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Published on: 14 March 2013

Written by: zohra moosa All articles by zohra moosa

In the final days of the UN Commission on the Status of Women summit on eliminating violence against women and...

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Published on: 19 February 2013

Written by: Carlo Ungaro All articles by Carlo Ungaro

Benedict XVI's papal resignation, the first in almost 600 years, took the world by surprise. It is now time for the...

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Published on: 2 April 2012

Written by: Elizabeth Dore All articles by Elizabeth Dore

Where was God’s supposed representative on earth when his people needed him? He was doing what his hosts wanted him...

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Published on: 23 March 2010

Written by: Michael Walsh All articles by Michael Walsh

The burgeoning international scandal involving the abuse of children by Catholic clergy is the biggest crisis for...

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Published on: 11 January 2007

Written by: Neal Ascherson All articles by Neal Ascherson

During the communist era, many Polish priests collaborated with the communist authorities and informed on ordinary...

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Published on: 19 January 2006

Written by: David Mikhail All articles by David Mikhail

If Pope Benedict XVI does not personally adopt a larger advocacy for poverty elimination in Africa, this same...

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Published on: 26 July 2005

Written by: Horacio Verbitsky All articles by Horacio Verbitsky

The Catholic church’s complicity in torture and murder in Argentina should be no surprise; it had, after all, long...

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Published on: 2 April 2005

Written by: Austen Ivereigh All articles by Austen Ivereigh

Pope John Paul II's successor will be chosen by a secretive, top-down process. Austen Ivereigh, press secretary to...

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