Paedophile priest in Germany resigns from priesthood
Mainz, Germany - A paedophile priest in Germany has applied to Pope Benedict XVI to resign from the priesthood after admitting that he molested boarding-school boys in the 1970s, his order said Tuesday. At least 16 men have come forward to say they w...
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Uneasy peace for Berlin's Ahmadi mosque - Feature
Berlin A 13-metre-high minaret competes for attention alongside pillars advertising the fast food outlets at a busy intersection in Pankow, a north-eastern suburb of Berlin. Inside the mosque, the call to Friday prayer echoes as men fall to their k...
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Pope prays for the victims of Mumbai attacks
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday sent condolences to the victims of the attacks in Mumbai, India, saying such terrorist acts gravely offend the human family. Benedict's message was contained in a telegram sent by the Vatican to the Roman...
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Vatican concerned over fate of abducted nuns in Somalia
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI's spokesman on Thursday renewed an appeal for the release of two Italian Roman Catholic nuns believed to have been abducted from Kenya by Somali Islamists earlier this month. More than a fortnight has passed since th...
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Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI may visit Holy Land in 2009
Vatican City - Diplomatic contacts are under way for a possible visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2009, the papal spokesman said Thursday. Father Federico Lombardi was commenting on a report by an Israeli newsp...
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Spaniards debate presence of crucifixes at schools
Madrid - A debate was going on in Spain Tuesday about the presence of religious symbols in public places after a court in the northern city of Valladolid ordered a school to remove crucifixes at the request of some parents. The crucifixes violated th...
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2008-11-25 ] Category : [
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Guards kill swordsman at celebrity Scientology centre
Los Angeles - A security guard shot and killed a man wielding two samurai swords at the entrance to a Scientology centre in Los Angeles frequented by high-profile adherents such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. ...
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