While the world watched in horror as the terrorist attacks in Paris unfolded, even deadlier attacks were taking place in Baga, Nigeria where an estimated 2,000 people – mostly women, children, and the elderly – were slaughtered by the violent Muslim terrorist group known as Boko Haram.
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The nation’s leading organization dedicated to opposing pornography is citing serious concerns about the “R” rating which was given to the movie,
Fifty Shades of Grey, by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) because it undermines the violent themes in the film and does not adequately inform parents and patrons of the film’s content.
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Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka today to a thunderous welcome from the faithful and dignitaries and told the crowds that he came to “meet, encourage and pray with the Catholic people of this island.”
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The remaining staff of the satirical French newspaper that lost nine employees last week in the worst terrorist attack on France in years say they are not only planning to publish a paper this week, but it will contain cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed because that’s just what they do.
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Representatives of pharmaceutical giant, Merck, will face a hearing today in India’s Supreme Court over the company’s alleged practice of using young girls from poor tribal communities to test its controversial anti-cervical cancer drug, Gardasil, as well as a new version due out this year.
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During his annual foreign policy address to Vatican-based ambassadors, Pope Francis called for a united response from the international community against the kind of terrorism that inspired the killings of 17 people in Paris last week, saying the attackers were enslaved by “deviant forms of religion”.
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More than three million people took to the streets in France yesterday in a rally for unity that was said to rival the response to the liberation of France after World War II with locals pouring into the streets to express their intention to unite and defend itself against the terrorism that left 17 people dead in Paris last week.
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Shortly after a judge opened the doors to same-sex marriage in Florida, Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski issued a letter to the more than 8,000 diocesan employees warning them not to publicly support the unions or risk losing their jobs.
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Another deadly terrorist attack on France has left at least two people dead in an on-going hostage situation in an East Paris kosher market. This second attack comes as police surround a printing company near Charles de Gaulle airport where the two suspects from Wednesday’s attack are reportedly holed up with at least one hostage.
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Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George is asking for prayers after dropping out of an experimental drug program that was supposed to help his body to recognize and attack the cancer that has been plaguing him for several years.
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