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Jewish group opposes ground zero mosque
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AP - The nation's leading Jewish civil rights group has come out against the planned mosque and Islamic community center near ground zero, saying more information is needed about funding for the project and the location is "counterproductive to the healing process."
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:41 GMT( 4 hours ago )
AP - The nation's leading Jewish civil rights group has come out against the planned mosque and Islamic community center near ground zero, saying more information is needed about funding for the project and the location is "counterproductive to the healing process."
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:41 GMT( 4 hours ago )
Fewer Spaniards say they are Catholic: study
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AFP - The proportion of Spaniards who say they are Roman Catholic has fallen to 73 percent from around 80 percent eight years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by the CIS research centre.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:33 GMT
AFP - The proportion of Spaniards who say they are Roman Catholic has fallen to 73 percent from around 80 percent eight years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by the CIS research centre.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:33 GMT
Pilgrims must pay to attend 2 pope events in UK
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AP - Pilgrims will have to pay as much as 25 pounds ($39) to attend one of the two public events in England to be led by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in September, church officials said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:16:49 GMT
AP - Pilgrims will have to pay as much as 25 pounds ($39) to attend one of the two public events in England to be led by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in September, church officials said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:16:49 GMT
Rise of independent groups influencing Judaism
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AP - They gather blocks from Harvard Square to greet the Sabbath with communal prayer, their eyes winced closed, hands clapping as they sing in fervent Hebrew. The group worships in the Jewish Orthodox tradition, but it's not traditional.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:01:17 GMT
AP - They gather blocks from Harvard Square to greet the Sabbath with communal prayer, their eyes winced closed, hands clapping as they sing in fervent Hebrew. The group worships in the Jewish Orthodox tradition, but it's not traditional.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:01:17 GMT
Official: Ukraine church blast kills 1, wounds 8
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AP - A bomb blast Wednesday at a southern Orthodox church in Ukraine has killed one person and wounded eight, officials said
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:13:17 GMT
AP - A bomb blast Wednesday at a southern Orthodox church in Ukraine has killed one person and wounded eight, officials said
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:13:17 GMT
Jewish collector's heirs sue Hungary for return of art works
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AFP - The heirs of a Jewish banker whose vast art collection was allegedly confiscated during World War II have sued the Hungarian government demanding its return, a report said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:53 GMT
AFP - The heirs of a Jewish banker whose vast art collection was allegedly confiscated during World War II have sued the Hungarian government demanding its return, a report said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:53 GMT
Indonesia's Muslims told to switch off gossip TV
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Reuters - Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has forbidden Muslims from viewing gossipy content in the country's media after a celebrity sex clip scandal dominated television news in the past month.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:35:33 GMT
Reuters - Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has forbidden Muslims from viewing gossipy content in the country's media after a celebrity sex clip scandal dominated television news in the past month.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:35:33 GMT
New Russia holiday marked as Kremlin boosts Church
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Reuters - Russia officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking its conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to an Orthodox Church that has grown increasingly powerful since the fall of Communism.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:54 GMT
Reuters - Russia officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking its conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to an Orthodox Church that has grown increasingly powerful since the fall of Communism.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:54 GMT
Malaysian Muslims party on despite religious crackdown
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AFP - Dusk has fallen and the party is just beginning for 29-year-old Asyikin, one of the many young Malay Muslims who hang out in Kuala Lumpur's vibrant Bukit Bintang nightlife district.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:52:45 GMT
AFP - Dusk has fallen and the party is just beginning for 29-year-old Asyikin, one of the many young Malay Muslims who hang out in Kuala Lumpur's vibrant Bukit Bintang nightlife district.
Pubished :Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:52:45 GMT
Saudi cleric says Muslim women can respect veil bans
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AFP - A leading Saudi cleric hit out at France for moving to ban Muslim face-veils, but approved Muslim women foregoing veils when visiting a country which outlaws them, a Saudi paper reported on Saturday.
Pubished :Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:43:46 GMT
AFP - A leading Saudi cleric hit out at France for moving to ban Muslim face-veils, but approved Muslim women foregoing veils when visiting a country which outlaws them, a Saudi paper reported on Saturday.
Pubished :Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:43:46 GMT
Italian expose on gay priests 'troubles' the church
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AFP - An Italian magazine cover story on gay priests with pictures of them cavorting in Rome nightclubs prompted a "troubled" Roman Catholic diocese to say Friday they do not belong in the Church.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:46:05 GMT
AFP - An Italian magazine cover story on gay priests with pictures of them cavorting in Rome nightclubs prompted a "troubled" Roman Catholic diocese to say Friday they do not belong in the Church.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:46:05 GMT
Church blasts gay priests leading 'double life'
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AP - The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed out Friday at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come out of the closet and leave the priesthood.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:37:28 GMT
AP - The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed out Friday at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come out of the closet and leave the priesthood.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:37:28 GMT
Church blasts gay priests leading `double life'
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AP - The Italian church says gay priests must not lead a "double life," expressing pain and anger over a magazine article and video purporting to show priests frequenting gay locales in Rome.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:11:18 GMT
AP - The Italian church says gay priests must not lead a "double life," expressing pain and anger over a magazine article and video purporting to show priests frequenting gay locales in Rome.
Pubished :Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:11:18 GMT
NY parish declines to sell property to Muslim group
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Roman Catholic parish in New York City on Thursday voted against selling one of its properties to a Muslim organization that planned to erect a mosque there, yielding to local residents' opposition.
Pubished :Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:33:08 GMT
Reuters - A Roman Catholic parish in New York City on Thursday voted against selling one of its properties to a Muslim organization that planned to erect a mosque there, yielding to local residents' opposition.
Pubished :Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:33:08 GMT
House Church: Skip the sermon, worship at home
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AP - To get to church on a recent Sunday morning, the Yeldell family walked no farther than their own living room to greet fellow worshippers.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:09 GMT
AP - To get to church on a recent Sunday morning, the Yeldell family walked no farther than their own living room to greet fellow worshippers.
Pubished :Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:09 GMT
Cameron: Nothing says BP swayed Scots on bomber
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AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has seen nothing to suggest that BP swayed the Scottish government into releasing the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and sending him home to Libya.
Pubished :Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:42:06 GMT
AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has seen nothing to suggest that BP swayed the Scottish government into releasing the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and sending him home to Libya.
Pubished :Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:42:06 GMT
Thousands march for gay rights in Poland
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AFP - Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and supporters of equal rights for sexual minorities marched in Poland's capital Saturday in the first annual EuroPride march in Eastern Europe.
Pubished :Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:09:43 GMT
AFP - Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and supporters of equal rights for sexual minorities marched in Poland's capital Saturday in the first annual EuroPride march in Eastern Europe.
Pubished :Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:09:43 GMT
Gays march in deeply Catholic Poland
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AFP - Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and supporters of equal rights for sexual minorities marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday, urging Poland's government to give homosexual partnerships legal status.
Pubished :Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:56:18 GMT
AFP - Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and supporters of equal rights for sexual minorities marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday, urging Poland's government to give homosexual partnerships legal status.
Pubished :Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:56:18 GMT
Priest barred from Swiss gay pride festival
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AFP - Switzerland's Catholic Church has barred one of its priests from taking part in a religious ceremony held during the annual Zurich Gay Pride festival, a representative said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:27:43 GMT
AFP - Switzerland's Catholic Church has barred one of its priests from taking part in a religious ceremony held during the annual Zurich Gay Pride festival, a representative said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:27:43 GMT
Buddha relics to be exhibited in Geneva: organiser
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AFP - Relics of the Buddha will go on display near Switzerland's western city of Geneva at the weekend, organisers said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:47:20 GMT
AFP - Relics of the Buddha will go on display near Switzerland's western city of Geneva at the weekend, organisers said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:47:20 GMT
Abu Dhabi preserves Muslim musical heritage
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AFP - Musicologists funded by Abu Dhabi are roaming Islamic countries in search of lullabies and children's songs, one of the first projects of a centre that aims to preserve the musical heritage of the Muslim world.
Pubished :Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:12:14 GMT
AFP - Musicologists funded by Abu Dhabi are roaming Islamic countries in search of lullabies and children's songs, one of the first projects of a centre that aims to preserve the musical heritage of the Muslim world.
Pubished :Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:12:14 GMT
Congregations struggle in aging, decaying churches
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AP - About halfway through Sunday service at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, as worshipers passed around the collection plate, a chorus of screams pierced the air.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:39:15 GMT
AP - About halfway through Sunday service at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, as worshipers passed around the collection plate, a chorus of screams pierced the air.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:39:15 GMT
Clinton asks Jewish support to free worker in Cuba
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Jewish groups to join the campaign to persuade Cuba to release a U.S. government contractor detained on the communist island for seven months without charge.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:56:02 GMT
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Jewish groups to join the campaign to persuade Cuba to release a U.S. government contractor detained on the communist island for seven months without charge.
Pubished :Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:56:02 GMT
French lower house approves Muslim veil ban
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AFP - The French lower house of parliament voted by a crushing majority on Tuesday to approve a bill which would ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:19:16 GMT
AFP - The French lower house of parliament voted by a crushing majority on Tuesday to approve a bill which would ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:19:16 GMT
82 police injured in Belfast's 2 nights of riots
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AP - Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:10:46 GMT
AP - Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.
Pubished :Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:10:46 GMT
Mormon church restates opposition to gay marriage
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AP - Mormon church leaders have restated the faith's unequivocal position against gay marriage in a letter to members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether to legalize gay unions.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:20:34 GMT
AP - Mormon church leaders have restated the faith's unequivocal position against gay marriage in a letter to members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether to legalize gay unions.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:20:34 GMT
White House corrects NASA chief on Muslim comment
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Reuters - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday that NASA administrator Charles Bolden was wrong to say that reaching out to the Muslim world was a top priority of the U.S. space agency.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:50:55 GMT
Reuters - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday that NASA administrator Charles Bolden was wrong to say that reaching out to the Muslim world was a top priority of the U.S. space agency.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:50:55 GMT
Church of England paves the way for women bishops
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AP - The Church of England national assembly decided Monday that women should be allowed to become bishops, making only minor concessions to theological conservatives who have threatened to break away over the issue.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:27 GMT
AP - The Church of England national assembly decided Monday that women should be allowed to become bishops, making only minor concessions to theological conservatives who have threatened to break away over the issue.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:27 GMT
Mormon church reaffirms opposition to gay marriage
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AP - Mormon church leaders have sent a letter reaffirming the faith's position on gay marriage to its members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether to legalize gay unions.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:24:10 GMT
AP - Mormon church leaders have sent a letter reaffirming the faith's position on gay marriage to its members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether to legalize gay unions.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:24:10 GMT
Belfast police, Catholic rioters clash over parade
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AP - Police battled Irish nationalists for control of a Belfast road Monday as a day dominated by peaceful Protestant parades across Northern Ireland turned violent when night fell.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:23:43 GMT
AP - Police battled Irish nationalists for control of a Belfast road Monday as a day dominated by peaceful Protestant parades across Northern Ireland turned violent when night fell.
Pubished :Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:23:43 GMT
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