2011年12月16日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Episcopal bishop urges restraint from Occupy NYC (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST

AP - The top bishop of the Episcopal Church is asking Occupy Wall Street protesters not to trespass on the property of a New York City church that has supported them.

'Voice of Vatican' Foley eulogized at Pa. church (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:53 PM PST

Archbishop Charles Chaput prays over the casket of Cardinal John Patrick Foley before he is placed in the crypt at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011.   Foley, the Pennsylvania-born cardinal who was the American voice of the Vatican's Christmas Midnight Mass for 25 years,  led an ancient Catholic order in the Holy Land for three years before retiring in February. Besides narrating the Christmas Mass for American audiences, he was the editor-in-chief of Philadelphia's archdiocesan newspaper, The Catholic Standard & Times, from 1970 to 1984.   (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, Pool)AP - The Pennsylvania-born cardinal who was the country's voice of the Vatican's midnight Christmas Mass for 25 years has been laid to rest at a Philadelphia cathedral following a funeral Mass.


Egypt's Christians Back Parties That Oppose Islamists (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST

Time.com - Limiting the extent of the Islamist victory at the polls becomes the overriding priority for a community fearing intolerance and attacks on tourism

Pope emphasizes human dignity (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:22 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful prior to the start of a vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for the release of hostages held in Colombia, saying there can be no 'political or social justification' for kidnapping. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI warned Friday that respect for human dignity "is seriously threatened" by concerns over profit, utility and material possessions.


Atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens dead at 62 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST

Reuters - British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.

Obama to speak to Reform Jews (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:19 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will speak at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism in Washington on Friday afternoon.
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