2012年2月16日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Democrats protest religious freedom hearing (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary  Kathleen Sebelius announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012,  in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Religious leaders told a House panel Thursday the Obama administration was violating basic rights to religious freedom with its policies for requiring that employees of religion-affiliated institutions have access to birth control coverage.


Judge allows New York church services at school (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST

Reuters - A New York City church can continue to hold religious services inside a public school for at least 10 more days, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the latest decision in a 16-year legal battle over a city law that prohibits using school buildings for worship.

Judge permits Bronx church to meet at NYC school (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:16 PM PST

AP - A federal judge cleared the way Thursday for a tiny Bronx church to continue meeting for religious services at a New York City public school despite an appeals court ruling upholding the city's ban on use of the schools for worship services.

Rhode Island school braces for prayer banner debate (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:47 PM PST

Reuters - A Rhode Island school prepared for a boisterous public debate on Thursday over a federal court order to remove a prayer banner hanging in the auditorium for nearly half a century, the latest local flare up in the national debate over the separation of church and state.

AP Interview: Cardinal wants to be bridge to China (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:10 AM PST

AP - The new cardinal from Hong Kong said Thursday that he wants to "keep the door open" between the Vatican and the Chinese government while acknowledging there are "lots of battles" ahead for the Catholic church.

Catholic Monti moves to end Italy Church tax breaks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:58 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Mario Monti, a Catholic crusading to put Italy's economy in order by ending entrenched privileges such as tax breaks, is striking against an unlikely target - his own Church.

Catholic bishops fight for authority over U.S. flock (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is a powerful institution, at least on paper.

After surviving sectarian mob, Egyptian Christians expelled from village (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Ten-year-old Romany sits in the same room where his family huddled together nearly three weeks ago, afraid for their lives, as a violent mob attacked their house.

China open to U.S. religious envoy visit: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:51 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese officials have told the White House they are working on dates for a U.S. envoy for religious freedoms to visit China, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday.

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