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  Vatican
launches purge of homosexual would-be priests
Taipei Times:
Advertising Pope Benedict XVI has signed an edict banning
anyone with homosexual tendencies from the Roman Catholic
priesthood, sources said on Wednesday. The new measure, which
also targets ent... |
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 Benedict
is quietly making his mark
International
Herald Tribune: The first seven months of Pope Benedict XVI's
pontificate had been so quiet, lacking a single defining act,
that a thought began to nag: Was it possible that Benedict,
78, so contentious as a cardinal... |
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 Pope, in rare move, disciplines Assisi monks
The Star: By
Philip Pullella. VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict's decision to
turn the screws on Franciscan monks in Assisi - considered too
leftist by some Italian Catholic... |
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 Pope
praises anti-abortion movement
Pope
Benedict XVI has saluted the "courageous activities" of the
worldwide anti-abortion movement during his weekly general
audience at the Vatican. The 78-year-old ... Australian
Broadcasting Corporation |
 Vatican
Beatifies 13 Mexican Martyrs
The
Guardian: GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) - The Vatican on Sunday
beatified 13 Mexicans who died during a Roman Catholic
uprising in the late 1920s that was crushed by the Mexican
government. The faithful nearly f... |
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 Pope
addresses genome conference
Tehran
Times: VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday urged
participants at a conference on the ethics of new advances in
genetic testing to help people struggling through "unexpected
and delicate" de... |
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Benedict attends screening of movie about John Paul II
The
State: VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI attended a Vatican
screening Thursday of a television miniseries on the life of
Pope John Paul II - giving equal billing to the latest biopic
on his pre... |
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 Walesa:
I see no place for me in Poland
The
State: GDANSK, Poland - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa said
Tuesday he sees no place for himself in Poland's public life -
despite his achievement in founding the movement 25 ye... |
 Pope
opens talks with Latin Mass renegades
The
Times: POPE BENEDICT XVI, who reached out to Muslims and Jews
last week on his first trip to his native Germany since his
election, is preparing to mend an enduring schism within...
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Scots Historian
James Anderson is born on the 5th August 1728. A lawyer by
profession, Anderson writes some of the earliest books on
Scottish history including works on Mary Queen of Scots and
Scotland's relationship with England. For more famous Scots
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On the 7th October
in 1782 Charles McLaren was born. MacLaren, a customs
official, founded 'The Scotsman' newspaper with colleague
William Ritchie, a Fife-born solicitor. The first copy was
published on 25 January, 1817. It was a weekly paper that sold
about 800 - 900 copies and cost 10d. To read the first edition
of 'The Scotsman'
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Saint Margaret of Scotland died today in 1093. She was a leading figure in bringing the Scottish Celtic church into conformity with the Roman Catholic church. Her daughter married Henry I of England, uniting the old Royal line with that of the new Norman dynasty which had been established by William the Conqueror. For details on Scotland's patron saint, Saint Andrew click here
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