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Arafat misses midnight mass in Bethlehem

The Palestinian leader was banned from attending by Israel

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Bomb blasts hit churches in Sulawesi

Indonesian police have arrested three men allegedly involved in the four bombings

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The Archbishop of Canterbury announces retirement

George Carey announced he would be stepping down three years early

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Muslims and Christians meet at the Building Bridges Seminar

40 leading British Muslim and Christian scholars from around the world met in London

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Religious leaders meet in Assisi

Pope John Paul met with Orthodox and Protestant leaders and also Muslims, Jews and Hindus

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New embryology developments

A new technique of using unfertilised monkey eggs might overcome critics' objections

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The first Hajj since September 11th

Up to 2 million Muslims are expected in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage

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War of words between the Pope and Russia's Patriarch

Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican reached a new low听

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George Bush meets China's president Jiang Zemin

The committed Christian George Bush meets the world's most powerful atheist

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The search for the next Archbishop of Canterbury

Desmond Tutu has suggested a non-English candidate should be considered for the job

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Should intelligent design be taught in US schools?

Ohio's Board of Education will decide if evolution can be challenged in the classroom

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Mathematical physicist and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne

Does the winner of the annual Templeton Prize think religion and science is in conflict?

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The Pope writes to priests about sexual abuse

The Pope made a long-awaited statement about the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church

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America's Catholic Church In Crisis

Paedophile priests, cover-ups and payouts. Is the damage done to the Church beyond repair?

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Creationism in British schools

Controversy breaks out over teaching of Creationism in a British classroom

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America's Jewish community faces a dilemma

What should American Jews do about the escalating cycle of violence in Israel?

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Ritual killing of young boy in London

An investigation into a murder with links to traditional African ritual

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A black Pope?

As Pope John Paul II grows ever more frail, the Vatican looks for his successor

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Orthodox and Roman Catholic tension in Russia

Is the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia resorting to old Soviet style dirty tricks?

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Siege of the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem

Why was the church picked as a refuge by the Palestinian fighters?

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Right to die: Diane Pretty's story

The story of the terminally ill British woman who campaigned for the legal right to die

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James Tooley interview

The British professor argues that woman's place is really in the home

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Francis Fukuyama on life after 90

Life expectancy, health and advancements in medicine compared between the wealthy West and other poorer countries.

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Business ethics

Institute of Directors head Ruth Lee and campaigner George Monbiot discuss

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Islam and the US

Are relations between Islam and the United States warmer than many people think?

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Pio of Pietrelcina

The controversial monk Francesco Forgione and the latest Catholic saint

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A non-British Archbishop of Canterbury?

Dr Desmond Tutu says that the Anglican Church should consider a non-British candidate

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Religious hatred in Northern Ireland

How myths and stereotypes are hardened into corrosive mistrust in the troubled province

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Fertility treatment and the law

A white woman has given birth to black twins following a mistake in a fertility clinic

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Jehovah's Witnesses sex abuse scandal

A report on the latest religious group to come under attack for covering up abuse

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