2013年11月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Burning man ran into church building, causing fire

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 01:00 PM PST

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A man ran into the rectory of an Episcopal church with his clothes on fire, causing a blaze that killed himself and the church's pastor, authorities said Wednesday.

Hey, Pope Francis: Markets are the solution, not the problem

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:14 AM PST

Perhaps Pope Francis forgot to look at the stats.Pope Francis continues to make waves as the new head of the Catholic Church, offering a blistering critique this week of free markets and capitalism in his first apostolic exhortation: He claims income inequality is a result of ideologies which reject the right of states to exercise control:


Rare Colonial psalm book from Boston church fetches record $14.2M at New York auction

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 05:22 AM PST

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what's now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a printed book.

Pope bundles up for chilly outdoor audience

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:17 AM PST

Pope Francis tries to keep himself warm as he attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. Francis is bundling up for the cold snap belting Italy, donning a white double-breasted winter coat and scarf. Several times Wednesday, the pope used his sleeves as a muffler to keep his hands warm amid temperatures that dipped to freezing with the wind chill factored in. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — A chilly Pope Francis has cheered the thousands of pilgrims who braved a cold snap belting Italy to attend his weekly general audience, saying they were courageous to come out.


Pope Francis hates trickle-down economics, but he isn't a liberal

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:49 PM PST

His Holiness would have trouble getting a speaking slot at the DNC. Two days before Thanksgiving, Pope Francis gave liberal Catholics plenty to be grateful for. On Tuesday, the pope released his first official papal manifesto, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), a 224-page apostolic exhortation laying out his vision of where the Catholic Church should be headed.


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