2013年1月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Religion comes to Davos forum

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:02 PM PST

Founder and President of Heartfile, Pakistani Sania Nishtar, speaks during a debate on religion at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion came up often at the World Economic Forum this year providing a break from the temporal concerns that tend to dominate Davos and showing that even the jet set is preoccupied with the meaning of life, at least in these turbulent times.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Who created Davos, and why does it exist?

Religious exemptions key to RI gay marriage debate

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:51 AM PST

Rhode Island State Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Warwick, center left, and his partner Tony Caparco, far left, greet Wendy Baker, center right, and her partner Judy McDonnell, third from right, both of Providence, R.I., in the gallery of the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Providence, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Legislation to allow gay marriage in the state is headed for a vote Thursday in the House after being unanimously endorsed Tuesday by a legislative committee. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The fate of gay marriage legislation in Rhode Island could hinge on the exemptions it affords religious groups that oppose it, the state Senate president said Friday, a day after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill.

Catholic Hospital: Fetus not legally a person

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:26 AM PST

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Catholic bishops will review a church hospital's legal argument that it should not be liable for the death of unborn twins because a fetus is not a person under state law.

Pope tweets shout-out for WDC anti-abortion rally

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 05:55 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI is giving a shout-out to an anti-abortion rally in Washington, tweeting that politicians should protect the unborn and "promote a culture of life."

Catholic Hospital Under Fire for Arguing That Fetuses Aren't People

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:59 AM PST

Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a person, but Catholic leaders say that's no excuse for one of their hospitals to use that argument to win a legal battle. The debate comes from a lawsuit filed by a man whose wife and unborn twins died at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colorado. She was seven months preagent at the time and the lawsuit alleges that the hospital was liable for wrongful death because they failed to perform a Cesarean section to save the twins. The case is currently being appealed to the State Supreme Court

Family, church struggle to understand NM slayings

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:11 AM PST

Nehemiah Griego, 15, is seen in an undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment. Griego is charged with killing five family members on Jan. 19, 2013, including his father, mother, and three youngest siblings in Albuquerque, N.M. Authorities in New Mexico say Griego had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people. Instead, they say he texted a picture of his dead mother to his 12-year-old girlfriend, then spent much of Saturday with her. The two went to the church where his father had been a pastor, and Griego eventually confessed to killing his parents and three younger siblings. (AP Photo/Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fifteen-year-old murder suspect Nehemiah Griego grew up in a family deeply rooted in the Christian faith.

U.S. Catholic bishops review lawsuit saying fetuses not people

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:02 PM PST

DENVER (Reuters) - Three Colorado bishops said on Thursday they will review a Catholic Church hospital's defense of a lawsuit that argues fetuses do not have legal status - apparently contradicting the Church's teaching on life issues. The case stems from a malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill in the 2006 death of his seven-month pregnant wife Lori at a Catholic hospital in Canon City, Colorado. Her twin fetuses also died. ...

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