2010年11月21日星期日

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Japan justice minister set to resign: report (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:42 PM PST

Reuters - Japan's justice minister is set to resign over a gaffe that critics say made light of parliamentary deliberations, media said on Monday, as the struggling government seeks to push an extra budget through a divided parliament.

Believers find mixed blessings in Pope's comments (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST

Matthew Alexander worships during mass at St. Dominic's Catholic Church on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in San Francisco. Some Catholic believers in the Americas greeted Pope Benedict XVI's recent comments on condoms as a sign that the church was stepping into the modern debate in the fight against AIDS, though the church was adamant Sunday that nothing has changed in its views banning contraception. There was praise and wariness for the pope's comments that condoms could be morally justified in some limited situations, such as for male prostitutes wanting to prevent the spread of HIV. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - Some Catholic believers in the Americas greeted Pope Benedict XVI's comments on condoms as a sign that the church was stepping into the modern debate in the fight against AIDS, though the church was adamant Sunday that nothing has changed in its views banning contraception.


Pope's praise of Pius dismays Holocaust survivors (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI walks with the pastoral staff during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pontiff formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - A Holocaust survivors group has voiced dismay over Pope Benedict XVI's assertion in a new book that wartime pontiff Pius XII was a "great righteous" man who saved more Jews than anyone else.


Jewish leaders dismayed over comments in pope book (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:23 AM PST

Reuters - Jewish leaders reacted with dismay Sunday to comments in Pope Benedict's new book that his wartime predecessor Pius was a "great, righteous" man who "saved more Jews than anyone else."

Facebook-banning NJ pastor acknowledges threesome (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:02 PM PST

AP - A pastor who said Facebook was a "portal to infidelity" and told married church leaders to delete their accounts or resign once testified that he had a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a male church assistant.
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