2012年9月12日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Analysis: Muslim-Christian relations clouded in new Middle East

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:43 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters)- When Middle Eastern Christians and Muslims meet to discuss religion and the region's future, it can sometimes seem like they are talking about two different places and using divergent meanings for the same words. The Christians, worried by the rise of Islamists since last year's Arab Spring democratic uprisings, usually speak of reforms they want to see so they and other religious minorities can live as full and equal citizens with the majority Muslims. ...

Vatican insists on interreligious dialogue

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XV waves during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)The Vatican underlined Pope Benedict XVI's push for dialogue among religions in the aftermath of the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya by a mob enraged by an anti-Muslim film.


Killing of US envoy to Libya underscores threat of unchecked religious fanaticism

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT

The US ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three diplomatic staff members were killed last night when Islamists attacked the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the State Department confirmed today.

Pope to visit Mideast in shadow of Syrian civil war

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castel GandolfoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict makes a religiously delicate and potentially dangerous trip to Lebanon this weekend to appeal for peace and reconciliation in the Middle East as civil war rages next door in Syria. The 85-year-old pope, making his 24th international trip and fourth to the Middle East, will spend three days preaching unity among Christians and peace between Christians and Muslims during his time in the Lebanese capital Beirut from Friday to Sunday. ...


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