Saturday, October 11, 2008
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U.S.
- Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage - 11:00 PM
- OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas - 12:04 AM
- Stocks got slammed, but was it a `crash'? - 06:25 PM
- Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee - 05:48 PM
- Japanese man held in LA in wife's 1981 slaying - 08:22 PM
World
Megachurch members worship more often
Study finds those who attend 'megachurches' also more likely to have friends in the pews.
WASHINGTON -- Members of the nation's largest churches go to worship services more often and have more friends in the congregation than those who attend very small churches, according to a new study of American religious beliefs and values. - 10/10/2008
Nepal names girl, 3, new living goddess
KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. - 10/08/2008
Well-traveled Bible: New version written out -- one verse, one person at time
Hundreds lined up at Grace Christian Church on Wednesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version translation of the Bible, by contributing to what by next summer will be the first Bible ever written out one verse, one person at a time -- 31,173 people recording 31,173 verses of the translation. - 10/02/2008
Metro Detroit Muslims, Jews celebrating
Rabbi Aaron Bergman busied himself preparing for today, the first celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, with his new congregation at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. - 09/30/2008
Longer days make for greater sacrifice during Ramadan fast
Mohamed Abbas works intently on some papers and his brother does homework while their mother prepares the first full meal of the day. It is almost 8 p.m. - 09/25/2008
Jewish community, supporters rally in Farmington Hills against Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech
FARMINGTON HILLS -- Several hundred people from the local Jewish community rallied Monday afternoon outside the Holocaust Memorial Center to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled address today before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. - 09/23/2008
Peace begins with scissors and markers
DETROIT — Sophia Lamphier, age 8, has a wish, one that is in her mind a simple one: that the war in Iraq would soon end. - 09/22/2008
Diving Effort
Hindu faithful re-create godly marriage in push to build temple
DEARBORN -- Every day in a prominent temple in southern India, the marriage of the major Hindu god Venkateswara is re-enacted as it has been for centuries. - 09/15/2008
Pope: End divisions over old Latin Mass
LOURDES, France -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday warned of the danger of a growing split among Catholics over the use of the old, traditional form of Latin Mass. - 09/14/2008
Most Holy Trinity holds mass in wake of break-in
DETROIT -- Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores told students at Most Holy Trinity Church that a recent break-in and theft at the church was disrespectful to God, but something their prayers could help correct. - 09/11/2008
Temple offers $50K to relocating Jews
DOTHAN, Ala. -- Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. - 09/11/2008
Mount Clemens
Macomb County churches vow to help homeless
MOUNT CLEMENS -- Richard Earl understands the many obstacles homeless people face as they work to get back on their feet. - 09/10/2008
Decision 2008
Churches to risk their tax-exempt status
CHICAGO -- Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen pastors to do just that on Sept. 28, in defiance of Internal Revenue Service rules. - 09/10/2008
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Metal thieves cross the line at Holy Trinity
The window they crawled through stands a good 9 feet off the ground. It's directly above a large bush, so they couldn't have used a van as a scaffold, and there were no ladder marks Tuesday in the damp soil at the base of the red brick wall. - 09/10/2008
Thieves take Christ figure off crucifix at Corktown's Most Holy Trinity church
Father Russell Kohler is pleading for safe return of the object, along with other metal pieces that were stolen Monday night or very early Tuesday. - 09/09/2008
