2012年2月17日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Uncertainty after ruling in NY school worship case (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST

AP - Religious congregations whose worship services were evicted from New York City's public schools scrambled Friday to deal with an 11th-hour injunction that said they could stay.

Catholic Church needs "creative strategy": NY's Dolan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:42 AM PST

Reuters - The Roman Catholic Church needs a "creative strategy" to bring religion back in nations that were once a bedrock of faith, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan said in a major address at the Vatican Friday, a day before he becomes a cardinal.

Rhode Island public school agrees to remove prayer (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:51 PM PST

Reuters - A Rhode Island school board voted on Thursday to comply with a federal court order to remove a prayer banner that has been displayed in a public high school for nearly a half century, saying the cash-strapped district cannot face a costly appeal.

Democrats protest religious freedom hearing (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:06 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.


Cranston votes not to appeal prayer banner case (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:51 PM PST

AP - A Rhode Island public school committee on Thursday voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer banner displayed in a high school.
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