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Today's Lead Story
Vatican interreligious council condemns proposed Quran burning in US VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Plans by a small evangelical church in Gainesville, Florida, US, to publicly burn copies of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, represent "an outrageous and grave gesture," said the Vatican's interreligious council.
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National News
Poverty in an affluent society - a statement from the New Zealand Catholic bishops "Being in communion with Jesus Christ draws us into his 'being for all'; it makes it our own way of being...The love of God is revealed in responsibility for others." Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi (28), 2007
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Church leaders' statement: Towards a more just and compassionate society The Church leaders' statement made in support of the call for more action issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, "Aroha tatahi ki tatahi - Let us look after each other", is:
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International News
South Korean Catholics: Kim's visit to Chinese church not a message SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) - A whistle-stop visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime's stance toward religion is softening, South Korean Catholics say.
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We Must Have at Heart the Unity of All Believers Here is the letter written by Benedict XVI concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society of St Pius X that were ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988.
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Document for Synod of Bishop on the Bible released The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church (The instrumentum laboris for the XII ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
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Three priests brought together by their Faith and passion for music - in stores November 17th, 2008

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