2013年10月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


German bishop under fire for spending in Rome for talks with Vatican officials

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

BERLIN - A German bishop under fire for lavish spending travelled to Rome on Sunday for talks at the Vatican, church officials said, placing his future in the hands of a pope who has espoused a simple lifestyle.

What archaeology tells us about the Bible

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 09:35 AM PDT

The workday is just beginning in Jerusalem, 20 miles to the northeast over folded ridges and misty valleys, but the sound of clinking trowels and creaking wheelbarrows has been echoing across this hillside since dawn. Dust billows up in the morning sun as a worker sweeps away a section of the excavation, where Hebrew mingles with American accents and yarmulkes with wide-brimmed hats.

Vatican beatifies 522 killed in Spain during 1930s

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 07:12 AM PDT

People attend the beatification, which is the last step the Roman Catholic church takes before sainthood, conducted by Cardinal Angelo Amato in an outdoor ceremony attended by thousands in northeastern Tarragona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. The Vatican has beatified 522 people mostly priests and nuns who were killed in turmoil that led to Spain's civil war. The congregation included eight cardinals, 105 bishops, around 1,300 priests, some 3,000 faithful belonging to other religious orders and almost 4,000 relatives of those being beatified. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)MADRID (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday beatified 522 people — mostly priests and nuns — who were killed in the turmoil that led to Spain's civil war.


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