2013年4月7日星期日

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Mom: 'BUCKWILD' star a Christian, now in heaven

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:46 PM PDT

A hearse leaves the Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, W.Va. after a joint funeral for "Buckwild" star Shain Gandee and his uncle David Gandee Sunday afternoon, April 7, 2013. Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle, David Gandee, and 27-year-old friend Donald Robert Myers were found dead April 1 in a sport utility vehicle that was partially submerged in a deep mud pit near Sissonville. (AP Photo/The Charleston Gazette, Kenny Kemp)CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For all his on-camera carousing and cussing, "BUCKWILD" reality TV star Shain Gandee was a publicly proclaimed and baptized Christian, and his mother told hundreds of mourners Sunday that she will see him again.


Church prays for Rick Warren after son's suicide

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:04 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Saddleback Valley Community Church shows Matthew Warren, the son of Pastor Rick Warren. Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif., said in a statement Saturday, April 6, 2013, that Warren's 27-year-old son, Matthew Warren, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness and deep depression. (AP Photo/Saddleback Valley Community Church)LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Members of Rick Warren's Southern California church began Sunday services with a prayer for the popular evangelical pastor, as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son.


With Pope Francis, it's prime time for Jesuits

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected pope, and members of the order have only started absorbing the novelty of one of their own leading the church. But they have also started thinking ahead, to the potential impact of this pontificate on their many ministries, colleges and overall future. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, the Society of Jesus has faced the same struggles to find priests that have plagued the wider Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. Chuck Frederico, one of the priests who evaluate Jesuit applicants, says he usually heard from five a week, or fewer.


Church members pray for pastor after son's suicide

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:22 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Saddleback Valley Community Church shows Matthew Warren, the son of Pastor Rick Warren. Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif., said in a statement Saturday, April 6, 2013, that Warren's 27-year-old son, Matthew Warren, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness and deep depression. (AP Photo/Saddleback Valley Community Church)LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Members of Rick Warren's Southern California church began Sunday services with a prayer for the popular evangelical pastor, as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son.


Pope installed as bishop of Rome, appeals to lapsed faithful

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:21 AM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates a solemn mass at St. John's in Lateran in RomeROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop of Rome on Sunday and he urged lapsed Catholics not to be afraid to return to God. Francis celebrated a Mass before thousands of people in the Rome Basilica of St. John in Lateran to formally take possession of the cathedral in his capacity as bishop of the Italian capital, his other major role along with the papacy. Francis, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, has indicated that he intends to embrace his role as Rome's bishop as well as leader of the 1.2-billion-member Catholic Church. ...


Christian mourners, mob, police clash in Egypt

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:40 AM PDT

Tear gas fills downtown as protesters clash with security forces in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters outside the chief prosecutor's office Saturday in central Cairo who were pushing on the building's doors demanding he resign.(AP Photo/Mostafa Elshemy)CAIRO (AP) — A mob threw rocks and fired birdshot Sunday at several hundred Christians marching in a protest against Egypt's Islamist government after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes over the weekend.


Christian mourners, police clash in Egypt

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 07:43 AM PDT

Tear gas fills downtown as protesters clash with security forces in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters outside the chief prosecutor's office Saturday in central Cairo who were pushing on the building's doors demanding he resign.(AP Photo/Mostafa Elshemy)CAIRO (AP) — Several hundred Christians are clashing with police and a rock-throwing crowd outside Egypt's main Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo after a funeral for four Christians killed in sectarian violence.


Pope invites Romans to join him at city basilica

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected pope, and members of the order have only started absorbing the novelty of one of their own leading the church. But they have also started thinking ahead, to the potential impact of this pontificate on their many ministries, colleges and overall future. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is inviting people to join him in Mass at Rome's main church, St. John in Lateran Basilica.


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