Scottish cardinal quits Amnesty over abortion
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland said Tuesday he will quit the human rights organisation Amnesty International in protest of its change of policy on abortion.
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Immigration Minister Shane Gibson resigned Sunday night in a flap over his relationship with Anna Nicole Smith.
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DUBLIN - The Rev. Ian Paisley said yesterday that he is stepping down as leader of the hard-line Protestant church he founded 56 years ago, a decision his opponents say was inevitable after he angered many by cooperating with Sinn Fein to form a Northern Ireland government.
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A Vatican cardinal said Wednesday that Roman Catholics shouldn't contribute to Amnesty International because the group adopted a new policy calling for access to abortion services for women under certain circumstances.
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The former Bishop of Birmingham resigns from Friends of the Earth in a row over the promotion of nuclear power.
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A lawyer quits the Bush campaign after confirming  links with a group that accused John Kerry of lying.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has been cleared of accusations that its opposition to abortion violated a law banning priests from mixing in politics, but the church said yesterday that it will mount a campaign to change the law it believes is too restrictive.
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The Chilean Supreme Court has shown its commitment to truth and justice, Amnesty International said today following the decision of Chileâs highest court to confirm the lifting of Augusto Pinochetâs immunity from prosecution in relation to his
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A French amnesty law forbids media from reporting the details of the legal procedure that Barrot faced. Barrotâs resignation was also demanded by Britainâs anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which provoked
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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's arbiter of doctrinal orthodoxy, has given Catholic voters leeway under certain circumstances to vote for politicians who support abortion rights, U.S. Catholic officials said.
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Scotland's top prosecutor lord advocate Lord Boyd is stepping down from his job.
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DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
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One of Scotland's most senior Catholics declares he will not vote Labour in May's Holyrood elections.
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Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who headed Poland's powerful Roman Catholic Church through the dark days of martial law and the country's later jump to free-market democracy, stepped down Wednesday after more than 25 years as archbishop of Warsaw.
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Lech Walesa quits the Solidarity movement he led during its struggle against communism.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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Ireland, a mostly Roman Catholic country where divorce was legalized just seven years ago, is contemplating another leap away from its conservative past &#151; and toward greater rights for homosexual couples.