2011年1月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Hawaii senators hold prayer despite vote to end it (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:08 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Office of Senator Will Espero, Sen. Will Espero, D-Ewa-Ewa Beach-Lower Waipahu; Sen. Ronald Kouchi, D-Kauai-Niihau; Sen. Gil Kahele, D-Hilo-Honokaa; Sen. Pohai Ryan, R-Lanikai-Waimanalo; Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland, D-Kalihi-Liliha; Sen. Michelle Kidani, D-Mililani; Sen. Glenn Wakai, D-Salt Lake-Foster Village; Sen. Clarence Nishihara, D-Waipahu; Sen. Mike Gabbard, D-Kalaeloa-Makakilo pary on the senate floor Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 in Honolulu. Espero organized the event to show that the Senate has not eliminated prayer even though it won't be a part of official proceedings. (AP Photo/Office of Senator Will Espero, Sheryll Bonilla)AP - A group of nine Hawaii senators held hands, bowed their heads and sought God's blessing Wednesday, signaling that they'll still pray despite a vote last week to abandon official invocations.

Some south Sudanese believe independence in Bible (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST

AP - For some south Sudanese Christians, their opportunity vote for independence from the largely Muslim north is more than a condition of a peace accord ending a two-decade civil war — it's the divine will of God.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 10:15 AM PST

AP - The City Council voted early Wednesday to allow about 150 Muslim families to build a mosque in Temecula after months of angry debate over the plan that included protests and letter-writing campaigns.

Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:36 AM PST

Abu Yusef, caretaker of the ancient shrine to the Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak, sits in his lodgings n the Sheikh Marouf Junaid al-Baghdadi cemetery, in the Karkh district of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - A desolate courtyard surrounded by fields of mournful graves is all that remains of an ancient shrine to the Sikh faith?s founder Guru Nanak inside a sprawling Muslim cemetery in Baghdad.

Pope calls Joan of Arc model for public officials (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:04 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during a weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI says public officials today would do well to model themselves on Joan of Arc, the French saint who was tried for heresy and burned at the stake for her convictions.

New governor's words don't upset many in Alabama (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:37 PM PST

The Rev. Steve Jones, left, Gov. Robert Bentley, center, and Rabbi Jonathan Miller attend a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is apologizing for his remarks about only Christians being his brothers and sisters. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Amanda Sowards)AP - You can spot a Baptist church from almost any hilltop in Alabama, so it's not hard to find people who agreed with their new governor this week when he said only Christians are his brothers and sisters.

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