2011年1月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday April 8, 2005 file photo, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became the new Pope,  Benedict XVI, at the Vatican Tuesday April 19, 2005, is seen  blessing the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pope has approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession and set May 1 as the date for the beloved pontiff to be beatified. Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, that the cure of a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beatification. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)AP - During Pope John Paul II's 2005 funeral, crowds at the Vatican shouted for him to be made a saint immediately. "Santo subito!" they chanted for one of the most important and beloved pontiffs in history.


How Tucson kept Westboro Baptist Church protests out of town (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - United in grief over the Arizona mass shooting, Tucsonans and their sympathizers accomplished what others could not: run the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of town.

Lawsuit filed in Hamptons religious symbol fight (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST

AP - A long-simmering controversy over whether Orthodox Jews can place a religious symbol on utility poles in a Hamptons community on eastern Long Island appears headed to court.

Pope John Paul nears sainthood, to be beatified (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:43 AM PST

A faithful prays in front of a painting showing Pope John Paul II in a church in downtown Rome January 13, 2011. REUTERS/ Max RossiReuters - The late Pope John Paul II moved a big step closer to Roman Catholic sainthood on Friday when his successor approved a decree attributing a miracle to him and announced that he will be beatified on May 1.


Vt. won't appeal religious vanity plate decision (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:44 AM PST

AP - A Vermont man will be able to get a license plate that refers to a famous passage from the Bible's New Testament.

Federal judge mourned as fair jurist, family man (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:56 PM PST

A hearse with the remains of U.S. District Judge John Roll leaves St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church after his funeral Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Judge Roll, whose legal career spanned 40 years, had stopped by a supermarket meet-and-greet for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday when he was shot and killed, along with five others. Authorities say the shooter, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, was targeting Giffords, who was wounded along with 12 others. Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, posted a message on Twitter Friday saying 'GG' was 'improving each day.' (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The federal judge killed in the Arizona shooting rampage was known for an immigration ruling that got him death threats, but on Friday he was remembered as a man devoted to his family, his basset hounds and his Irish-Catholic heritage.


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