2011年8月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Republican Perry offers prayer for America at rally (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 03:22 PM PDT

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry, expected to enter the Republican race for the White House within weeks, offered a prayer for America on Saturday at a controversial religious rally that put the spotlight on his Christian faith.


Perry to evangelicals: I'm one of you (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry bows his head as he leads a  prayer at The Response, a call to prayer for a nation in crisis, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Houston. Perry attended the daylong prayer rally despite criticism that the event inappropriately mixes religion and politics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation's evangelicals Saturday: he is a member of the important constituency for Republicans that he soon may call upon to help him secure the GOP presidential nomination.


Prayer day as Texas governor preps presidential bid (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:42 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (L) speaks alongside Rev. C.L. Jackson, of Houston's Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church (C) and Alice Patterson at the non-denominational prayer and fasting event, entitled AFP - Texas Governor Rick Perry, expected to launch a 2012 White House bid soon, rallied the faithful for a day of Christian prayer and fasting Saturday asking God to fix America's woes.


Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells prayer rally: 'Our heart breaks for America' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) addressed a seven-hour prayer and fasting rally in Houston Saturday, which was called to address the nation’s “historic crisis.”

Sentencing phase in Jeffs trial ends for weekend (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:19 PM PDT

Warren Jeffs, right, is escorted out of the Tom Green County Courthouse by a law enforcement officer, left,  Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs, a polygamist sect leader convicted of child sexual assault walked out of his sentencing hearing in protest Friday, after reading a statement he claimed was from God. The statement promised a 'whirlwind of judgment' on the world if God's 'humble servant' wasn't set free.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs won't find out his punishment this weekend after being convicted of sexually assaulting two underage girls at a Texas ranch.


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