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Reserved sins carry automatic excommunication, which means that the person is banned from all Catholic sacraments, including the sacrament of penance (confession). Church law says that when a woman has an abortion she and all those who aided her, including doctors, nurses and spouses, are automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. |
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Beijing There was more glory for Usain Bolt with his 11th world championship gold but luck was on the Jamaican team's side in the relay. Ashton Eaton hit a world record in the decathlon, Mo Farah thrills at the finish of the 5,000 metres on an action-packed Saturday at Athletics World Championships in Beijing. |
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The play was about the tricks and manoeuvres of politicians. He was sentenced to death by a secret military tribunal with other five of his colleagues. Amin's security men picked him and he was never seen again. His death brought what had been seen as the most inspiring intellectual art centre in Africa of the time, to its knees. |
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He was nearly 80 years old, but he still had the gravity of the sun. He told us — a class entirely made up of young black men — about how important it was to carry on the movement that he and Dr. King had championed. He told us how this meant becoming well-dressed paragons of respectability,.... |
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A Catholic priest, Fr. Emmanuel Mboggo Nsubuga, 76, who succumbed to prostate cancer on Saturday was buried Monday at St Joseph’s Catholic Parish, Lweza where he had served four years.
According to the Parish priest, Fr. John Vianney Mugabo, before he passed on, Mboggo had a chat with fellow priests and all seemed well. |
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Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based author, blogger and a former Member of Parliament. He has worked as a print and television journalist and a CBC Radio host. He is the author of six books, including the best-selling Great Canadian Speeches. He has written biographies of Emmett Hall, whose Royal.... |
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According to Tjekero Tweya, all Namibians will have network coverage including radio, internet and cellphone. “This is a commitment that the President has determined. We understand the plight of the nation. Imagine if the network in the country dies, no Good Morning Namibia, no 20h00 news, no radio transmission, nothing. |
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The ancient pages were found bound alongside those of a younger copy of the Koran from the seventh century AD. It is thought they had been put together because the Hijazi script on the parchment was similar. They had been collected during the 1920s by a Chaldean priest called Alphonse Mingana who.... |
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The city of St. Paul is claiming victory in a long-standing legal dispute with two downtown churches over routine street assessments. The decision issued Monday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals upholds St. Paul's right to treat downtown churches like businesses when it charges annual right-of-way street maintenance fees. |
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August 28 marks the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, best remembered as the setting for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. Few Americans have recognized the date with the enthusiasm of Glenn Beck. In 2010, the conservative radio and TV host called for a.... |
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1714: Death of St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh and Elgin. 1715: King Louis XIV of France died after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch. 1720: Prince James Frances Edward Stewart (the “Old Pretender”) married Polish princess Maria Clementine Sobieska at the Italian Cathedral of Monte Fiascone. |
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