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If hell freezes over in Antarctica this summer, the Catholic Church will not have priests on hand to witness it. The National Science Foundation, the group behind the US Antarctic Programme, has asked the New Zealand diocese to cut a decades-old link to the ice. |
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to keep stories like these coming. On July 20, history was made in Washington, D.C., and in Havana, Cuba. As the Cuban national anthem was played, the island nation's flag was raised over its embassy in Washington, D.C. The embassy, as well as the U.S. embassy in Havana, was open for business, for the first time in 54 years. |
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When Graham Corneck took on the struggling inner-city parish of Deptford, south-east London, 19 other priests had already turned down the post.
My father, Graham Corneck, who has died aged 79, touched many lives through his ministry in the Church of England, particularly in Deptford, south-east.... |
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Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2015. There are 161 days left in the year. Today's highlight: On July 23, 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the pro-Axis Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason. (He was convicted and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. |
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Ukrainian coal miners take part in the search operation at the crash site of MH17. A year after MH17 downed, families want justice AMSTERDAM, 6 days ago One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives on Friday (July.... |
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Kodakallil, 49, was appointed by the Pope as Bishop of Satna on Wednesday, Vatican Radio reported.
Pope Francis has named Joseph Kodakallil as Bishop of Satna in Madhya Pradesh, the Vatican has announced. Kodakallil, 49, was appointed by the Pope as Bishop of Satna on Wednesday, Vatican Radio reported. |
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THE death took place on Monday of Flan Galvin, Fuinseog, Tobartaoscáin, Ennis. Aged 86 years, he was a member of the well known family associated with the The Clare Champion newspaper since it was first published in 1903 and was its managing director for almost 30 years, until his retirement in 1994. |
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Jan Carroll Potts Point. How can Bill Shorten, in one day, be suddenly so brave over renewable energy policy, and suddenly so cowardly over refugee policy. Richard Mason Newtown. I vote that, as a positive response to Bill Shorten's boat turn-back policy, we float a boat and ship both major party.... |
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Jan Carroll Potts Point. How can Bill Shorten, in one day, be suddenly so brave over renewable energy policy, and suddenly so cowardly over refugee policy. Richard Mason Newtown. I vote that, as a positive response to Bill Shorten's boat turn-back policy, we float a boat and ship both major party.... |
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"People who say the things he said will never lead a great nation in my opinion," he said. The attacks were just the latest efforts by those in the Republican Party to try to manage the Trump boom, which has hijacked the party's hopes of a smooth primary process and threatens to turn the first party debate early next month into a riot. |
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