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2 hrs ago | WXYZ

Travolta struggles with wife's sex scenes.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston pose at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre 37th Anniversary Gala on August 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California.

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Related Topix: Old Dogs, Crime Movies, Pulp Fiction, Drama Movies, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Scientology, Entertainment

7 hrs ago | ABC News

Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes at Dock; 15 Dead

A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they were disembarking at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, Asia, World News, Boat Disaster, Islam,

Fri Nov 27, 2009

BreakingNews.ie

Bishop: 'Don't ask, don't tell' culture has gone

The Catholic Churcha s a dona t ask, dona t tella cover-up culture exposed in a damning clerical abuse report is dead and gone, a senior cleric said today.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Swiss vote on proposal to ban minarets

The campaign posters are inflammatory: Minarets rising like missiles from the national flag.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, Europe, Islam

Newswatch 50

Report: Accused CA camp killer planned massacre

ANGELUS OAKS, Calif. a " The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says a man charged with killing a housekeeper at a Seventh Day-Adventist forest camp had planned to shoot everyone there.Leith Hamilton has pleaded not guilty to killing 60-year-old Celebrada Lomito-Sexton on Nov.

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Related Topix: Angelus Oaks, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Seventh-day Adventist, Riverside Metro, San Bernardino, CA

CBS News

Pope: Immigrant Kids Must Be Integrated

Pope Benedict XVI says immigrant children must be fully integrated into their new societies and protected from the risks of exploitation.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI

Dublin Today

Church had 'immunity' to hide abuse

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

Thu Nov 26, 2009

CBC

Breakaway Anglican parishes told to settle with church

The Anglican diocese of New Westminster and four breakaway congregations must decide among themselves who should ultimately own four disputed church properties, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Anglican, Canada

Jordan Times

Two million Muslim pilgrims complete Arafat ascent

Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat.

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Related Topix: Weather, Islam, Pagan/Wiccan

Ventura County Star

Pope to meet with Russian president

The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will hold talks next week with visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Orthodox Church

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Irish await report on Dublin priests' child abuse

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland faced another day of recriminations Thursday as the government prepared to publish an investigation into why child abuse by Dublin priests went unchecked for decades.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

WisInfo

Haynes: Gay marriage conundrum

Same-sex marriage advances in one region, then retreats in another, making the United States a two- nation nation on this issue - now and for years to come.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Roman Catholic Church

Wed Nov 25, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Cardinal DiNardo: No Abortion Funding

The leader of the Galveston-Houston Catholic Archdiocese says he opposes any health care reform legislation that allows for even indirect federal funding of abortions.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Video, Health

BBC

Catholic order pays out for abuse

A Catholic religious order is to supply a 161m euros package of measures as reparation for child abuse in Ireland.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

WOAI

NC head of Muslim group criticizes Texas shooter

The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday that state Sen. Larry Shaw said violent acts blamed on Muslims tarnish the image of Islam.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Islam

Buffalo News

Rare, heavy rains soak pilgrims at Islam's hajj

Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites.

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Related Topix: Islam, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Virginia, Maryland Govs: Church Gay Marriage Response Wrong

The governors of Virginia and Maryland say it would be wrong for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to quit providing social services if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC

The Enquirer

Paltry sale for once-proud dome in once-proud city

Talk about getting stuck with the cheap seats. The Pontiac Silverdome, built three decades ago for $56 million, is being virtually given away - sold at auction for a paltry $583,000. That comes out to $7.25 a seat, a fire sale that's reduced the once-proud arena to another sad symbol of the Detroit area's economic collapse.

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Related Topix: Pontiac, Detroit Metro, Roman Catholic Church, Jon Stewart, Oakland County, MI

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

Diocese in Alaska agrees to $10M abuse settlement

The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of clergy abuse have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Calgary Sun

Darwin debate rages on 150a

Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator.

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Related Topix: Atheism, Evolution Debate, American University

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