2011年10月2日星期日

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Charleston singers keep spiritual, oral traditions alive (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Reuters - At an historic African American Episcopal Church in Charleston, the Mt. Zion Spiritual Singers keep alive a century-old tradition -- singing unpublished Negro spirituals passed down orally and accompanied only by hand clapping and foot stomping.

Polish Catholics see miracle in communion wafer (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:01 AM PDT

A priest holds a reliquary containing a dark spot that appeared on a communion wafer in 2008 and which some Roman Catholics in Poland believe to be heart tissue of Jesus, in Sokolka, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. About 1,000 people gathered to celebrate what they hold to be a miracle as the relic went on display in the town's church of St. Anthony. (AP Photo/Michal Kosc)    POLAND OUTAP - Roman Catholics in Poland gathered Sunday for a special Mass celebrating what they see as a miracle: the appearance on a communion wafer of a dark spot that they are convinced is part of the heart of Jesus.


Articles of Faith: Is the Death Penalty in Keeping with Catholic Doctrine (and Should Justice Scalia Resign)? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Time.com - As increasing numbers of death row inmates are exonerated and questions swirl about the possibility that states have executed innocent individuals, abolition of the death penalty has become as critical as opposition to abortion for some Catholics

God and Profits: How the Catholic Church Is Making A Comeback in Cuba (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - God and Profits: How the Catholic Church Is Making A Comeback in Cuba
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