2011年2月14日星期一

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Prayer vigil targets Planned Parenthood (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:24 PM PST

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Protesters converged on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington on Monday in what they said was one of a number of nationwide prayer vigils at the group's operations, which they say encourage sex trafficking.

Church sues over World Trade Center rebuilding project (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - The Greek Orthodox church damaged in the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York on Monday said it had sued local authorities on grounds they seized its land and prevented it from rebuilding.

Wisconsin site deemed 'holy' by Catholic leaders (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 10:09 AM PST

AP - The Vatican has named a tiny shrine in a small northeast Wisconsin town as a holy site.

Lavish funerals drive Azerbaijan's Muslims into debt (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

Relatives praying at the tomb of a loved one at a cemetery in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Mourning ceremonies have become increasingly extravagant in mainly Muslim Azerbaijan in recent years resulting in a growing number of people running up large debts to pay for funerals.(AFP/File/Tahmina Ahmadova)AFP - When Arzu Gahramanov's father-in-law died, his family didn't just have to endure the grief of losing a loved one -- they also had to go into debt to pay for an expensive mourning ceremony.


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