2011年6月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Wis. pastor accepts price for conducting gay union (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2011 file photo, Rev. Amy DeLong sits at her home, in Osceola, Wis. The Methodist pastor on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, was found guilty in a church trial of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009. The jury found the 44-year-old not guilty of a second charge of being a 'self-avowed practicing homosexual.' (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs, File)AP - A gay Methodist pastor from Wisconsin says she willingly accepts the 20-day suspension handed down this week because she officiated at a lesbian union in 2009.

Israeli envoy voices rare praise of wartime Pope (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Pope Pius XII, the wartime pontiff, appears in an undated file photo from the archives of Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano. REUTERS/Osservatore RomanoReuters - A leading Israeli official has praised Pope Pius XII for saving Jews during the Nazi occupation of Rome, a surprise twist in a long-standing controversy over the pontiff's wartime role.

PETA urges pope to say no to leather in popemobile (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this , Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI, followed by security guards, arrives aboard of the popemobile in Hyde park to attend a Vigil prayer in London. An animal rights group has urged Pope Benedict XVI to 'truly go green'' and insist that the next popemobile is made without leather. PETA said it has written to the Pope with the request following the Vatican's confirmation Wednesday, June 22, 2011, that Germany's Mercedes-Benz auto company is making a study of a hybrid, energy-saving popemobile. The car would replace the current Mercedes vehicle used when the Pope travels abroad. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)AP - An animal rights group has urged Pope Benedict XVI to "truly go green" and insist that the next popemobile is made without leather.

US students help restore Kosovo's Jewish cemetery (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:49 AM PDT

Students of the Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, joined by students of the American University in Kosovo (AUK) read the names of Jewish families that perished during WWII during a dedication ceremony in the Jewish Cemetery in the capital Pristina on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Students gathered to clear clear debris from neglected Jewish graves and restore what is a lone remaining sign of a dwindling community in this majority Muslim country. The students, from Dartmouth College spent a week to uncover graves left unattended since the end of the 1998-99 Kosovo war and restore the tombstone inscriptions, many dating from the late 19th century.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - A row of tombstones etched in Hebrew script neatly lines a meadow overlooking Kosovo's capital Pristina where barely a week ago children played soccer.

China wants to ordain bishops 'without delay' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:22 PM PDT

China's state-controlled Catholic church wants to ordain at least 40 bishops AFP - China's state-controlled Catholic church wants to ordain at least 40 bishops "without delay", state media reported, in a move likely to further irritate already tense ties with the Vatican.

Van packed with church members crashes, killing 5 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:12 PM PDT

AP - A van full of church members heading home from a Bible class veered off a northeast Louisiana highway and hit a culvert, killing five people, including two children and injuring several others, authorities said Thursday.

Methodist minister gets small sanction over lesbian wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Reuters - An openly-gay United Methodist minister was suspended from her religious duties for 20 days after elders decided on Thursday that she violated church doctrine by performing a same-sex wedding.

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