2012年10月29日星期一

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Police: Pastor of Fort Worth-area church killed

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT

A car that was crashed into the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church sits in place in Forest Hill, Texas, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Forest Hill Police Chief Dan Dennis says the pastor of the church is dead after the driver of the car crashed into the building and began to assault him. Dennis said officers arrived Monday afternoon at the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church to find an assault in progress. Dennis says the suspected attacker also later died shortly after being detained. (AP Photo/LM Otero)A pastor in suburban Fort Worth was killed Monday by an attacker who rammed a car into a church wall, chased the pastor and beat him with an electric guitar, police said.

Police: Pastor of North Texas church killed

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT

A car that was crashed into the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church sits in place in Forest Hill, Texas, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Forest Hill Police Chief Dan Dennis says the pastor of the church is dead after the driver of the car crashed into the building and began to assault him. Dennis said officers arrived Monday afternoon at the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church to find an assault in progress. Dennis says the suspected attacker also later died shortly after being detained. (AP Photo/LM Otero)A North Texas pastor was killed Monday by an attacker who rammed a car into a church wall, chased the pastor and beat him with an electric guitar, police said.

Court rules against Polish rocker who tore up Bible

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:41 PM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Supreme Court opened the way on Monday for a blasphemy verdict against a rock musician who tore up a Bible on stage, a case that has pitted deep Catholic traditions against a new desire for free expression. Adam Darski, front man with a heavy metal group named Behemoth, ripped up a copy of the Christian holy book during a concert in 2007, called it deceitful and described the Roman Catholic church as "a criminal sect". ...

Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:41 PM PDT

A Coptic clergymen, center, casts his ballot during the new Coptic Pope elections at the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians is voting Monday in a process that will elect a new spiritual leader for the ancient church as the community struggles to assert its identity and role amid a rising tide of Islamism that has left many Copts fearful for their future. (AP Photo/Sami Wahib)A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians voted on Monday in a process that will lead to the selection of a new pope for the ancient church, as the community struggles to assert its identity and rights in a rising tide of Islamism that has left many Copts fearful for their future.

Egypt church moves closer to picking new pope

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church moved a step closer to picking a new pope on Monday when the shortlist was whittled down to three in a process the Christian minority hopes will deliver a leader to guide them safely through the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The previous incumbent, Pope Shenouda III, led the church for four decades until his death in March at the age of 88. His successor will assume the post in a fast-changing Egypt where long oppressed Islamists are now in power - a major shift that is a source of alarm for the minority Christian community. ...

Former Tulsa church worker pleads guilty to rape

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

A former employee of a Tulsa megachurch accused of raping a 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty Monday to six sex-crime charges.

UK queen's art brings Protestant reformation to life

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:11 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Religious rivals of the Protestant reformation, murderous royal patrons and other 15th-16th century power brokers are brought to life in a new London art show telling the tale of northern Europe's renaissance. Some of the characters on show in drawings and paintings put together for "The Northern Renaissance: Duerer to Holbein" at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace come straight from the pages of Booker prize-winning novelist Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall", with Martin Luther, Thomas More and Henry VIII playing key roles. ...

Egypt's Coptic Church to vote to select new pope

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:10 AM PDT

FILE - The body of Pope Shenouda III lies in a casket at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, in this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 file photo. A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians is voting Monday Oct 29 2012 on a new spiritual leader to the ancient church as the community grapples with the rising powers of Islamists. The charismatic Pope Shenouda III died in March, at the age of 88 and after 40 years as the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The congregation represents the majority of Egypt's Christians, who make up about 10 per cent of the country's 83 million people. About 2,400 clergymen, community leaders, and Coptic church notables are voting Monday to short-list three candidates from among three monks and two bishops. The final selection is due Sunday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad, file)A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians is voting Monday in a process that will elect a new spiritual leader for the ancient church as the community struggles to assert its identity and role amid a rising tide of Islamism that has left many Copts fearful for their future.

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