sends Eid greetings to Muslims worldwide (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PST

Muslim pilgrims pray near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca. US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle extended good wishes Monday to the world's 1.57 billion Muslims ahead of the Eid al-Adha religious holiday.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle extended good wishes Monday to the world's 1.57 billion Muslims ahead of the Eid al-Adha religious holiday.


Police suspect days of planning in Mich. stabbings (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:44 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office via The Detroit News, Tia Skinner is shown. Skinner, the 17-year-old daughter of two Michigan stabbing victims and two other teenagers were charged Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 with multiple murder counts in the small-town attack that killed the girl's father and seriously wounded her mother. (AP Photo/St. Clair County Sheriff's Office via The Detroit News)AP - A brutal knife attack that left a man dead and his wife seriously wounded may have been planned a week in advance, and the couple's demand that their adopted daughter break up with her boyfriend was the likely motive, police said Monday.


Cardinal: bishops were right on health care (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:39 AM PST

Cardinal Francis George, outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, addresses the conference for the last time during the its annual fall meeting Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 in Baltimore. The conference will elect a new president Nov. 16. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Monday defended church leaders' strict opposition to President Barack Obama's health care plan, arguing the overhaul will allow backdoor taxpayer subsidy for abortion.


Pope to athletes: Respect your bodies (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:27 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message during his Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has warned athletes not to strengthen their bodies "at all costs" or through illegal substances.


Guide pony helps blind Muslim woman go to US college (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 11:34 PM PST

Graduate student Mona Ramouni and her guide horse Cali attend class at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan on October 20, 2010. Cali is just one of a handful of miniature horses in the United States known to be used as guide animals for the blind and is likely the first pony to attend college.(AFP/Mira Oberman)AFP - Mona Ramouni was taking notes with a Braille device when her guide pony Cali joined the class discussion with a sudden snort.


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