French priest's mission is in a bar
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Only a small cross on his lapel differentiates Jerome de la Rouliere from the other customers drinking in a bar in the center of Poitiers.
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Anche presidente Sarkozy in chiesa Saint-Louis en l'Ile
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Two days ago, before he would add another chapter to his legendary tale, Hicham El Guerrouj received a message from a friend in France.
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French actor Gerard Depardieu has said in a new book that he has undergone a liver transplant. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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A Roman Catholic priest is being held in Phoenix on charges that he assaulted a woman who worked at his Las Vegas church.  A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in Maricopa County to determine whether the Rev. George Chaanine will waive extradition from Arizona to Nevada.
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WARSAW -- The priest is gray-haired but still strong . He walks briskly in the cold morning light, remembering when the communist secret police slipped in amid the faithful and tried to turn him into a spy.
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A priest who resigned from a church in an affluent Connecticut community misspent up to $1.4 million in parishioner donations to lead a life of luxury with another man, according to a church-directed investigation.
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A poster of the Virgin Mary hangs on   the wall in the back of Iskandar's Baghdad grocery shop. The   35-year-old Christian sips his soft drink and talks about why   he is worried about Pope Benedict's comments on Islam.
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A new advertising campaign to fight anti-Semitism in France aims to shock. The campaign features serene images of Jesus and Mary with the slur "Dirty Jew" scrawled across them as if in graffiti.
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BEIJING, Sept. 21 -- The Rev. Joseph Li Shan, a 42-year-old priest based in downtown Beijing, was ordained as the head of the Beijing Diocese of the state-sanctioned Catholic church Friday morning in a private ceremony. The appointment underscores attempts to improve long-strained relations between...
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A woman is ordained to the Catholic priesthood. Not surprisingly, the hierarchy does not approve.
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LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat...
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A comic-strip version of the life of Pope John Paul II written by three Frenchmen has been published in the ailing pontiff's homeland Poland, the book's publisher said.
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Being a bartender is not what I expected to do when I moved to Spain. Serving what seems like thousands of pints of Guinness a night in an Irish pub in the heart of Madrid has truly brought me closer to the ...
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The priest has had many accusers, but now only one whose case is in court.
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POCZERNIN, Poland -- This wind-swept village is bracing for an invasion of demons, thanks to a priest who believes he can defeat Satan.
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A teacher in France is the latest to face death threats for daring to criticize the religion and its prophet's emphasis on violence