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Transgender People Can Be Baptized As Catholics, Be Godparents: Vatican
Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop.
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2 Israeli Tourists Shot Dead By Egyptian Cop "At Random"
A police officer reportedly opened fire on a group of people touring Pompey's Pillar, an old Roman landmark.
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Microsoft Office Is Planning to Replace Calibri as Its Default Font Soon, Introduces 5 New Font Families
Microsoft Office is introducing five new fonts — Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite. One of them will replace Calibri as the default font in all Office Suite apps soon.
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French Former Model Accuses Director Roman Polanski Of Raping Her
A French former model and actress on Friday accused Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, whose new film on the persecution of French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus premieres next week, of raping her in a Swiss ski resort when she was a teenager.
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Nun Rape Case: Kerala Police Questions Bishop Franco Mulakkal For 6 Hours
Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is facing charges of sexually assaulting a nun, was questioned by the Kerala police for six hours at the Kochi Crime Branch office in Tripunithura today. The Kerala Police has maintained that they are under no pressure to refrain from arresting the embattled clergyman.
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Jogger Accidentally Crossed Into US From Canada, Was Detained For 2 Weeks
Cedella Roman, 19, told CBC News she thought the Border Patrol officers might simply let her go with a warning. That was not to be the case.
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Former German President Roman Herzog Dies At 82
Roman Herzog, who as German President was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Tuesday. He was 82.
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Cops Were Called On An Elderly Italian Couple And Responded In A Most Wonderful Way
The police were called to the home of an elderly couple in Rome who had been heard in hysterics. When the officers arrived, they found a 94-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife in tears, overcome by loneliness and despair over all the world's terrible news.
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For Free Education, Civil Servant, Friends Bid Goodbye To Jobs
In a country where a plum government post is one of the most sought-after professions, 24-year-old Roman Saini is a striking exception.
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Catholics Urge Romania President to Act in Cathedral Row
The head of Romania's Roman Catholic Church on Saturday urged President Traian Basescu to ensure an illegal office tower looming over a historical cathedral in the centre of Bucharest is destroyed.
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Pope Benedict pledges obedience to successor
Pope Benedict, addressing cardinals on his final day in office, called on Thursday for the Roman Catholic Church to unite behind his successor and pledged his own "unconditional" obedience to the next pontiff.
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Church office failed to act on abuse
In its long struggle to grapple with sexual abuse, the Vatican often cites as a major turning point the decision in 2001 to give the office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger the authority to cut through a morass of bureaucracy and handle abuse cases directly. The decision, in an apostolic letter from Pope John Paul II, earned Cardinal Ratzinger, now...
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Transgender People Can Be Baptized As Catholics, Be Godparents: Vatican
Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop.
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2 Israeli Tourists Shot Dead By Egyptian Cop "At Random"
A police officer reportedly opened fire on a group of people touring Pompey's Pillar, an old Roman landmark.
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Microsoft Office Is Planning to Replace Calibri as Its Default Font Soon, Introduces 5 New Font Families
Microsoft Office is introducing five new fonts — Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite. One of them will replace Calibri as the default font in all Office Suite apps soon.
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French Former Model Accuses Director Roman Polanski Of Raping Her
A French former model and actress on Friday accused Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, whose new film on the persecution of French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus premieres next week, of raping her in a Swiss ski resort when she was a teenager.
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Nun Rape Case: Kerala Police Questions Bishop Franco Mulakkal For 6 Hours
Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is facing charges of sexually assaulting a nun, was questioned by the Kerala police for six hours at the Kochi Crime Branch office in Tripunithura today. The Kerala Police has maintained that they are under no pressure to refrain from arresting the embattled clergyman.
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Jogger Accidentally Crossed Into US From Canada, Was Detained For 2 Weeks
Cedella Roman, 19, told CBC News she thought the Border Patrol officers might simply let her go with a warning. That was not to be the case.
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Former German President Roman Herzog Dies At 82
Roman Herzog, who as German President was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Tuesday. He was 82.
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Cops Were Called On An Elderly Italian Couple And Responded In A Most Wonderful Way
The police were called to the home of an elderly couple in Rome who had been heard in hysterics. When the officers arrived, they found a 94-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife in tears, overcome by loneliness and despair over all the world's terrible news.
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For Free Education, Civil Servant, Friends Bid Goodbye To Jobs
In a country where a plum government post is one of the most sought-after professions, 24-year-old Roman Saini is a striking exception.
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Catholics Urge Romania President to Act in Cathedral Row
The head of Romania's Roman Catholic Church on Saturday urged President Traian Basescu to ensure an illegal office tower looming over a historical cathedral in the centre of Bucharest is destroyed.
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Pope Benedict pledges obedience to successor
Pope Benedict, addressing cardinals on his final day in office, called on Thursday for the Roman Catholic Church to unite behind his successor and pledged his own "unconditional" obedience to the next pontiff.
-
Church office failed to act on abuse
In its long struggle to grapple with sexual abuse, the Vatican often cites as a major turning point the decision in 2001 to give the office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger the authority to cut through a morass of bureaucracy and handle abuse cases directly. The decision, in an apostolic letter from Pope John Paul II, earned Cardinal Ratzinger, now...
