2013年9月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


France moves to toughen ban on religion in schools

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:49 PM PDT

Children in school on September 3, 2013 at a primary school in the southwestern French town of RamonvilleFrance on Monday unveiled a new charter designed to reinforce rules banning religion from schools which have been a recurring cause of tension with Muslims and other faiths.


Nigerian Anglican archbishop kidnapped

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT

A Nigerian policeman patrols in the north of Borno state on June 5, 2013 near MaiduguriNigeria's second-highest ranking Anglican archbishop was kidnapped at the weekend outside the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.


Armed men kidnap archbishop in Nigeria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say armed men have kidnapped an archbishop who is the No. 2 cleric in the country's Catholic church.

Judge: Man competent in Utah church shooting case

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2013, file photo, Charles Richard Jennings, Jr. appears for a hearing at Second District Court in Ogden, Utah. Jennings accused of shooting and nearly killing his father-in-law during a crowded Father's Day church service in northern Utah has been ruled competent to stand trial Monday Sept. 9, 2013. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports a pair of mental health professionals determined Jennings is mentally stable enough to be on trial. The judge delivered the ruling during a Monday court hearing. (AP Photo/Standard-Examiner, Nick Short, Pool, File)OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A man accused of shooting and nearly killing his father-in-law during a crowded Father's Day church service in northern Utah has been ruled competent to stand trial.


31 killed in Indian religious violence

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Hindu-Muslim violence 80 miles from Delhi in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, has left 31 dead and 40 more in the hospital raising fears of a return to widespread communal violence. 

Syrian army moves to retake Christian village

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 11:25 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria. Syrian troops launched an attack Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, on suspected rebel-held positions on hills overlooking a Christian-majority village near the capital Damascus, two days after rebel forces captured the ancient community, an activist group said. (AP Photo/SANA, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops launched an offensive Monday against rebel-held positions on hills overlooking a mainly Christian village as they moved to regain control of the ancient community near the capital, Damascus, activists said.


Religious riots kill 31 in India, political parties trade blame

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 10:44 AM PDT

Soldiers stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in MuzaffarnagarBy Sharat Pradhan LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - India's political parties blamed each other for religious riots that killed at least 31 people and forced hundreds to flee their homes this weekend, in a sign of rising tension between Hindus and Muslims ahead of a general election due by May. Police evacuated Hindu and Muslim villagers on Monday in the district of Muzaffarnagar, 130 km (80 miles) northeast of New Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, at the center of some of the worst communal violence in years. ...


Nigerian police say armed men kidnap archbishop in Delta

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 10:01 AM PDT

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Armed men in Nigeria's southern Delta region have abducted Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, the country's second most senior Anglican cleric, police said on Monday, in a rare case targeting a religious leader. Kattey was captured along with his wife at around 10:30 p.m. (2130 GMT) on Friday near his home in Rivers state, although his wife later escaped during a police chase, according to police spokeswoman Angela Agabe. She gave no further details on the attackers, adding only that police were still hunting them. ...

Vatican looks into German 'luxury bishop' charges

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:09 AM PDT

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican launched a rare review of a German Catholic diocese on Monday following accusations its bishop spent lavishly on a new residence, putting him out of step with the new "church of the poor" promoted by Pope Francis. The inquiry is officially called a "fraternal visit" to Limburg diocese by Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, the former Vatican nuncio (ambassador) in Berlin, and Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst said in a statement he was looking forward to it. ...

Church leaders urge release of abducted Syrian bishops

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:21 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - A group formed to foster ties between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches appealed on Monday for the release of two prominent Syrian bishops still missing after their abduction in Aleppo province in April. The Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Aleppo, Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi, are the most senior Christian leaders caught up in the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad in which many prominent Muslim clerics have died. ...

Syrian army attacks hills around Christian village

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:20 AM PDT

Mustafa Abu Bekir, 23, second from left, reacts as he meets with his relatives after crossing the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Abu Bekir, said he was severely wounded by a bomb dropped from a Syrian army warplane, while fighting with the Free Syrian Army a month ago in Idlib. Public opinion surveys show intense American skepticism about military intervention in Syria, even among those who believe Syria's government used chemical weapons on its people. The United States, citing intelligence reports, says the lethal nerve agent sarin was used in an Aug. 21 attack outside Damascus, and that 1,429 people died, including 426 children. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops launched an attack Monday on hills overlooking a Christian-majority village near the capital Damascus, two days after rebel forces captured the ancient community, an activist group said.


Activist group: Syrian troops attack hills around rebel-held Christian village

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:42 AM PDT

BEIRUT - A Syrian activist group says the army is attacking hills overlooking a rebel-held Christian-majority village near the capital Damascus.

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