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Filipinos in Taiwan apologize for fisherman shooting
Authorities urged not to discriminate against innocent workers
Myanmar frees more political prisoners
Release coincides with president's US visit
Business is booming for 'nontheist' ministers
Couples seek wedding celebrants who omit God from the ceremony
Philippine politics needs to break free of dynasties
Running in the family has an added meaning here
Church
Pope laments a world where homelessness and hunger is not news
A crowd of 200,000 is delighted by Pope's wide ranging talk
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Business is booming for 'nontheist' ministers
Couples seek wedding celebrants who omit God from the ceremony
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Theologian says persecution of early Christians is a myth
"Limited to no more than a handful of years," she claims
- Pope takes another swipe at the global 'cult of money'
- Anglicans launch major offensive against banks' 'bonus culture'
- You can't be a part-time Christian, says Pope Francis
- Abuse scandals cost US Church $2.62 billion since 2004
asia/world
Backward progress in Vietnam press freedom
Activists jailed while BBC and CNN broadcasts are dropped
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Fears for Pakistani scientist jailed in US
Family concerned about her declining health
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Papuans demand political prisoner release
Protest after independence leader's arrest
- Top court issues warning on internet law
- Filipinos in Taiwan told to lie low
- Suicide bid thwarted from thousands of miles away
- Free at last: Thailand ends practice of shackling convicts
- Report says major banks are behind Laos and Cambodia land grabs
features
The rise and spectacular fall of an Indian guru
A dream to build a vast spiritual commune ended in a blizzard of charges including attempted murder
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Balancing the cause of Matteo Ricci with Church-China relations
The strained relationship could cause years of delay
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Would this poster get young people into your church?
Or should the Catholic Church steer clear of trying to be trendy?
- Making miso with disaster refugees
- Horrific figures emerge on sexual assaults in US military
- When evangelizing turns agonizing
- It's the laptop of the future - and it's flexible
- For many Myanmar Muslims, it's time to flee
opinion
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Philippine politics needs to break free of dynasties
Running in the family has an added meaning here
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Triumphalism is no way to remember civil war
Sri Lanka now needs peace, not parades
- Could social media make you a better person?
- The Dalai Lama must stop sitting on the fence
- How did Ireland go from staunchly to not particularly Catholic?
- Suggestion that the resurrection is only a metaphor sparks Anglican uproar
- Reforming the Vatican is like nailing jelly to a wall
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