2011年10月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Ga. schools see drop in students for Bible classes (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:24 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, photo, Tim Morris teaches a Bible class to juniors and seniors at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Ga. Georgia was the first state in the country to allow Bible classes in public schools, but the number of districts offering the classes have dwindled to just a handful as budgets remain tight. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - In 2006, Georgia became the first state to allow Bible education classes in public schools, after much debate over the sticky issue of separation of church and state. Now the classes are dwindling for a far more tangible reason: money.

UK's St Paul's to reopen despite "Wall St" protest (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Reuters - London's St Paul's Cathedral is expected to reopen to the public on Friday, a week after church leaders closed its doors for the first time since World War Two, blaming safety risks posed by anti-capitalism protesters camped outside.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:38 PM PDT

AP - Rules for Nebraska counselors still mired in gay debate

Catholic condom ban not causing population boom: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Reuters - The Catholic Church's ban on the use of contraception is not to blame for the population boom that is about to tip the world over the seven billion mark because most Catholics ignore it, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) official said on Wednesday.

A quiet anniversary for Prime Minister's Questions (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 07:12 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street to attend Prime Ministers Questions at parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Oct. 24 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of Prime Minister's Question Time as a permanent parliamentary event. Question Time is an opportunity for Members of Parliament to ask government ministers questions. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Prime Minister's Questions — that quintessentially British session of parliament often marked by baying legislators, prepared insults, exaggerated outrage and even an occasional straight answer — marked a 50th anniversary Wednesday.

NYPD keeps files on Muslims who change their names (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2011, file photo, NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly listens during his testimony about NYPD intelligence operations to the New York City Council public safety committee in New York. The Associated Press has learned that the New York Police Department maintains secret intelligence files on Muslims who change their names. That means Muslims who Americanize their names, like generations of immigrants have done, may come under police scrutiny along with Muslim converts who take Arabic names. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - For generations, immigrants have shed their ancestral identities and taken new, Americanized names as they found their place in the melting pot. For Muslims in New York, that rite of assimilation is now seen by police as a possible red flag in the hunt for terrorists.

Pope won't take part in common prayers (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing upon arrival in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican at a pre-trip prayer service for the Catholic faithful, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. The pontiff has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage to the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, central Italy, where 25 years ago Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama and others spent the day praying for peace amid the Cold War. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a daylong prayer for peace by Pope John Paul II 25 years ago.

Nation of Islam leader slams Gadhafi's death (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:13 AM PDT

AP - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Tuesday said the killing of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was "an assassination" and predicted the U.S. was unprepared for the looming backlash from his overthrow.

AP Exclusive: Exodus as pope's Legion reform lags (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT

In this Aug. 25, 2011 photo, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, papal delegate for the Legionaries of Christ, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vatican City. When Pope Benedict XVI took over the disgraced Legionaries of Christ last year, expectations were high that heads would roll over one of the greatest frauds of the 20th century Roman Catholic Church. One year later, none of the religious order's superiors have been held to account for having enabled the crimes of late founder Rev. Marciel Maciel, a drug addict who sexually abused seminarians, fathered three children and created a cult-like movement that damaged some of its members spiritually and emotionally. Significantly, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis also ruled out any further investigation into the crimes of Maciel, who as a favorite of Pope John Paul II, had been held up as a living saint by the Vatican and the order despite well-founded allegations he was a pedophile. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)AP - When Pope Benedict XVI took over the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order last year, expectations were high that heads would roll over one of the greatest scandals of the 20th century Roman Catholic Church.

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