2011年2月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Catholic blogger: No Communion for NY Gov. Cuomo (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

AP - A consultant for the Vatican's high court says he believes New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo shouldn't receive the Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because he is not married to his live-in girlfriend, Food Network star Sandra Lee.

Suit claims FBI violates Muslims' rights at mosque (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

Council of American-Islamic Relations California, deputy executive director and staff attorney, Ameena Mirza Qazi, middle, takes questions on a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California headquarters in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The Council of American-Islamic Relations California, CAIR, joined in the class action lawsuit against the FBI, after an informant was ordered to target Muslims for surveillance when he infiltrated California mosques. Also shown are plaintiff, Ali Malik , left, and CAIR Executive Director, Hussam Ayloush. ( AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the FBI said Wednesday that the agency's use of a paid informant to infiltrate California mosques has left them and others Muslims with an enduring fear that their phones and e-mails are being screened and their physical whereabouts monitored.


Jailed sect leader retakes legal control of church (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST

AP - Jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has resumed legal control over his Utah-based church even though he is jailed in Texas and court documents recently revealed that two 12-year-old girls had been taken from Canada to marry him in 2005.

At 150 years, the pope's newspaper raises eyebrows (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:16 AM PST

AP - The headline was an eye-grabber: "Homer and Bart are Catholic."

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:15 AM PST

AP - A junior officer at a Connecticut submarine base has received an honorable discharge after suing the U.S. Navy, saying his religious beliefs prevent him from participating in the military.
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