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Let's be honest about cartoons
The editor of the Los Angeles Times does not think you need to see any of the cartoons that have triggered deadly riots across the Muslim world. Earlier this week, I proposed illustrating this column with examples of the caricatures first published...Tags: Book, Newspapers, Religion and Belief, Movies, Economy, Business and Finance
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Pope John Paul II Dies at 84
Times Staff WriterPope John Paul II, whose indomitable will and uncompromising belief in human dignity helped bring down communism in Eastern Europe and reshaped Christianity's relationship to Judaism, died today. He was 84. The Polish-born John Paul, indisputably the...Tags: Fidel Castro, Diplomacy, Freedom of Religion, Minority Groups, George W. Bush
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Part of the Flock Felt Abandoned by the Pope
Times Staff WritersLA MORA, El Salvador — Half a world away, millions of people came together last week to mourn Pope John Paul II, but you'll hear no tearful elegies from believers such as Nery Amaya, a Catholic for all of her 28 years. As she made the rounds as a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Diplomacy, Gang Activity, Demonstration, Easter
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Poll Analysis: Priests Satisfied With Their Lives
Times Poll DirectorDespite the serious, ongoing problem that the American Roman Catholic Church is confronting with the child sexual abuse scandal, priests today are very satisfied with their lives and are more committed to their vows and to the Church they serve than...Tags: Georgetown, Minority Groups, Christianity, Education, Philosophy
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Beyond the Trappings
For the TimesIt's hard to be an absolutist in the modern world—our society simply isn't set up for it. Boundless, diverse and brimming with energy, it's better at fostering a culture where anything goes than one obsessed with strict definitions of right and...Tags: Television, Cults and Sects, Minority Groups, Movies, Ash Wednesday
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Bridging Philippines' Islands of Faith
Times Staff WriterMANILA — Baclaran Redemptorist Church is a cavernous, seven-story structure with a vaulted ceiling and hundreds of pews. Throughout the day Wednesday, 120,000 Catholics came to worship, as they do every Wednesday. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, HIV
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Latin America's Indigenous Saint Stirs Anger, Pride
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMEXICO CITY -- When the Vatican gave approval last year for Juan Diego Cuauhtlahtoatzin to become the Americas' first indigenous Roman Catholic saint, many of Mexico's 10 million Indians welcomed the honor as holy vindication of their struggle to overcome...Tags: Mexico City, Cults and Sects, Interior Policy, Mexico, Indigenous People
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Amid Questions, Priests, Nuns Back Key Doctrine
Times Religion WriterAt a time when Pope John Paul II is calling on wayward Roman Catholics to hew closely to church teaching, a significant number of priests and nuns in the United States are questioning many of the church's edicts. Celibacy for priests, the Vatican's...Tags: Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Christianity, Education, Social Issues
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From the archives: Gorbachev Visits Pope, Vows Church Freedom
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVATICAN CITY -- Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Friday promised full religious freedom in the Soviet Union during a meeting with Pope John Paul II in which the two leaders also agreed to restore formal diplomatic relations between the Holy See...Tags: Communist Party of China, Diplomacy, Europe, Freedom of Religion, George W. Bush
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Lara Pulver suffers no fools in 'Da Vinci's Demons'
RedEyeLara Pulver wowed Americans a year ago when, as Irene Adler in "Sherlock" on PBS, she walked into our living rooms wearing nothing but a pair of Louboutin heels and a don't-[bleep]-with-me attitude. The whip-cracking dominatrix Irene knew who she was...Tags: Martin Freeman, Invention and Innovation, Celebrities, Italy, True Blood (tv program)
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The Miami Herald Myriam Marquez column
Miami HeraldIn her mind's eye, Elsa Morejon looks from Miami at her beloved island and worries that what ails Cuba will not be cured solely with democracy. What ails Cuba, the humble Baptist nurse says with conviction, is a gaping hole in spirituality, a people who...Tags: Prisons, Trips and Vacations, Religion and Belief, Political Systems, Ethics
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