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On Monday, the BBC announced it would cut 2,000 jobs in programming, including news. Here's BBC Online editor Pete Clifton's take on how the cuts will affect his service. An excerpt: There's no point embarking on a column like this without taking the rough with the smooth, and this week has been dominated by the [...]
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I live in the “Little Italy” part of Toronto, which has a big “Passion of the Christ” parade every Good Friday. I watched a few minutes of the parade while doing other stuff (hey, I'm agnostic; Easter's not a big spiritual deal to me), and have one observation. At the parade's start, there were four women dressed [...]
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Getting killed by a fellow Catholic while sticking up for poor, oppressed people doesn't put one on the fast track for sainthood in Pope John Paul II's church. Some excerpts from a Globe and Mail story about Archbishop Oscar Romero by Michael Valpy: He is venerated in Latin America. Pilgrims from all over the world [...]
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It was actually Wednesday when Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, was slain by U.S.-backed death squads, but it's still a significant anniversary worth noting. Here is an excerpt from the BBC story: Romero had become the strongest voice against government lawlessness. His sermons from the cathedral – in which he documented murder and disappearances – [...]
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