2011年10月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Obama: King 'stirred our conscience' (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 01:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Obama saluted King as a man who 'stirred our conscience' and made the Union 'more perfect,' and rejoiced in the memorializing of the slain civil rights leader's life and work. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama urged Americans Sunday to draw energy and lessons of peace and patience from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the slain Baptist minister honored among presidents with a memorial on the National Mall.


Pope wheeled up St Peter's instead of walking (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 16, 2011. REUTERS/Giampiero SpositoReuters - Pope Benedict was wheeled up the main aisle of St Peter's Basilica on a mobile platform at a ceremony on Sunday to spare him the unnecessary fatigue of walking, but the Vatican said there was no concern for his overall health.


Aging pope uses wheeled platform in St. Peter's (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:34 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI stands on a mobile platform as he leaves St. Peter's Basilica at the end of a mass at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI began using a wheeled platform Sunday to navigate the long aisle of St. Peter's Basilica, adopting the device employed by his ailing predecessor to reduce fatigue.


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