Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2727 us Religion News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:45 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2727 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/mideastpopeusdiplomacy afp/20090703/mideastpopeusdiplomacy AFP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/mideastpopeusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246647967266-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=geBlnWqLBeBC1qHmJTIZxg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims during his weekly general audience on July 1, 2009 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. US President Barack Obama said in an interview published Friday he thought the pope would "share my approach" on policy in the Middle East.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama said in an interview published Friday he thought Pope Benedict XVI would "share my approach" on policy in the Middle East.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/mideastpopeusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246647967266-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=geBlnWqLBeBC1qHmJTIZxg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims during his weekly general audience on July 1, 2009 at St Peter's square at The Vatican. US President Barack Obama said in an interview published Friday he thought the pope would "share my approach" on policy in the Middle East.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_newman ap/20090703/eu_vatican_newman AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:02 GMT AP - Cardinal John Henry Newman, an influential 19th-century Anglican theologian who converted to Roman Catholicism, moved a step closer to possible sainthood Friday after the pope approved a miracle attributed to his intercession. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/lf_afp/vaticanreligionprotestantcalvin afp/20090703/vaticanreligionprotestantcalvin AFP topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/lf_afp/vaticanreligionprotestantcalvin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246643102519-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=wysYI87mttie6gPBDrjppA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This picture released by the Institute for Reformation Research in Apeldoorn in June 2009 shows a statue of French theologist John Calvin created by Reymond, to mark on July 10, the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth. The Vatican newspaper Friday praised influential Calvin, a critic of the Roman Catholic Church, hailing him an "extraordinary" figure.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Vatican newspaper Friday praised influential French Protestant John Calvin, a critic of the Roman Catholic Church, hailing him an "extraordinary" figure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/lf_afp/vaticanreligionprotestantcalvin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246643102519-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=wysYI87mttie6gPBDrjppA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This picture released by the Institute for Reformation Research in Apeldoorn in June 2009 shows a statue of French theologist John Calvin created by Reymond, to mark on July 10, the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth. The Vatican newspaper Friday praised influential Calvin, a critic of the Roman Catholic Church, hailing him an "extraordinary" figure.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays ap/20090703/us_muslim_school_holidays AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:25:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.93cf32b39ae74bd399eda0d304e2be14.muslim_school_holidays_nysw103.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=aGeuj3lL0TbfpOlISrtzDw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="This July 1, 2009 photo shows Moneeb Hassan, 17, posing for a picture in front of his high school, Benjamin N. Cardozo, in New York. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_muslim_school_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.93cf32b39ae74bd399eda0d304e2be14.muslim_school_holidays_nysw103.jpg?x=77&y=130&q=85&sig=aGeuj3lL0TbfpOlISrtzDw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="photo" title="This July 1, 2009 photo shows Moneeb Hassan, 17, posing for a picture in front of his high school, Benjamin N. Cardozo, in New York. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_lightning_church ap/20090702/us_lightning_church AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:57 GMT AP - Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_e_mail_prayers ap/20090702/us_obama_e_mail_prayers AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:51:43 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_church ap/20090702/us_obama_church AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:05 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says he is taking his time picking a church because his choice will undergo political scrutiny. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_mennonites_gays ap/20090702/us_mennonites_gays AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:07:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_mennonites_gays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.79a3985a0f434f698842cd0f76aac0bb.mennonites_gays_ohks101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=klzckpkCoT_MGj0_MSrtNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A group of young Mennonites and ministers, wearing pink, gather to protest outside the Mennonite Church USA's biannual meeting Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, pushing for more inclusion of gays and lesbians. For years, a growing number of Mennonite churches have been disciplined and in some cases, kicked out of the faith for allowing gays and lesbian to worship along with everyone else. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a quiet act of defiance, gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink gathered outside the church's official convention in Columbus on Thursday and criticized its leaders for trying to push them out.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_mennonites_gays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.79a3985a0f434f698842cd0f76aac0bb.mennonites_gays_ohks101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=klzckpkCoT_MGj0_MSrtNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A group of young Mennonites and ministers, wearing pink, gather to protest outside the Mennonite Church USA's biannual meeting Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, pushing for more inclusion of gays and lesbians. For years, a growing number of Mennonite churches have been disciplined and in some cases, kicked out of the faith for allowing gays and lesbian to worship along with everyone else. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/sc_nm/us_pope_science nm/20090702/us_pope_science Reuters science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:11:27 GMT Reuters - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_rel_religion_briefs ap/20090702/us_rel_religion_briefs AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:28:37 GMT AP - The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today ap/20090702/us_rel_religion_today AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.f4a167f7f0c94235a60fd818a8ab218b.religion_today_ny337.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=o1RKFmVoqxu5dPn4cyItxg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2006 file photo, Ingrid Mattson, newly elected president of the Islamic Society of North America smiles while talking to Mohamed Rajabally, a member of the ISNA executive committee during a press conference before at the opening of the 43rd annual ISNA convention in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.f4a167f7f0c94235a60fd818a8ab218b.religion_today_ny337.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=o1RKFmVoqxu5dPn4cyItxg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2006 file photo, Ingrid Mattson, newly elected president of the Islamic Society of North America smiles while talking to Mohamed Rajabally, a member of the ISNA executive committee during a press conference before at the opening of the 43rd annual ISNA convention in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usreligionislamdiplomacy afp/20090702/usreligionislamdiplomacy AFP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:38:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usreligionislamdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246505888163-1-0.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=0nvjFl4qKM3vwy_m1NbX4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="Farah Pandith, the US envoy tasked with reaching out to Muslims around the world said she expects to go beyond criticism of Washington's foreign policy, outlining an ambitious program of reconciliation.(AFP/US Government/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US envoy tasked with reaching out to Muslims around the world said she expects to go beyond criticism of Washington's foreign policy, outlining an ambitious program of reconciliation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usreligionislamdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246505888163-1-0.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=0nvjFl4qKM3vwy_m1NbX4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="photo" title="Farah Pandith, the US envoy tasked with reaching out to Muslims around the world said she expects to go beyond criticism of Washington's foreign policy, outlining an ambitious program of reconciliation.(AFP/US Government/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/pl_nm/us_vietnam_rights_usa nm/20090701/us_vietnam_rights_usa Reuters politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:58:16 GMT Reuters - A group of U.S. senators urged Vietnam's president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a U.S. religious freedom blacklist. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_co/us_jewish_senators ap/20090701/us_jewish_senators AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:50:39 GMT AP - The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect ap/20090701/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:22:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.72581e55cc6d401caf4eca24125bb129.endangered_religious_sect_migm101.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=uLTs799Rn60CyE2hTY9pIA--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="Sister of the bride Maha Abdirazag of Oak Park, Mich. applies a touch of lipstick to her sister Dunia Majdob at the Mandaean Association of Michigan Hall in Ferndale, Mich. Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)" border="0" /></a>AP - When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.72581e55cc6d401caf4eca24125bb129.endangered_religious_sect_migm101.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=uLTs799Rn60CyE2hTY9pIA--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sister of the bride Maha Abdirazag of Oak Park, Mich. applies a touch of lipstick to her sister Dunia Majdob at the Mandaean Association of Michigan Hall in Ferndale, Mich. Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect_glance ap/20090701/us_rel_endangered_religious_sect_glance AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:48:43 GMT AP - The top five destinations for Mandaean refugees in the United States from 2002 through June 24, 2009: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_ot/us_health_overhaul_religious_ads ap/20090630/us_health_overhaul_religious_ads AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:59:53 GMT AP - Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_jewish_museum ap/20090630/eu_poland_jewish_museum AP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:44:15 GMT AP - For the second time in two years, Polish officials began building a new museum of Jewish history in Warsaw on Tuesday that they hope will become a major cultural landmark. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_eu/eu_czech_jewish_cemetery ap/20090630/eu_czech_jewish_cemetery AP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:19:56 GMT AP - A Jewish cemetery has been desecrated in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, members of the community there said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/lf_afp/netherlandsimmigrationgay afp/20090630/netherlandsimmigrationgay AFP topstories Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:43:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/lf_afp/netherlandsimmigrationgay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246343823096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Z99igbTANUP457e7KZvTaA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A harassed gay minority in a conservative suburb in otherwise tolerant Amsterdam has found a guardian angel in the local Muslim mayor. Ahmed Marcouch (pictured in 2007), 41, is on a self-appointed mission to end homophobia in Slotervaart, just a stones' throw from the capital but light-years away from its anything-goes mentality.(AFP/File/Maartje Blijdenstein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A harassed gay minority in a conservative suburb in otherwise tolerant Amsterdam has found a guardian angel in the local Muslim mayor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/lf_afp/netherlandsimmigrationgay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246343823096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Z99igbTANUP457e7KZvTaA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A harassed gay minority in a conservative suburb in otherwise tolerant Amsterdam has found a guardian angel in the local Muslim mayor. Ahmed Marcouch (pictured in 2007), 41, is on a self-appointed mission to end homophobia in Slotervaart, just a stones' throw from the capital but light-years away from its anything-goes mentality.(AFP/File/Maartje Blijdenstein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)