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French president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after months of sometimes violent protests and the vehement opposition of the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders. The controversial...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Francois Hollande, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, France
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St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica plans sale to Providence
The owner of St. John’s Health Center intends to sell the storied Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System in Denver said it has entered into exclusive negotiations...
Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, Health Insurance, Religion and Belief, St. John's Health Center, Michael Jackson
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St. John's picks Providence Health & Services in bidding war
After months of controversy, the owner of St. John's Health Center said it plans to sell the landmark Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The hospital has been at the center of an intense competition that featured...
Tags: Religion and Belief, St. Joseph Medical Center, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Michael Jackson
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Grateful Dead (music group), Teachers, Hungary
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Letters: Rebuilding the Catholic church
Re "A posthumous fall from grace," May 12 On the one hand, men like Cardinal Roger Mahony and the late Msgr. Benjamin Hawkes, who was accused posthumously of sex abuse, seemed to be just the men to act in the best interests of the Los Angeles...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roger M. Mahony, Christianity, Abusive Behavior
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Taiwan says Filipino apology in fisherman's death not enough
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines' coast guard has spiraled into a series of sanctions and sparked a rare anger-fest threatening the normally solid Pacific Rim alliance. Â The dispute has not eased despite...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Benigno Aquino III, Philippines, Taipei (Taiwan), China
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St. John's bidding war escalates
A high-stakes bidding war has erupted for St. John's Health Center, a storied Santa Monica hospital, with a local billionaire teaming up with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on an unsolicited offer. The latest bid, expected to be...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Health Insurance, St. John's Health Center, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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Vatican becomes patron of arts again
VATICAN CITY -- Centuries after it helped kick-start Western art, the Vatican is seeking to break back into the art world with its first-ever pavilion at the prestigious Venice Biennale. The display includes a very modern mix of photography and...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Religion and Belief, Artists, Gianfranco Ravasi, John Paul II
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Letters: Mahony just won't go away
Re "Rebuked Mahony taking a higher profile," May 10 Cardinal Roger Mahony is back? Haven't we had enough? Mahony had his final swan song in Rome by participating in the March papal conclave at the Vatican. His resumption of presiding over...Tags: Religion and Belief, Papal Conclave (2013), Christianity, Joe Paterno, Abusive Behavior
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After death, a church leader's sordid side revealed
By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, Finance, Human Interest
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Hoag Hospital to stop performing elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital. The letter said the decision is based of the low number of procedures done annually at...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Religion and Belief, Planned Parenthood, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives
LONDON -- Spurred by the preventable death of a pregnant woman, the Irish government unveiled a proposed law Wednesday spelling out when abortions can be performed to save the life of the mother, a controversial move in a country that still outlaws most...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, European Union, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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