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Little ‘paper pills’ prove a miracle for NZ woman

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:00:39 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
Every day is a miracle for Ilse Hanekomhull. Diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of cancer that started in her leg and spread to her lungs, she was given a year to live.echo $variable;

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Pope says Brazilian Church still divided over liberation theology

Vatican City (CNS) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) The divisions and dissent that marked Brazil’s Catholic community in the 1980s because of differences over liberation theology continue to sap some of the Church’s energy, Pope Benedict XVI said. "I beg those who still feel in some way attracted by, involved in or deeply touched by certain deceptive principles of liberation

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Families, friends gather at Paris cathedral to pray for crash victims

Michael Otto — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

PARIS (CNS) Families and friends of the 228 victims of Air France Flight 447 processed into Notre Dame Cathedral carrying candles in memory of those who lost their lives in the Atlantic Ocean. Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois led an interfaith gathering that included Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim officials. The June 3 service was organized

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Brazilian archbishop gave warning of excommunication before abortion on pre-teen girl

Michael Otto — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

RECIFE, Brazil, (LifeSiteNews.com) Several officials of the Archdiocese of Recife, Brazil, have responded to statements made by a Vatican official attacking the conduct of Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, who excommunicated the physicians and all others involved in a medically unnecessary abortion given to a nine-year-old girl in his diocese. echo $variable;

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Vatican official: Brazilian girl, doctors needed mercy after abortion

Vatican City (CNS) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) A 9-year-old Brazilian girl and the doctors who performed the girl’s abortion needed the Catholic Church’s care and concern, not its condemnation, said a leading Vatican official. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, criticized what he called a "hasty" public declaration of the excommunication of the girl’s mother

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Abortion results in excommunication for mother, doctors in Brazil

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) A top Vatican official agreed with a Brazilian archbishop’s decision to excommunicate the mother of a nine-year-old girl who had been raped by her stepfather and the doctors who aborted the girl’s twins. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

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Search continues for Brazilian priest strapped to helium balloons

Michael Otto — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000

SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS) The search continues for Fr Adelir Antonio de Carli, a Brazilian priest who strapped himself to 1000 helium balloons April 20 and floated out to sea in southern Brazil. echo $variable;

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