2011年4月22日星期五

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Easter spirit endures in tornado-wrecked churches (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

The sign for the Zoar Baptist Church sits out in front of the church in Deltaville, Va., Friday, April 22, 2011. The sanctuary of the church was destroyed when a tornado tore through the are last week.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The huge holes in the walls of Zoar Baptist Church make it look like it was punched by a gigantic fist. The roof and steeple are gone, lost to one of the myriad tornadoes that wreaked deadly havoc from Oklahoma to Virginia last week.


Pope talks to public in rare TV broadcast (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:31 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI sits during a video interview at the Vatican April 22, 2011. Pope Benedict took questions from a child in Japan, a Muslim woman in Ivory Coast and a mother caring for a son in a permanent coma in his first televised dialogue with the public, broadcast on Good Friday. REUTERS/Osservatore RomanoReuters - Pope Benedict took questions from a child in Japan, a Muslim woman in Ivory Coast and a mother caring for a son in a permanent coma in his first televised dialogue with the public, broadcast on Good Friday.


Pope talks of suffering during Good Friday TV show (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, right, prepares to answer questions on Italian state TV, on Friday, April 22, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI in a prerecorded appearance on Italian state TV, replied to some of a few thousand questions submitted by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Good Friday is the solemn day when Christians reflect on the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI consoled a 7-year-old Japanese girl, reassured a mother about her ailing son's soul and advised a Muslim woman that dialogue was the way to peace in Ivory Coast.


Utah church offers free Korans in Easter gesture (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A Utah church is giving away free copies of the Koran in an Easter season ecumenical riposte to the recent burning of the Islamic holy book by a controversial Florida pastor.

Pope Engages in First Ever Televised Q&A (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 09:30 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Pope Benedict XVI made papal history today when he appeared on Italian state television to engage in a question and answer session with the public in honor of Good Friday, having previously only granted televised interviews to journalists. While the segment, as Reuters points out, was modeled on an Italian chat show--with a moderator, panel of experts, studio audience, and the pope communicating with questioners around the world on a split screen--it wasn't exactly hard-hitting TV. The Vatican chose seven questions from thousands of submissions and pre-recorded the show last week (we also imagine Italian chat show sets aren't normally as ornate as the Vatican library, pictured above).

Pope shows candid side in chat-show debut (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI (C) blesses faithful as he leads the Way of the Cross on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he had no answers to suffering in the world during an unusually candid televised question-and-answer session in a first for a leader of the Catholic Church.(AFP/File/Andreas Solaro)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he had no answers to the misery of global calamities during an unusually candid televised question-and-answer session in a first for a leader of the Catholic Church.


Court backs Ohio Muslim leader stopped at border (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:41 AM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court has sided with an Ohio Muslim leader who is trying to find out why she was detained at a border crossing five years ago.

Pope to call space station in papal first (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of a Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The Chrism Mass marks the start of the Easter celebrations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station in what would be the first papal call to space.


Filipinos re-enact Jesus's crucifixion in Easter ritual (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:49 AM PDT

An actor portraying a Roman soldier uses a spear to stab Menandro Penafiel, 34, who is portraying Jesus Christ during a local Senakulo or Cenacle, to reenact Christ's persecution and death during Good Friday in Boac town, Marinduque island, central Philippines April 22, 2011. At his left is Edwin Marquez, 34, portraying one of the two thieves, Dimas. REUTERS/Romeo RanocoReuters - Nearly two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses to re-enact the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in what they see as an extreme display of devotion but which the Roman Catholic Church criticizes as a distortion of the Easter message.


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