Two people have died after a stampede at a stadium in Luanda, Angola where Pope Benedict was going to speak at a youth rally. Thousands of people rushed into the stadium to get a chance to see the Pope four and a...
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Hundreds of Christian worshippers gathered in Bethlehem Sunday for the first mass of Advent - the period when Christians prepare for the birth of baby Jesus."Nov 30 (Reuters) - "Jingle Bells" rang out over Manger...
Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of...
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"SEX workers are bracing themselves for a rush of business next month - when thousands of devoted Catholic pilgrims flock to Sydney to see the Pope. From July 15-20, over 200,000 pilgrims will descend on the...
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I must admit that I always thought that it was strange that when people in the USA and the UK had "strange encounters" they claimed that they had seen aliens from space while people in Ireland and much of Europe claimed that the had seen the "Blessed Virgin"....
UPDATE April 16, 2008, 845 PST:Today the pope addressed in strong terms the issue of sexual abuse among clergy, saying the matter has been at times poorly handled." WASHINGTON - Feted at...
Pilgrims to Lourdes traveling via the Vatican's 737 jet ran into a very worldly problem: the carry-on liquid ban. Lourdes (located in France) may be famous for its holy water, but visitors ahd to dump any that...
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Pope changes rules for papal elections"Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing a new pope, returning to the traditional requirement that two-thirds of the cardinals in the conclave agree on a new...
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"There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend."Amen!
"A study commissioned by Pope Benedict on the use of condoms to fight AIDS has passed its first hurdle and is now being reviewed by top theologians for possible use in a Papal document, a cardinal said on Tuesday.
"This is something that worries the Pope a lot," said Cardinal...
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"In his quoting of14th-century Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Palaeologus the Pope is not quoting a Latin/Catholic Church father but rather a member of the old church, the Byzantine Orthodox Church. The Church of Russia rather than the Catholic Church of Rome or the church of...
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"Indonesia will execute three Christians this week for helping lead attacks that killed 70 Muslims six years ago, ignoring a papal clemency plea and claims by rights groups that their trials were unfair,...
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"When you don't apologise for what you said but for the reacton to what you said. Pope 'deeply sorry' at backlash on comments And we are still waiting for him to apologize for his attacks on secular, humanist, pluralistic, democratic society. "
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