2011年4月14日星期四

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Jury convicts Mass. man in Obama-church fire case (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:25 PM PDT

In this cell photo photo, Michael Jacques leaves federal court in Springfield, Mass., Wednesday, April 13, 2011, where a jury has been deliberating charges that Jacques was among those who set fire to the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield shortly after President Barack Obama' was elected in November 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)AP - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a 26-year-old white man of burning down a predominantly black church in Springfield in the hours after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, a crime prosecutors say was fueled by racist anger.

Appeals court mulls polygamous church trust case (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT

AP - The battle for control of a Utah polygamous church's land trust is in the hands of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

Court dismisses suit over National Day of Prayer (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and ordered that a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's right to proclaim the day be dismissed.

US frowns on Chinese force in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT

This picture released in 2008 by Tibetan monks from the Kirti Monastery in Dharamsala, shows smoke rising during a protest in Aba, in the Sichuan Province of China. The United States on Thursday criticized China after violent incidents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and called on Beijing to respect religious freedom.(AFP/Kirti Monastery/File)AFP - The United States on Thursday criticized China after violent incidents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and called on Beijing to respect religious freedom.

Appeals court tosses out prayer day challenge (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington February 3, 2011. Flanking Obama are U.S. Congressman Jeff Miller (L) and Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday overturned a ruling that had found unconstitutional a law that requires the president to proclaim a national day of prayer each year.

NATO struggles to resolve dispute over Libya fight (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen upon her arrival at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday April 14, 2011 on the eve of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin with Libya high on the agenda. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, pool)AP - NATO nations struggled Thursday to overcome deep differences over the military campaign in Libya, failing to find new ground-attack aircraft for the fight despite French and British calls for more intense airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Most Catholic women in U.S. use birth control (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Some 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women in the United States have used contraceptive methods banned by the church, research published on Wednesday showed.

Rome's station churches revive ancient tradition (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT

American seminarians from the Pontificial Northern American College walk in downtown Rome on a pilgrimage to Sant' Apollinare 8th century church, in Rome, Thursday, April 14, 2011. Starting in 1975, the students at the U.S diocesan seminary in Rome began reviving the tradition of making a daily pilgrimage to each the station churches and celebrating Mass there, quite literally walking in the footsteps of early persecuted Christians. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Every morning during the 40 days of Lent, a band of worshippers walk literally in the footsteps of early, persecuted Christians, visiting some of the world's oldest churches in preparation for the most solemn week on the church calendar.

Philippine priest in ancient battle with 'demons' (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:03 AM PDT

Philippine Catholic priest Father Jose Francisco Syquia, head of the Manila Archdiocese's Office of Exorcism, prays at his office in Manila. Syquia believes he is in the frontline of the battle between good and evil on earth. While non-believers often joke about the devil, and demonic possessions are trivialised by Hollywood, Syquia insisted the torment suffered by those he had healed was real.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - A blood-curdling scream echoes through the Roman Catholic chapel in Manila as Father Jose Francisco Syquia says a prayer of exorcism over a Satanic cult member believed to be possessed by the devil.

Catholic Controversy: Is 'Being' Superior to 'Substance'? (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The Vatican will be imposing a new liturgy on its English speaking faithful, one that rings tone-deaf to the ear -- and perhaps to the spirit

Ark. police shooting suspect linked to '03 attack (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:21 PM PDT

AP - Records obtained by The Associated Press show a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer during an Arkansas traffic stop was also accused in a 2003 attack on an officer who is now the police chief.

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