2011年8月14日星期日

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Pope remembers Auschwitz martyr Kolbe (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 05:16 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, in the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI has marked the 70th anniversary of the death of a Polish Franciscan friar who gained martyrdom by volunteering to die in the place of another man at Auschwitz. Benedict said Maximilian Kolbe's heroic act set an example 'amid the human drama of hatred, suffering and death.' The Pope was greeting Polish pilgrims after his Angelus prayer delivered Sunday from his summer residence near Rome. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has marked the 70th anniversary of the death of a Polish Franciscan friar hailed as a martyr for volunteering to die in the place of another man at Auschwitz.


Catholics attack Ulster cops over Protestant march (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:29 PM PDT

AP - Northern Ireland police came under attack Saturday from Irish Catholic rioters in the British territory's second-largest city of Londonderry but reported no serious injuries.
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