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Inspector denies Catholic cover-up claim

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A police officer in charge of investigating allegations of child sexual abuse by Hunter Valley Catholic priests has denied saying there was no prospect of convicting anyone of covering up the crimes. Detective inspector David Waddell told a state government special commission of inquiry on Monday that he "definitely" made no such comment to a sex abuse investigations officer under his ...

Tanzania Church Attack Leaves Residents in Shock

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Philemon Mushi was short of words and seemingly could not explain what had happened. As hundreds milled around the Catholic Church premises after the grenade attack last Sunday with the bomb experts busy collecting various samples, he was indeed a shocked man. "It is a great loss. We don't know who is behind this and the motive", he said as he leaned against one of the doors of ...

News from Khilafah Conference 2013 Nationalism weakened the unity of Muslim Ummah

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HTI Press. Abdillah, a representative of Hizb ut Tahrir-Batam, confirmed that nationalism is dangerous for Muslim beliefs. Nationalism is a sense of identity with the nation. It is similar to tribalism. It is this nationalism that is forbidden by Islam. Nationalism is also politically dangerous. It has weakened the unity of Muslim Ummah. They are now split into more then 70 nation states after ...

Most of full-time staff at CoI college are Catholics reveals archbishop

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Archbishop of Dublin Dr Michael Jackson listens to Church of Ireland primate Dr Richard Clarke speaking at the opening of the Church of Ireland Synod in ...

Qatar teacher jailed for Muslim insults is released

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A Nepalese teacher jailed in Qatar for allegedly insulting Muslims has had all charges against him dropped and is set to fly home to Nepal in the coming days, it has been ...

Bill Maher shredded by Glenn Greenwald on US intervention in Muslim country

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Gary Coopers Quiet Journey of Faith

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Gary Cooper in"'Meet John Doe" (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Fifty-two years ago today, Hollywood icon Gary Cooper, who starred in such classics ...

Kenya Drama as faithful clash over church leadership

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Church of Kenya. Armed police had to intervene to calm the situation that shocked residents of Karate area. Two factions in the church are embroiled in a tussle ...

USCCB other Catholic organizations weigh in on farm bill call for reduction in subsidies

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The chairmen of two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have joined the leaders of Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in weighing in on five aspects of the 2013 Farm Bill. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States ...

Anglican-Catholic dialogue concludes meeting in Brazil

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The official dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion--the Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC)--has concluded the third meeting of its third phase. The first phase of dialogue (ARCIC I), begun following the Second Vatican Council, focused on the sacraments and the Church and concluded in 1982. The second phase (ARCIC II), which focused on the Church ...

�Jesus Christ is the source of hope for Europe say bishops in Europe Day statement

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The presidency of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Europe issued a brief statement on Europe Day, which commemorates the Schuman Declaration (1950) that gave birth to the European Union. "To all those who today live in the European continent and who find themselves in difficulties due to the current economic crisis, who feel alone, who have lost or are looking for work and who, ...

May Devotions at St Columba’s College St Albans

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St Columba’s College in St Albans, a Brothers of the Sacred Heart school, celebrated the Month of May with its first Marian procession in some many years. The College has recently established weekly rosary devotions during May as well as an annual procession. It also coincided with the official blessing of the new outdoor Marian shine that has been dedicated to Our Lady of Good Counsel, ...

Pope Francis true prayer takes us out of ourselves

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True prayer brings us out of ourselves: it opens us to the Father and to the neediest of our brothers and sisters. This was a central part of Pope Francis’ message to the faithful gathered for Mass on Saturday morning in the chapel of the Domus Sancta Martha residence at the Vatican, with agents of the Vatican Gendarmerie and a group of Argentine journalists with their families in ...

CSAN seeks protections for vulnerable women on legal aid changes

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Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), the social action arm of the Catholic Church, has urged the Government to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect victims of trafficking and domestic abuse in the proposed reforms to legal aid, on which the Ministry of Justice is currently consulting. Under the proposals within the Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and ...

Pope Francis canonizes hundreds of Christians beheaded by Islam

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On May 11, Pope Francis announced the canonization of more than 800 Italian martyrs who were beheaded in 1480 by the Ottoman Turks when they refused to recant their Christian faith. Thousands of people were on hand at the Vatican's historic St Peter's Square as the pontiff announced the first canonizations of his pontificate. He did not, however, mention "'Islam" in his ...

Christian Eriksen confirms talks with Borussia Dortmund over summer move

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Borussia Dortmund .The 21-year-old Denmark international has caught the eye of clubs across Europe with his performances this season, with Liverpool and Dortmund among those courting the player. With only a year remaining on his contract, Ajax are set to cash in on Eriksen this summer and he admits he is tempted by a move to Germany."Dortmund are a club where I would like to play," he ...

Sexual conduct part of immigration reform

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A pro-family organization is outraged that Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) is considering adding an amendment to the massive immigration reform bill that would grant special immigration rights based solely on sexual ...

Church Welcomes Back Girl Injured by Lawn Mower

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CLEARWATER | The last time Nicole Nugent brought her daughter Ireland to church, the 2-year-old ran down the hallway, playing a game with the ...

Last re-trial in Christian Newsom case begins Monday

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The re-trial of one of the four defendants in one of East Tennessee's most high profile murder cases begins Monday morning. George Thomas is one of four defendants accused of kidnapping, raping, torturing, and murdering Channon Christian and Chris Newsom in 2007. This is the second and last re-trial in the case tied to a disgraced judge who abused drugs and was forced to step down from the ...

Mohammed bin Rashid says preservation of Arabic Language is a National Religious and Moral responsibility

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WAM DUBAI, May 13th, 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has stressed that the Arabic language is the language of the life we live, it reflects us in various situations, it is not an extinct part of history that does not fit the present. Sheikh Mohammed affirmed that conservation of the Arabic Language ...
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