2011年4月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope: Humanity isn't random product of evolution (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle as he celebrates the Easter Vigil mass, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 23, 2011. The pontif began Saturday night's ceremony by lighting a candle that symbolizes the resurrection of Christ, which the faithful mark on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn't a random product of evolution.


Pope begins Easter as John Paul beatification nears (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives holding a candle as he leads the Easter Vigil mass in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - Pope Benedict led the world's Catholics into Easter on Saturday, ahead of the beatification of his venerated predecessor John Paul II on May 1.


Pope talks to public in rare TV broadcast (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Pope Benedict took questions from a child in Japan, a Muslim woman in Ivory Coast and a mother caring for a son in a permanent coma in his first televised dialogue with the public, broadcast on Good Friday.

Libyan foreign minister crosses Tunisian border: TAP (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi crossed the border into Tunisia on Saturday, Tunisia's state TAP news agency said.

Gypsies take refuge in ancient Rome church (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT

This April 22, 2011 photo made available Saturday, April 23, 2011 shows gypsy women sitting inside St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, in Rome. Some 150 gypsies whose camp was dismantled have taken refuge in one of Rome's most ancient basilicas, engaging in a standoff with city officials trying to get them out. Only about 10 Roma had accepted an offer Saturday by Rome's city hall of 500 euro (730 US dollars) to families accepting to be repatriated, according to Italian news reports. Many of the gypsies are Romanian nationals. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi, Lapresse) ITALY OUTAP - Some 150 Gypsies whose camp was dismantled have taken refuge in one of Rome's most ancient basilicas, creating a standoff Saturday with city officials trying to get them out.


Christians celebrate last Easter in united Sudan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Sudanese Christians pray at a church in Khartoum on April 21. Easter in Sudan this year should be an occasion to celebrate the imminent secession of the mostly Christian south, but tribal violence and threats to reinforce sharia law in the north have muted festivities.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Easter in Sudan this year should be an occasion to celebrate the imminent secession of the mostly Christian south, but tribal violence and threats to reinforce sharia law in the north have muted festivities.


Hundreds join Moscow anti-Muslim rally (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Members of a Russian far right group gather at a rally in Moscow to demand an end to social payments for Muslim republics in the volatile North Caucasus region, April 23, 2011. Hundreds of Russian nationalists staged the racism-tinged rally in central Moscow on Saturday.(AFP/Andrey Smirnov)AFP - Hundreds of Russian nationalists staged a racism-tinged rally in central Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to social payments for Muslim republics of the volatile North Caucasus region.


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