2011年4月4日星期一

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


ACLU sues over RI high school prayer banner (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:22 PM PDT

AP - The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Cranston over a Christian prayer banner displayed in a high school auditorium.

New furor over France's Muslims as veil ban looms (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

FILE - This May 18 2010 file photo shows a woman, who gave her name as Najat, holding her passport during a press conference in Montreuil, east of Paris. For Muslim women who cover their faces with veils, it is the moment for making plans. Police may be on the prowl when a divisive law against the garments takes effect April 11, 2011. The force of the law is about to fall as the furies rage over what many French Muslims see as a new, broader jab at their religion. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)AP - Karima has a plan. If police stop her for wearing a veil over her face, she'll remove it — then put it back on once they're out of sight. If that doesn't work, she'll stay home, or even leave France.


Afghan policeman kills NATO soldiers, protests continue (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT

An Afghan policeman stands guard near bicycles and clothes abandoned by protesters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar April 3, 2011. REUTERS/ StringerReuters - A "rogue" Afghan border policeman shot dead two foreign soldiers on a training mission in northern province Faryab on Monday, and hundreds took to the streets for a fourth day of protests against the burning of a Koran by a fundamentalist U.S. pastor.


Romania's Jewish community buries WW2 victims (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:53 AM PDT

Rabbis from England and the United States bury the remains of dozens of Jews in a cemetery in Iasi, 410 km (251 miles) north of Bucharest, April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan CristelReuters - Romania's Jewish community buried on Monday the remains of dozens of Jews killed by Romanian troops during World War Two and found in a mass grave in the north of the country.


UK Catholics given prayer for William and Kate (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton wave during a visit to St. Andrews University in Fife, Scotland February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Milligan/PoolReuters - The Catholic church in England and Wales has issued a prayer to bless the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton -- even though Catholics themselves are banned from becoming a British king or queen.


Work to rebuild landmark church to start soon (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:44 PM PDT

AP - The on-again, off-again reconstruction of a landmark Chicago church known as the birthplace of gospel music is on again.
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