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BRASILIA – Center-left presidential candidate Fernando Haddad sought to gain the support of Brazil’s Catholic Church on Thursday as a new poll showed him losing the Oct. 28 runoff to far-right hopeful Jair Bolsonaro, who is strongly backed by evangelicals. |
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France says it will defend itself against allegations of crimes against humanity for its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific.
Picture taken in 1971, showing a nuclear explosion in Mururoa atoll. Photo: AFP.
The overseas minister, Annick Girardin, made the comment in the senate two days.... |
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Pilgrims from across the globe are expected to flock to Saint Peter's Square to pay tribute to two men hailed by Francis for their courage in turbulent times and their dedication to social justice and the poor. The pair will be made saints along with five others, including an Italian youth who died of bone cancer aged 19 and a German nun. |
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Rottweiler blues. JUST WHEN you think Trinidad can’t out-Trinidad itself any farther, Roodal “Rood-Boy” Moonilal (who usually takes the most uppity position in the Opposition) drops a bombshell in the House of Representatives allegedly connecting the Prime Minister to thievery at Petrotrin. |
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Pope Francis on Sunday will elevate to sainthood Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero, slain by a right-wing death squad as he said mass, and free love naysayer Pope Paul VI. Pilgrims from across the globe are expected to flock to Saint Peter's Square to pay tribute to two men hailed by Francis for.... |
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A nun looks at a missal that belonged to El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero exhibited in the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew, in Rome, Italy October 11, 2018. — Reuters pic. SAN SALVADOR, Oct 12 — Pope Francis on Sunday will elevate to sainthood Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero, slain by a.... |
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Oscar Romero, the murdered Salvadoran cleric who will be canonized Sunday by Pope Francis, was a powerful orator who used his pulpit to denounce rampant military repression and social injustice. As archbishop of San Salvador, Romero emerged as a "voice of the voiceless" during intense social and political conflict in El Salvador. |
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially separated from that of Russia, in what has been hailed as the biggest split in Christianity to take place in a millennium. While Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko hailed the decision as dispelling “Moscow's imperial delusions and chauvinist fantasies,”.... |
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NORMA Group launched a second NORMA Clean Water aid project in Brazil in 2017. In the rural regions of Codó and Peritoró in the country's northeast, drinking water is difficult to access and often polluted. In cooperation with the children's charity Plan International, NORMA Group will be.... |
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The University of Miami had its dedication ceremony for the Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, with players, Coach Mark Richt, athletic director Blake James, the Soffer family and donors on hand.
Miami Hurricanes coach Mark Richt spoke to beat writers on a.... |
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The Church’s environment commission (KA) had sent its original report on the planned extension of the Bay Street hotel to the Augustinian Order on 1 August, a spokesperson has told The Malta Independent. The Curia was replying to questions sent by this newspaper after the provincial of the.... |
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