2012年4月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Some Washington state churches in split over gay marriage

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - A handful of Roman Catholic churches in Washington state, whose Catholic governor signed a law allowing gay marriage earlier this year, have refused to circulate a petition endorsed by their archbishop to repeal the law, congregation leaders said. Opponents of same-sex marriage, due to go into effect this summer in the state, have been rallying conservative religious leaders to gather the 120,577 signatures they need by June 6 to secure a spot on the November 2012 ballot for their repeal push. A bulletin from Seattle Archbishop J. ...

'Holy Fire' lights up Jerusalem church for Easter

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Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the 'Holy Fire'Thousands of Orthodox Christians filled Jerusalem's ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre and spilled out into the narrow streets on Saturday for the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of Orthodox Easter.


Vatican insists: not hiding anything that could solve '83 disappearance of employee's daughter

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican insisted Saturday it has done everything possible to try to resolve the 1983 disappearance of an employee's teenage daughter and has no objections to allowing inspection of the basilica tomb of a reputed mobster from a gang purportedly linked to her presumed kidnapping.

Thousands of Christian pilgrims gather in Jerusalem church for ancient holy fire ritual

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JERUSALEM - Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection.

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