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Catholic bishops debunk reports of falling mass attendance
Isabela :: Philippines | 1 month ago
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A Catholic prelate said this on Thursday as he and other bishops continued to debunk the Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing that the number of Filipinos going to Church had gone done down by more than half in the last 20 years. Basilan
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Child abuse inquiry begins in Melbourne
Christchurch :: New Zealand | 1 month ago
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Australia's sweeping investigation into child abuse within organisations ranging from churches to sports clubs and government agencies begins today in Melbourne. Announced late last year after continuing allegations of horrendous abuse and
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The best choice for pope? A nun.
Manzini :: Swaziland | 3 months ago
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Nonetheless, handing leadership to a woman and in particular, to a nun would vastly strengthen Catholicism, help the church solve some of its immediate problems and inspire many who have left the church to look at it with new eyes. Consider, first,
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Three Wilmington churches vandalized
Boston :: MA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Thomas of Villanova Parish, a Catholic church on Middlesex Avenue, discovered the word brainwashing and an image of a television with a brain on the screen spray-painted in red onto church property Saturday morning and called police. Vandals also
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Spain's Strapped Towns Look To Churches For Cash
Madrid :: Spain | 4 months ago
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Alcala de Henares is re-evaluating the status of hundreds of church holdings that have been exempt from paying property tax for hundreds of years. Charity Or Taxable Business Off a cobblestone street in Alcala de Henares, an ancient Roman town about
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Jean-Luc Melenchon interview 7 December 2012
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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In London to speak on a progressive alternative to the austerity policies which are being implemented across Europe (at the European Institute of UCL, to be published shortly), France's Left Front leader gave a follow-up interview to openDemocracy on
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A countervailing power: an interview with Jan Pronk
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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We have to restore the world public power representative of all countries, and possibly representative of all people within all those countries. One cannot think away' individual countries as powers, or international companies and banks. But we need
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PHL Catholic churches to have 2nd mass collection for Pablo victims
Tandag :: Philippines | 6 months ago
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For its part, Caritas Manila is sending an initial P1 million for relief efforts in the dioceses of Tandag, Butuan, Mati, and Tagum. It is coordinating with diocesan social action centers in Mindanao to fast-track the delivery of relief goods to
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Freedom Of Religion
Srīnagar :: India | 6 months ago
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39 editor Religion has emerged as a major source of conflict in the post cold war era all across the globe. A perceptive writer points out that ideological strife has now given place to the "clash of civilizations" and predicts that in the
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Australia orders federal child sex abuse inquiry
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Australia's prime minister ordered a federal inquiry Monday into allegations of child sex abuse in state and religious institutions and community groups following a string of sexual abuse accusations against priests and claims of a Catholic Church
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