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OGA PENINSULA, Japan (CNN) - Ryosen Kojima opens a sliding door, enters the Zen Buddhist temple that his family has operated for four generations, and lights two candles. He then kneels and performs a prayer, chanting and rhythmically sounding a bell by his side. |
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OGA PENINSULA, Japan (CNN) - Ryosen Kojima opens a sliding door, enters the Zen Buddhist temple that his family has operated for four generations, and lights two candles. He then kneels and performs a prayer, chanting and rhythmically sounding a bell by his side. |
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Sainthood closer for two Catholics. VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has moved two major 20th-century Catholic clergymen on the road to possible sainthood: The Rev. Patrick Peyton, the "Rosary Priest" who preached to millions on radio, TV and film; and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, mentor to the future Pope John Paul II. |
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(Note to my readers: At year’s end, I looked back over what soon will be 17 years of producing nearly 2,500 columns to the very first one published in this space during April 2001. I thought I’d share that timeless story today for all the readers who’ve arrived since that time. Incidentally, the house is now crumbled and gone. |
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Lined up in front of the priest on a table are dozens of containers covered in brocade that hold the cremated ashes of the deceased. Fifteen sets of ashes do not have name tags on them. They belong to unidentified North Koreans who have washed up dead on the shores of this sparsely-populated Japanese peninsula in recent months. |
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Lined up in front of the priest on a table are dozens of containers covered in brocade that hold the cremated ashes of the deceased. Fifteen sets of ashes do not have name tags on them. They belong to unidentified North Koreans who have washed up dead on the shores of this sparsely-populated Japanese peninsula in recent months. |
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WORCESTER. The Solemnity of the Mass at Midnight will be celebrated by Bishop Robert J. McManus on Dec. 24 at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Chatham Street. A choral prelude will begin at 11:30 p.m. presented by the Cathedral Choir under the direction of Richard Monroe. |
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For berating reggae maestro, Majek Fashek with reckless abandon on Tuesday, for performing at Commonwealth of Zion Assembly’s Christmas Concert, popular radio presenter, Ifedayo Olarinde, also known as ‘Daddy Freeze, incurred the wrath of Majek’s manager, Omenka Uzoma Day, who threatened to deal with him if he ever dares to repeat such a statement. |
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Vietnam’s air force marks US Christmas bombing of Hanoi. The air force of Vietnam held a ceremony on December 21 to mark the 45th anniversary of the victory over the US Christmas bombing of Hanoi in 1972, known in Vietnamese as the Dien Bien Phu Victory in the air. |
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She commences her daily business of mending shoes outside the broken station under the shade of a peepal tree. Not many people disembark at the station. Those who go rarely return. Nobody noticed her and those who did, paid little attention. And why should they, she thought, after all she was an outcast, a chamaar. |
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Like so many of his contemporaries, in 1948, Billy boarded the emigrant boat to Britain. He worked mainly in South Wales before graduating northwards to Liverpool. Being an astute and hard working man, Billy was never without work. On a more personal note, Billy's charming personality and impish.... |
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