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Churches and cathedrals in Britain are suffering an unprecedented wave of attacks from vandals, arsonists and thieves, the Telegraph newspaper reports. Damage costing a record 7.3 million …
read moreLOsservatore Romano strongly condemned the suicide car bomb attack in northern Israel that killed 17 people and wounded almost 40 this morning. "The enemies of peace once again carry out the …
read moreAuthorities think the Mafia could be behind a series of recent attacks against six churches in the Sicilian capital of Palermo. The latest attack took place late Wednesday or early Thursday. …
read moreA terminally ill British woman died less than two weeks after a court ruled she didnt have the right to assisted suicide. Diane Pretty, who wanted to be put to death with the help of her …
read moreThe Sept. 11 attacks riveted Western attention on the Islamic world as never before. What Westerners quickly learned is that Islam is a complex phenomenon, with no centralized authority and …
read moreRecent legal decisions in end-of-life cases make clear the need to identify well the factors involved in each situation. In the case of Diane Pretty, the European Court of Human Rights ruled …
read moreThe Hawaii Senate rejected a House-approved bill to have the state join Oregon as the only states allowing physician-assisted suicides. A bill to legalize assisted suicide failed Thursday on a …
read moreEuropes highest human rights court ruled that a terminally-ill British woman does not have the right to commit suicide with her husbands help. Diane Pretty, 43, from Luton, Bedfordshire, is …
read moreHere is the text of John Paul IIs address this morning to the U.S. cardinals and bishops meeting to discuss the sex-abuse scandals in the United States. * * * Dear Brothers, 1. Let me assure …
read moreLabeling child sexual abuse an "appalling sin" and a crime, John Paul II told U.S. prelates there is no place in the priesthood and religious life "for those who would harm the young." John …
read moreA U.S. bishops aide praised the House of Representatives for approving a bill that would forbid taking a minor across state lines for an abortion unless her home-state parental involvement law …
read moreA federal judge upheld Oregons assisted suicide law, the only such law in the United States, Reuters reported. Todays decision followed a decree by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft seeking …
read moreThe Sudanese government amputated a Christians right hand for alleged theft in January, a further sign that the Islamic regime is applying harsh punishments against non-Muslims as well, …
read moreSheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantaui, imam of Al-Azhar, reiterated his decree stating that suicide attackers who kill civilians cannot be considered martyrs. The Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsar …
read moreA French bishops panel has published pastoral reflections on the prevention of suicide among adolescents, appealing to Christians to give the "answers of faith to the suffering" caused by this …
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