2012年3月15日星期四

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Catholic bishops pressured Komen over Planned Parenthood

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Pope Benedict XVI greets Catholic faithful as he exits the altar after celebrating Mass at Yankee Stadium in New YorkWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When he visited the United States four years ago, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a box of silver ribbon-shaped pins for breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure and sent them to its founder, Nancy Brinker. Brinker was touched by the gesture and thanked the pontiff in person on the day of his departure. "He took my hands and blessed me for my work. I couldn't help myself. I burst into tears," she recalls in her memoir, "Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer. ...

Top Cuba dissidents unhappy with church occupiers

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Cubans walk next to Our Lady of Charity church on March 14, in HavanaThe Ladies in White and other prominent Cuban dissidents said Thursday they disagreed with activists who occupied a Catholic church demanding that Pope Benedict XVI press Havana for political freedom.

Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church

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Pedestrians walk near the Virgin of Charity of Cobre Catholic church where thirteen Cuban dissidents have holed up to press for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 14, 2012. Benedict's visit is scheduled for March 26-28. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)A group of 13 Cuban dissidents who have occupied a Havana church for two days are no longer demanding an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits this month, but vowed Thursday to continue their protest.

Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead

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Ambitious Vatican restoration moves aheadAn ambitious project to clean the statue-topped colonnade that cradles St. Peter's Square is likely to last at least three more years, the director of the Vatican restoration says.The work on Gian Lorenzo ...

Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead

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FILE - In this March 11, 2001 file photo, statues topping the Bernini colonnade frame St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Restoration is slowly but steadily proceeding on a Vatican project so ambitious it has been likened to the decades-long cleaning up of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. But cleaning the statue-topped colonnade, which cradles St. Peter's Square like an inviting embrace, should take far less time. Begun in 2009, restoration to clean the columns and to ensure fragments don't fall on visitors below is expected to last three more years. Guy Devreux, who directs the Vatican's workshop for marble and limestone structures, told The Associated Press that time-frame includes restoration of the square's two fountains and Egyptian obelisk. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)An ambitious project to clean the statue-topped colonnade that cradles St. Peter's Square is likely to last at least three more years, the director of the Vatican restoration says.

Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church demanding pope talk to govt about rights

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HAVANA - A group of Cuban dissidents who are holed up in a Havana church say they are changing their demands but vow to continue their protest.

Ambitious Vatican restoration projects moves ahead

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Restoration is slowly but steadily proceeding on a Vatican project so ambitious it has been likened to the decades-long cleaning up of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

Indonesian court hears militant behind church blasts

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Indonesian terror suspect Umar Patek was arrested in January 2011 in the Pakistani town of AbbottabadA convicted Indonesian terrorist said suspected Bali bomber Umar Patek also prepared the explosives used in a string of attacks on Jakarta churches in 2000, a court heard Thursday.

Dissidents occupy Catholic church in Cuba

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Cubans walk next to Our Lady of Charity church on March 14, in HavanaWith a papal visit looming, dissidents occupied a Catholic church demanding Pope Benedict XVI press for political freedom in Cuba, religious and dissident sources said.

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