Religion and Politics
Pope Proposes New Financial Order Guided by Ethics
Pope Proposes New Financial Order Guided by Ethics
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing the profit-at-all-cost mentality blamed…
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Lebanon on Tenterhooks
Lebanon on Tenterhooks
"They are the martyrs. You are the witnesses." Thus proclaims one of Beirut's ubiquitous political billboards overlooking the vast plaza now known as "Martyr's Square." Lebanon is filled with political…
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Abdullah: The Relentless King
Abdullah: The Relentless King
For decades, fearing the undesirable reaction of their people, Arab heads of states have either failed to express succinctly their political message or merely heeded the popular sentiments of the…
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Russian leaders attend installation of Orthodox patriarch
Russian leaders attend installation of Orthodox patriarch
MOSCOW: The Russian Orthodox Church enthroned the 16th patriarch, the first to be elected since the fall of the Soviet Union, in an elaborate ceremony on Sunday attended by hundreds…
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Barack Obama tells the Middle East: 'Americans are not your enemy'
Barack Obama tells the Middle East: 'Americans are not your enemy'
US President Barack Obama has told the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" and renewed his pledge to travel to make an address in the capital of a…
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India, exporter of priests, may keep them home
India, exporter of priests, may keep them home
ALUVA, India: In the sticky night air, next to a grove of mahogany trees, nearly 50 young men in madras shirts saunter back and forth along a basketball court, reciting…
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From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance
From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance
AMSTERDAM: Two years ago, the Dutch could quietly congratulate themselves on having brought what seemed to be a fair measure of consensus and reason to the meanest intersection in their…
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Pope: "positive" developments between Taiwan and China welcome
Pope: "positive" developments between Taiwan and China welcome
Although Beijing is not mentioned, with the new ambassador of Taipei Benedict XVI speaks of "frank and constructive dialogue" as the "key" for resolving problems and of the Church's desire…
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