2012年3月23日星期五

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Pa. church conducts mock kidnapping on youth group

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A church subjected members of a youth group to a mock kidnapping and interrogations without telling them it was staged, and the outraged mother of one 14-year-old girl has filed a complaint with police.

Pope seeks better recognition of Church in Mexico

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Pope Benedict XVI arrived to ringing church bells and cheering crowds at Guanajuato International AirportPope Benedict XVI called for better recognition of the Church upon arriving Friday in Mexico, where he received a rousing welcome in the central, heavily Catholic state of Guanajuato.


Pope visits Mexico pledging to fight drugs "evil"

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LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrived in Mexico on Friday promising to "unmask the evil" of drug trafficking in a country that has been ravaged by a surge in gang violence over the past five years. The pope began his three-day visit in the central city of Leon with a festive welcome from President Felipe Calderon after making strong statements aboard his papal plane about Mexico's spiraling drug war. ...

Pope says communism has failed in Cuba, urges change

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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards his plane to leave for his pastoral visit to Mexico and Cuba, at Fiumicino International Airport in RomeLEON, MEXICO (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Friday that communism had failed in Cuba and offered the Church's help in creating a new economic model, drawing a reserved response from the Cuban government ahead of his visit to the island next week. Speaking on the plane taking him from Rome for a six-day trip to Mexico and Cuba, the Roman Catholic leader told reporters: "Today it is evident that Marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer corresponds to reality. ...


Pope arrives in Mexico, denouncing violence

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Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, left, looks on as Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children at the airport in Silao, Mexico, Friday March 23, 2012. Benedict's weeklong trip to Mexico and Cuba is his first to both countries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday, calling on Mexicans to conquer an "idolatry of money" that feeds drug violence and urging Cuba to leave behind a Marxism that "no longer responds to reality."


Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches

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Devotees attend Easter mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in DubaiPARIS (Reuters) - Christian bishops in Germany, Austria and Russia have sharply criticized Saudi Arabia's top religious official after reports that he issued a fatwa saying all churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed. In separate statements on Friday, the Roman Catholic bishops in Germany and Austria slammed the ruling by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh as an unacceptable denial of human rights to millions of foreign workers in the Gulf region. ...


After Pope criticizes Marxism, Cuba diplomatic

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Cuba will listen with respect to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit next week even if he differs with island leaders, the country's foreign minister said Friday after the pontiff described Marxism as out of step with the times.

Pope Benedict XVI lands in Mexico to begin first trip to Spanish-speaking Latin America

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Pope Benedict XVI lands in Mexico to begin first trip to Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Pope decries Mexico violence, urges change in Cuba

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ALTERNATIVE CROP OF MXEV101 .- A woman holds up an image of Pope Benedict XVI as she stands near the Colegio Miraflores where the pope will reside during his stay in Leon, Mexico, Friday March 23, 2012. Benedict's weeklong trip to Mexico and Cuba is his first to both countries. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Pope Benedict XVI set off on a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday, calling on Mexicans to conquer an "idolatry of money" that feeds drug violence and urging Cuba to leave behind a Marxism that "no longer responds to reality."


Hollywood showbiz bible 'Variety' up for sale

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File photo of a view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood HillsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood trade paper Variety, one of the oldest and most respected sources of information for the entertainment industry, is being put up for sale, owners Reed Business Information said on Friday. The unit of business publishing company Reed Elsevier said it was selling Variety as part of its efforts of the past three years to divest its U.S. business magazines. ...


Pope using cane at Rome airport ceremony to see him off on trip to Mexico and Cuba

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apparently for the first time in public — to help him walk up to a plane during an airport ceremony to see him off on a pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba.

Miami exiles soften on pope's Cuba visit

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MIAMI (Reuters) - In 1998, Cuban American businessman Carlos Saladrigas was so opposed to Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Cuba that he organized a coalition of Miami civic leaders against it. More than 10,000 people, including Miami's most prominent Cuban American politicians, held a protest rally in the city's Little Havana district, forcing the Church to cancel its plan to send a cruise ship to Cuba carrying pilgrims from Miami. Now, 14 years later, Saladrigas says he was mistaken. ...

Dutch Catholic Church Accused of Forcing Castrations

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It not only sounds ludicrous as a medical procedure, but in moral terms it's downright barbarous: castrating young men to "cure" them of their homosexuality. Yet this was how the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands treated gays in the 1950s, according to a Dutch newspaper, which claims at least 10 men were forced to go under the knife at the church's behest. ...

Pope Condemns Drug Cartels Even As Some Vow to Protect Him in Mexico

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Pope Benedict XVI had some fighting words for Mexican drug cartels ahead of his visit to the country today.  "We must do everything possible to fight this evil which destroys our young. We must unmask this evil, these false promises and lies," Benedict told reporters on the plane taking him to Mexico today. "Our duty, our great responsibility, is to educate consciences, to teach our young moral responsibility" and turn them away from "the worship of money which enslaves men ... I share Mexicans' joy and hope but also their anguish and grief," he said. ...

Austrian bishops slam Saudi cleric call to destroy churches

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Austria's bishops on Friday condemned comments by Saudi Arabia's top cleric calling for the destruction of all churches in the Arab peninsula, and urged Muslim leaders to denounce his words.

Pope decries drug violence in Mexico

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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards a plane on his way to a six-day visit to Mexico and Cuba, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Pope Benedict XVI denounced the drug-fueled violence wracking Mexico and urged Cubans to use dialogue to find new models to replace Marxism as he began a pilgrimage Friday that will take him to both countries.


Pope on plane to Mexico decries drug-fueled violence wracking country, urges dialogue in Cuba

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Pope on plane to Mexico decries drug-fueled violence wracking country, urges dialogue in Cuba.

Vatican: Pope will bond with Mexico on first trip

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Pedestrians walks past a poster with an image of a waving Pope Benedict XVI, in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Benedict, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Pope Benedict XVI headed off on his first trip to Mexico on Friday, using a cane as he boarded the plane for a trip that a representative says will help him build his own bonds with a nation that had a passionate adoration of his predecessor.


Why the pope wants stronger ties with Mexico and Cuba

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On Ash Wednesday, which marked the beginning of Lent in the Roman Catholic calendar, the basilica was full in this central Mexican town where 94 percent of residents are Catholic. The priest placed ashes on the foreheads of a continuous stream of congregants: elderly women, schoolgirls in uniform, construction workers, and men in suits – including one struggling to juggle his benediction and his dry cleaning.

Pope uses cane at airport at start of trip

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Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, left, and Italian Premier Mario Monti , arrives at Rome Fiumicino international airport to board a plane on his way to a six-day visit to Mexico and Cuba, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Pope Benedict XVI on Friday used a cane — apparently for the first time in public — to help him walk up to a plane during an airport ceremony to see him off on a pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba.


Mexican faithful hope pope's visit will ease drugs violence

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LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict begins his first visit to Mexico on Friday with the Roman Catholic faithful hoping he will deliver a strong message of peace to temper a brutal drugs war in the deeply religious country. The pope starts his three-day visit in the central city of Leon, a Catholic stronghold that has avoided the worst of the turf wars and clashes between drug cartels and security forces that have killed some 50,000 people over the past five years. But the relentless bloodletting was still in the mind of many of those waiting to see Benedict. ...

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