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Why Anglican England is better than secular FranceIt looks like Europe's most proudly secular country is about to become less secular.Pope Benedict XVI boards a plane after visiting LourdesThe French Republic, belligerently secular since the Revolution, and whose separation of church and state is encoded in a 1905 law, may start according a spec... |
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Benedict XVI Urges Redefining State-Church Divide in FranceSpeaking to French bishops, Pope Benedict XVI renewed his call to redefine church-state relations in France and urged clergy to engage in meaningful interreligious dialogue. ... |
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Pope Visits Shrine at Lourdes, Focusing on Social ProblemsPope Benedict XVI called on worshipers to recall victims of violence, war and terrorism as well as people facing suffering due to unemployment or their situation as immigrants. ... |
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Pope hails love 'stronger than evil' at Lourdes massLOURDES, France (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI urged more than 150,000 followers at mass Sunday in the French shrine town of Lourdes to hold firm in their faith, telling them "love is stronger than evil." ... |
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Pope urges bishops to reject unions of divorced couples - SummaryLourdes, France - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday reaffirmed the Catholic Church's strict ban on divorce by telling bishops in the southern French city of Lourdes that they must not accept the unions of partners who had been married before. The stable u... ... |
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100,000 attend Lourdes MassPope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air mass in Lourdes, leading more than 100,000 faithful in prayer in the French town. ... |



