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4 hrs ago | The Independent

Drug that spans the ages: The history of cocaine

As the UN reveals that British levels of cocaine abuse match those of the United States, Paul Vallely traces the lineage of the drug back to the Incas - and finds some surprising users down the years I blame the pope.

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12 hrs ago | BizzyBlog.com

Positivity: Traditional Anglican Communion of U.K. first to accept Pope's offer

From London, England : Nov 6, 2009 / 12:24 am .- Members of The Traditional Anglican Church in Great Britain have announced that they will enter into communion with the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Anglican

17 hrs ago | Examiner.com

The Pope, L'Osservatore Romano, and Halloween

Many newspapers have been shouting headlines that the Pope has condemned Halloween.

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Related Topix: Life, Halloween, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Samhain

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media

A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Raul Castro

Global Catholic Network EWTN

2-Nov-09 - All Saints Day: ''We Are Never Alone,'' Pope Exclaims

Vatican City, Nov 1, 2009 .- To the faithful gathered on Sunday in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI presented the communion of saints, a 'beautiful and comforting' reality that says 'we are never alone.' In particular he held up the ancient cult of martyrs in the early Church, and in this Year for Priests, 'the saintly priests, ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, All Saints' Day, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Time

Strasbourg Gives Bad Marks to Crucifixes in Italian Schools

Europe's increasingly muscular brand of secularism has an unofficial capital: Strasbourg, France.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, France, Silvio Berlusconi, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Ottawa Citizen

Emmerich ends the world again in 2012

If you want to destroy a hallowed Christian site on the big screen, that's OK. Just don't try doing the same thing to Islam.

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Related Topix: 2012, Religion, Islam, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Short, Independence Day, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Tsunami

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Advertiser

Pope may visit Durham

AN INVITATION has been made to the Vatican which could lead to the first papal visit to Durham.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Examiner.com

Do Catholics have to support a 'world political authority'?

Some Critical Discernment Regarding Pope Benedict''s Recent Suggestions In light of the recent Papal Encyclical "Charity in Truth" , I thought it would be appropriate for a Catholic 'new world order' opponant and promotor of liberty to address this issue.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Christian Music, The Truth

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Global Catholic Network EWTN

3-Nov-09 - Relativism, Cultural Leveling Seen as Double Danger

BAKU, Azerbaijan, NOV. 2, 2009 .- Relativism might enable diverse cultures to coexist, but it undercuts dialogue.

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Catholic World News

Pope speaks on proper role of theological debate

At his weekly public audience on November 4, Pope Benedict XVI used the debate between St.

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Global Catholic Network EWTN

4-Nov-09 - Victory for Marriage in Maine

By a 53%-47% margin, Maine voters have repealed a measure that would have legalized homosexual marriage in the state-- even though, in the words of the Associated Press, 'the stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Telegraph.co.uk

Cardinal Cormac MurphyO'Connor: Conversion offer to disaffected...

The proposal to allow disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome was previously rejected as too aggressive, the former head of the Catholic church in England has disclosed.

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Iobserve

Pope says November feasts highlight tie between living, dead

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - Underlining people's connection with those who have gone before them, the annual commemorations of All Saints and All Souls remind Christians that "we are never alone," Pope Benedict XVI said.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

DFW Catholic

Pope Receives International Astronomy Year Participants

This morning, Benedict XVI received participants in the conference sponsored by the Specola Vaticana for the International Year of Astronomy accompanied by Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, President of the Governorate of Vatican City.

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Global Catholic Network EWTN

3-Nov-09 - Pope: Christian Culture More Than Historical Artifact,...

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 2, 2009 .- The cultural heritage of Christianity is more than a treasure to be preserved in a museum or the annals of history, says Benedict XVI.

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New York Magazine

Blogging Bishop Slams Dowd

Maureen Dowd does not make this man smile. But baseball does! Last Sunday, Times columnist Maureen Dowd blithely unleashed one of her smugly scathing criticisms against the Catholic Church for what she and many other critics perceive as their mistreatment of women, particularly nuns.

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St. Anthony Messenger

Cardinal: Vatican Move Not a Reflection on Anglican Communion

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, retired archbishop of Westminster, said a forthcoming apostolic constitution to establish "personal ordinariates" should not be seen as an attempt by the Vatican to poach Anglicans disaffected by such issues as the ordination of women and sexually active homosexuals as priests and bishops.

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St. Anthony Messenger

Community marks centennial of reception into Catholic Church

Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Vatican ambassador to the United States, said the pope's recent overture to the Anglicans could be seen as a fruit of 100 years of prayers offered for the unity of the church by members of the Society of the Atonement.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Garrison, NY, Rome, NY, Anglican

Mon Nov 02, 2009

About.com

The "Liturgical Pluralism" of Pope Benedict XVI

If David Gibson's attempt to portray Pope Benedict XVI as a liberal was one of the silliest reactions to the Holy Father's recent overtures to traditional Anglicans , Francis X. Rocca's " The Pope Lets a Thousand Liturgies Bloom " is one of the best.

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