2012年1月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:51 PM PST

Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno's hearse passes through downtown State College, Pennsylvania en route to his burial site January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Pat LittleReuters - The son of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told 10,000 mourners on Thursday his father died "with a clear conscience," and former players shared why they worshipped the man in a final goodbye to the legendary "JoePa."


Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

In this image made from a video produced and made available on YouTube by the Clarion Fund, a scene from the documentary “The Third Jihad,” is shown. A Sergeant in the New York City Police Department has been reprimanded after showing the film during breaks in NYPD counter-terrorism training from October to December 2010. Use of the film, which contends Muslims are bent on establishing an Islamic regime worldwide, has also drawn criticism from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/The Clarion Fund)AP - Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say puts their religion and its adherents in a bad light.


Fire badly damages 19th century church in Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:54 AM PST

AP - Emergency officials say a fire has badly damaged a 19th-century Orthodox church in southern Ukraine, including collapsing its dome.

Austrian priest publishes names of ex-Catholics (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:07 AM PST

AP - The Vienna archdiocese has apologized for the publication of a list of people who have formally left the Roman Catholic church.

Politics of Romney's tithing: generous philanthropy or dogmatic Mormonism? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s voluminous tax returns sink into the American psyche, some line items stand out for sheer size, most notably his contributions to the Mormon church.

Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:13 PM PST

Reuters - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals.
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