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- Mekeo chiefs and sorcerers: metaphor, ideology and practice
- But the mind attempts to contrive a principle of order and regularity into certain parts of the mass of signs, and this is the role of relative motivation. (Ferdinand de Saussure 1974:133) Il y a trop...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
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- US Roman Catholic bishops may refuse communion to candidates who support abortion rights
- WASHINGTON AFP ? The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has said individual bishops may decide to deny communion to politicians who support abortion rights, a decision that could affect Roman Catholic Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry. "We will also counsel Catholic public officials that their acting consistently to support...
- Research articles 2004-06-19
- Pope receives communion for the dying: Vatican spokesman
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Pope John Paul II received holy communion for the dying after suffering a heart attack and going into septic shock, the Vatican said. "This morning the health of the Holy Father is very serious," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. "Following a urinary tract infection,...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
- Fearful first communion for Baghdad's Christian kids
- BAGHDAD AFP — "For the sake of our country, that life may return to Iraq and all its sons enjoy safety, peace and stability, amen." With this nervous prayer of hope, 59 Iraqi boys and girls became full members of Baghdad's dwindling Christian flock. Dressed in habits like...
- Research articles 2007-07-08
- Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints
- Recovering doctrine's 'radical equality' is Elizabeth Johnson's latest project "From age to age you gather a people to yourself." Those familiar words from the Sunday liturgy refer to a doctrine as mysterious and aweinspiring as it is comforting, a Christian belief as ancient as the Apostles'...
- Research articles 1998-10-16
- OUR HOST FOR TODAY
- POPE John Paul II strongly condemned GM foods. And now his successor has gone a step further, ruling out genetically modified wheat as an ingredient for Communion wafers. Pope Benedict previously ruled out gluten-free communion hosts, on the grounds that tinkering with the wheat...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Kennedy's wife slams church moves against pro-choice Catholics
- WASHINGTON AFP ? The wife of prominent US Senator Ted Kennedy decried as "dangerous" recent statements by Catholic clergy saying they would deny communion to Catholics who support abortion rights. "As a Catholic, I am deeply saddened and concerned by the threatened denial of communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians....
- Research articles 2004-05-23
- New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign
- WASHINGTON AFP — German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry. In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness...
- Research articles 2005-04-19
- Gays disappointed at US Catholic Church stance on homosexuality
- BALTIMORE AFP — Gay and progressive Roman Catholic groups are disappointed with the US Catholic Church's decision to remain opposed to contraception and giving communion to sexually active homosexuals. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, during a meeting in the eastern city of Baltimore ending Thursday, adopted pastoral guidelines saying...
- Research articles 2006-11-16
- Anglican leader in showdown with US church over gay clergy
- NEW ORLEANS, United States AFP — Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held crisis talks Thursday with US bishops to prevent a split in the global communion as a deadline approaches for the US church to reverse its liberal stance on homosexuality. Bishops described as "respectful" the seven hours of...
- Research articles 2007-09-21
- US Anglicans agree to halt gay clergy ordinations
- NEW ORLEANS, United States AFP — The US Episcopal Church on Tuesday agreed to halt the ordination of gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions until a broader global consensus is reached. In a move to avoid a split in the global Anglican Communion, Episcopal bishops agreed to...
- Research articles 2007-09-25
- Holme Valley: Holmbridge
- Holmbridge Women's Institute met for a "Resolutions" meeting chaired by Barbara Newman. Members of St David's Choir attended a training afternoon at Cawthorne organised by the Royal School of School Music. Midweek communion at St David's Church was led by the Rev Geoff Bamford. Ian Gold read the lesson....
- Research articles 2008-05-24
- Holmbridge; Holme Valley
- The Camera Club held a workshop evening led by Geoff France. Midweek communion at St David's Church was led by the Rev Geoff Bamford. He also conducted Friday evening prayers. The Monkey Business, Tumble Tots and Over 60s groups met during the week. Early communion at St David's...
- Research articles 2008-09-27
- Holmbridge; Holme Valley
- The Camera Club held a workshop evening led by Geoff France. Midweek communion at St David's Church was led by the Rev Geoff Bamford. He also conducted Friday evening prayers. The Monkey Business, Tumble Tots and Over 60s groups met during the week. Early communion at St David's...
- Research articles 2008-10-04
- WILSHAW
- Communion for Palm Sunday at St Mary's Church was taken by Rev Judy Kenworthy who was the celebrant. Assisted by Masie and Miles Taylor, she explained the communion table and its contents. Several members of the congregation read passages from the bible. The offertory was taken up by Masie and...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Bernard Kenny, the New Jersey Senate's majority leader and former altar boy, said he will leave the Catholic church
- Bernard Kenny, the New Jersey Senate's majority leader and former altar boy, said he will leave the Catholic church. Kenny, a Democrat, said his decision came after Newark Archbishop John J. Myers published a pastoral letter saying it was dishonest for Catholic politicians to receive Communion if they favor abortion...
- Research articles 2004-05-21
- RC officials take hard line on gluten-free wafer
- NEW YORK AFP ? Roman Catholic officials have invalidated the First Communion of a New Jersey girl with a rare digestive disorder whose gluten intolerance put her on a collision course with Catholic doctrine. Haley Pelly-Waldman suffers from celiac sprue disease and cannot eat wheat, rye, oats, barley or...
- Research articles 2004-08-20
- Brave new words.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
- TORTURE Not, according to a Pentagon memo, "the infliction of pain or suffering per se." It's got to be severe. What's more, your"good faith belief" that you are inflicting non-severe pain "need not be a reasonable one" to get you off the hook. Torture, then, means...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- After the election
- As Joe Feuerherd reports, "faith-based voters made all the difference for Bush." The Catholic bishops, with their "no Communion for Kerry" campaign, helped elect Bush again. Too bad more of them did not speak out on the unjust Iraq war. So many just said nothing. My shepherds are lost. Baaaa....
- Research articles 2004-11-26
- US diocese 'regrets' pain caused by electing gay bishop
- NEW YORK AFP — The US diocese of New Hampshire, which opened a rift in the global Anglican communion by electing an openly gay bishop, has apologized for the pain it caused, but reaffirmed support for the appointment. "We acknowledge and regret the pain and confusion caused by the...
- Research articles 2004-10-20
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