2011年11月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


U.S. church leader meets jailed American, Castro (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:44 PM PST

Reuters - The head of the U.S. Council of Churches met on Wednesday with jailed contractor Alan Gross and Cuban President Raul Castro, in the latest push by a prominent American to obtain Gross's release and improve relations with the communist-run country.

Small Ky. church votes against interracial couples (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PST

AP - A tiny all-white Appalachian church in rural Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from joining its flock, pitting members against each other in an argument over race.

Kentucky church votes to ban interracial couples (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:34 PM PST

Reuters - A vote to bar interracial couples from a small church in eastern Kentucky has triggered hand-wringing and embarrassment.

Episcopal bishop cleared of abandoning church doctrine (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PST

Reuters - The national Episcopal Church has cleared a conservative South Carolina diocese bishop of accusations that he abandoned the church's principles amid disagreement over the denomination's acceptance of homosexuality.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:50 AM PST

AP - Jewish group applauds arrest in Germany of former KKK leader David Duke

Egyptians await poll results, Islamists see gains (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:22 PM PST

An Egyptian Navy police stands guard ballot boxes after voting closed at a center for vote counting during the second day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, November 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals.


Pope seeks end to death penalty (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:16 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI voiced support Wednesday for political actions around the world aimed at eliminating the death penalty, reflecting his stance as an opponent of capital punishment.


EU defense ministers endorse pooling resources (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:59 AM PST

AP - EU nations will significantly expand the pooling and sharing of their military resources in order to achieve savings at a time when the European debt crisis is biting into national defense budgets, the head of the European Defense Agency said Wednesday.

German court: No student right to pray in school (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:02 AM PST

AP - Germany's top administrative court has ruled that students don't have the right to pray while in school if a conflict is created.

Jewish group applauds David Duke's arrest (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:56 AM PST

AP - An American Jewish group is applauding German police for taking former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke into custody before he could address a far-right gathering.

RI governor defends holiday tree in Statehouse (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:58 PM PST

AP - The governor said Tuesday that lawmakers upset with his decision to call the blue spruce erected in the Statehouse a holiday tree instead of a Christmas tree should focus their energy on feeding the poor.

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