2010年11月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope's remarks on condoms sow widespread confusion (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 05:05 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges faithful as he leaves after his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The Vatican on Wednesday denounced China for ordaining a bishop without papal consent, accusing the government-backed church of gravely damaging the faith, and warning that the bishop himself risked excommunication. Pope Benedict XVI learned of the ordination of Rev. Joseph Guo Jincai 'with deep regret'' as it constituted a 'grave violation'' of church law and hampered reconciliation efforts that have been a priority for the papacy, the Vatican press office said.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Some Roman Catholics are confused. Some are angry. Others just don't believe the pope meant what it seems he said.


Muslim woman: Roller rink didn't allow head scarf (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:43 AM PST

AP - A Muslim woman in Connecticut says a roller rink's request that she either remove or cover her head scarf was discriminatory.

Omaha religious group faces future without church (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:05 AM PST

AP - For more than two decades, a group of Roman Catholics secluded themselves on a sprawling, wooded compound in the Ponca Hills north of Omaha. They lived as hermits, giving up their families, jobs and possessions to live in poverty and pray for man's sins.

Anglican conservatives reject global unity plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 07:19 AM PST

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams speaks during the ninth Inauguration of the General Synod at Westminster Abbey, London Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry April 29 in Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where Princess Diana's funeral was held. Royal officials said Tuesday that the couple chose the venue for its beauty, intimacy and historic royal connections. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)AP - Leaders of conservative Anglicans on Wednesday rejected a proposed covenant to hold their global communion together just as the Church of England gave preliminary approval to the plan.


Member of 'papal family' dies, hit by car in Rome (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:55 AM PST

AP - A member of Pope Benedict XVI's private "papal family" died Wednesday after suffering head injuries when she was struck by a car as she crossed a street in Rome, the Vatican said.

Jewish leader receives German civilian honor (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PST

AP - The German president has given one of the nation's highest civilian honors to the outgoing head of Germany's Central Council of Jews, praising her role in fighting extremism and anti-Semitism.
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