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Government defends crackdown on Islamist media
Paper and TV channels were inciting anarchy, says Bangladesh minister
Myanmar jails Muslims for monk's killing
No Buddhists sentenced after recent riots
Relief turns to anguish as Cyclone Mahasen passes
Bangladesh death toll was low, but livelihoods are damaged
Renewed call for concerted Catholic vote in elections
Catholic numbers 'amounted to swing vote' in last week's Philippines poll
Church
Exorcists claim the pope freed a boy from demons
Pope's caring touch on a disabled boy after Sunday's Mass seen as extra significant
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What is the Charismatic Renewal and what does the pope think of it?
The movement is less controversial than it may at first appear
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Pope laments a world where homelessness and hunger is not news
A crowd of 200,000 is delighted by Pope's wide ranging talk
- Business is booming for 'nontheist' ministers
- Theologian says persecution of early Christians is a myth
- Philippine Catholics concede election strategy failed
asia/world
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Obama says Myanmar will free more political prisoners
Concern expressed over recent anti-Muslim violence
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Myanmar jails Muslims for monk's killing
No Buddhists sentenced after recent riots
- Government defends crackdown on Islamist media
- Renewed call for concerted Catholic vote in elections
- Top court issues warning on internet law
- Suicide bid thwarted from thousands of miles away
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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A democratic Pakistan is no guarantee for India
At least there is a chance for relations to improve
- Triumphalism is no way to remember civil war
- 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?
- Reforming the Vatican is like nailing jelly to a wall
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