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City Meetings in CT to Begin With Muslim Prayers
In the wake of the battle over a mosque at Ground Zero, a move by the Hartford City Councilis sure to have its critics.
The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.
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New Study Slashes Estimate of Ice Cap Loss by Half
PARIS (AFP) - – Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.
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Report: Doctors Analyzing Alleged JPII Miracle Key to Beatification
The process of beatifying Polish Pope John Paul II is now dependent on whether doctors can confirm a miracle he allegedly carried out.
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Monks See Future French Gothic Monastery as 'Spiritual Oasis' in Wyoming Wilderness
Powell, Wyo. — Father Daniel Mary of Jesus Crucified is fond of saying that his Carmelite community doesn’t have a vocations shortage. Rather, it has a housing shortage.
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Catholic Leaders Join Condemnation of Plan to Burn Quran
GAINSVILLE, Florida, SEPT. 7, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Catholic leaders worldwide are joining with U.S. officials to protest a plan to publicly burn a Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, on Sept. 11.
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First Catholic University Recognized in Sweden Since 1400s
UPPSALA, Sweden, SEPT. 7, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The first Catholic university recognized in Sweden since 1477 was praised by a papal message encouraging the institute community to be dedicated with heart and mind to the pursuit of divine and human wisdom.
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Pope to Highlight Ongoing Relevance of Newman in Visit to Britain
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI's decision to travel to Great Britain to personally beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman will give him an opportunity to highlight Cardinal Newman's teaching about the relation between faith and reason, the role of conscience and the place of religion in society.
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Belgian Cardinal Admits 'Serious' Mistakes in Sex Abuse Case
(Reuters) - The former head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church has admitted he made mistakes in dealing with a case of sexual abuse and should have demanded the resignation of the bishop involved.
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EU Decries 'Barbaric' Plans to Stone Iranian Woman
TEHRAN, Iran – The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.
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Abbas Asks US to Step into Settlement Dispute
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.
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European Commission Warns France About Treatment of Migrants
BRUSSELS — Against a backdrop of anger from lawmakers, the European Commission on Tuesday warned France to abide by European law in its treatment of migrants, thousands of whom have been expelled in recent months. But it also accepted French assurances that Roma were not targeted as an ethnic group.
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Iraq Displays Hundreds of Recovered Artifacts
BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing the image of Saddam Hussein.
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A Million-Plus French Strike over Plan to Raise Retirement Age
Reporting from Paris — More than 1 million people went on strike and into the streets of France on Tuesday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to raise the legal retirement age.
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Abortion Chain Comes Under Investigation After Teen Critically Injured
Elkton, Md., Sep 8, 2010 / 02:42 am (CNA).- A four-state abortion business is under investigation after an abortionist allegedly critically injured a woman during an abortion and used a private car rather than an ambulance to take her to a hospital.
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Obama Won't Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make clear that he opposes any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package that is otherwise designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies.
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Obama Pitches Spending, Tax Incentives in Ohio
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will push billions of dollars in new business tax incentives and spending on big construction projects on Wednesday, as he tries to convince a balky Congress to pass measures intended to spur the economy and create jobs.
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Judge Refuses to Lift Ban on Gov't Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
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Pediatricians Decry Hypersexualized Media but Shift on Abstinence Programs
A new policy statement by the nation's major professional group for pediatricians has won praise for its indictment of America's hypersexualized media.
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Pope to Youth: Find Support 'in the Faith of the Church'
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The decision to follow Christ is not an easy one to make, so young people should look for support from the Christian community and the church, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message for World Youth Day 2011.
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Vatican Says Stoning in Iran Adultery Case is 'Brutal'
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
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Putin Hints at Return to Russian Presidency
SOCHI, Russia — Expectations intensified Tuesday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may run again for the Russian presidency after he drew a surprise comparison with four-term US president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Poll: Clear GOP Advantage Ahead of Midterms
A combination of sky-high GOP enthusiasm, a deep sense of pessimism about the country’s direction and dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama's stewardship of the economy has given Republicans a clear advantage heading into the November midterm elections, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Poll: Hopeless Romantics Yearn for Soul Mates
It's a theme that appears in thousands of movies, books and musicals: Boy meets girl. They fall in love, marry and live happily ever after. Soul mates forever.
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How Benedict XVI Sees the Attacks on Himself and the Church by Sandro Magister
Ever since he was elected, Joseph Ratzinger has been the target of a crescendo of assaults, from inside and outside of the Church. Is an "invisible hand" moving them? Here's how the pope sees and explains it
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Buying Kenya's Pro-Abortion Constitution by Rep. Chris Smith
On August 27th, President Mwai Kibaki signed a new constitution for the Republic of Kenya that was approved in an August 4th national referendum.
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Artificially Conceiving a Bad Romantic Comedy by Mary Rose Somarriba
Jennifer Aniston’s big new movie made headlines this week—for flopping. The Switch, a romantic comedy about a forty-year-old single woman who wants a baby and chooses to be artificially inseminated, brought in embarrassingly low ticket sales of only $8.4 million on opening weekend.
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Mother Teresa's Life of Selfless Devotion by Father Thomas Rosica
It’s been 13 years since Mother Teresa suffered a heart attack and died at 87 years old on Sept. 5, 1997 in Calcutta. And this Thursday, Aug. 26, marks the 100th birthday of this great woman.
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Hating Ourselves to Death by Elizabeth Scalia
A few years ago I had occasion to spend a few days in Vienna.
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