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Vatican ‘sought deal’ to bury church documents
Irish Times:- Former president Mary McAleese says she refused to discuss an attempt by the Vatican in 2003 to secure an agreement with Ireland that it would not access church documents. Speaking to The Irish Times, Ms McAleese has revealed...
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Guyana church leaders tell government don’t scrap buggery laws
Demerara Waves:- At least 100 of Guyana’s Christian Evangelical and Pentecostal church leaders on Sunday collectively called on government not to outlaw buggery, but the country’s major lesbian and gay rights organisation is not worried that...
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Denmark: First woman charged for wearing niqab
BBC:- A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday. Local media report a 28-year-old woman was fined after getting into a scufflewith a woman...
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Jamaica: Pastor scolds clergy
Jamaica Observer:- A local pastor yesterday chided her fellow church leaders for not doing enough to counter human trafficking, as well as sexual, physical, and child abuse. “We need to do better,” Dr Margaret Fowler of Hope United Church...
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Ethiopian 'prophet' arrested after trying to resurrect corpse
BBC:- An aspiring prophet has been arrested in Ethiopia after he failed to bring a dead man back to life. Getayawkal Ayele had tried to revive the corpse of Belay Biftu by lying on top of him and repeatedly yelling "Belay, wake up". It was...
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Vatican: Consecrated virgins need not be virgins
Telegraph:- Consecrated virgins say they are "disappointed" by the Vatican’s new guidance that literal virginity is not necessary. A document released earlier this month says that a woman does not need to have "kept her body in perfect... Religion
Vatican: More women looking to become 'consecrated virgins'
The Independent:- An increasing number Catholic women are taking life-long chastity vows in order to “dedicate themselves” to God, according to the Vatican. The Holy See has issued new guidance on consecrated virginity in response to...
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Jamaica: Church urged to welcome homosexuals, sex workers and transgenders
Jamaica Observer:- EXECUTIVE director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition Ivan Cruickshank is urging faith-based institutions to create a space in their congregation for marginalised people. Cruickshank said he wants the church...
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