Religious News for Saturday January 1, 2011

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New development reshapes Mecca JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (UPI) -- New development in the holy Saudi Arabian city of Mecca that includes a super-size clock tower has upset some devout Muslims. Mecca, where Mohammed is said to have proclaimed Islam, is off-limits to non-Muslims. A New York Times reporter's account of the construction there was based on the descriptions provided by Muslims who have seen the Royal Mecca Clock Tower -- one of the tallest buildings in the world, and modeled on the much smaller Big Ben in ... Continue Reading... Post a Comment | Share | Print 7-foot gingerbread man found in pieces HAVERHILL, Mass. (UPI) -- Police in Haverhill, Mass., said they were searching for the vandal or vandals who stole and broke up a 7-foot-tall plywood Christmas gingerbread man Police said the Christmas decoration was one of four created by Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High students and placed in Columbus Park for Haverhill's annual Christmas Stroll, the Boston Herald reported Friday. Investigators said the gingerbread man disappeared from the park and was ... Continue Reading... Post a Comment | Share | Print IHOP drops acronym lawsuit LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The International House of Pancakes dropped a trademark-infringement lawsuit suit in Los Angeles against a Missouri-based church using the IHOP acronym. Documents filed in federal court said the restaurant chain decided to drop its litigation Dec. 21 against the Kansas City-based International House of Prayer, which has California ministries in San Jose, Santa Maria and Dublin due to "ongoing mediation with the defendants," the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.... Continue Reading... Post a Comment | Share | Print Advertisement Free Bottle Of Excedrin Extra Strength Clean Windshields without Straining or Stretching Revelers around world welcome 2011 NEW YORK (UPI) -- While revelers from Sydney to London and New York welcomed 2011 with fireworks, Pope Benedict XVI prayed Friday for those in poverty and suffering. The pope celebrated a traditional Vespers service at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, La Repubblica reported. He reminded worshippers life is difficult with suffering caused by human actions and natural catastrophes but brightened by the love of Christ. In London, fireworks set off from barges in the ... Continue Reading... Post a Comment | Share | Print         More News From ArcaMax Current News Entertainment News Business News Sports Political News Weird News Religious News Lifestyles

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