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		<title>Row after Milan hospital removes crucifixes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 12:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top Italian maternity hospital has drawn criticism from right-wing politicians by replacing crucifixes on the walls of its wards with images of the Virgin Mary so as not to offend immigrant women giving birth there.]]></description>
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		<title>Italian animal rights group asks pope to stop wearing fur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benedict occasionally wears a fur-trimmed hat called a "camauro," headgear popular with pontiffs in the 17th century. He has also donned a red velvet cape trimmed in ermine.]]></description>
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		<title>Churches are empty in the heart of Rome, while worshippers in suburbs pray in garages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a situation that has been confounding the Diocese of Rome, the very heart of the Roman Catholic world: The magnificent churches of the city center serve more as museums than houses of prayer, while many among the burgeoning throngs of the faithful in the scrappy outskirts of town are forced to worship in garages, former grocery stores, or prefab buildings.]]></description>
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		<title>Roman police task force to fight satanism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Roman official explained that satanic groups have become a significant concern for law-enforcement officials because of their involvement in drug trafficking and sexual violence.]]></description>
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		<title>Bible studies may reveal Godfather&#8217;s secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian police codebreakers are turning to the Bible in their efforts to get at the many secrets of the mafia&#8217;s &#8220;boss of bosses&#8221;.
Bernardo Provenzano was arrested this month after 43 years on the run. When an undercover policewoman known as &#8220;the Cat&#8221; walked into his rural hideout on April 11 she found him surrounded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge to rule on merit of Christ case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VITERBO, Italy (AP) — An Italian judge heard arguments Friday on whether a small-town parish priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed.
The priest&#8217;s atheist accuser, Luigi Cascioli, says the Roman Catholic Church has been deceiving people for 2,000 years with a fable that Christ existed, and that the Rev. Enrico Righi violated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Italian judge has ordered a priest to appear in court this month to prove that Jesus Christ existed.
The case against Father Enrico Righi has been brought in the town of Viterbo, north of Rome, by Luigi Cascioli, a retired agronomist who once studied for the priesthood but later became a militant atheist.
Signor Cascioli, author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Buddha went to the mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A row over the display of religious symbols in public places in Italy was re-ignited yesterday after a statue of Buddha was erected on one of the highest peaks in the Alps.
Four mountaineers hauled the three-stone Buddha up the 10,800ft Pizzo Badile peak on the Italian-Swiss border to protest about melting ice-caps and a plethora [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy bans Islamic burqas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italy has banned Islamic burqas under tough terrorism laws that provide two-year jail terms and E2000 ($3200) fines for anyone caught covering their face in a public place.
The counter-terrorism package, passed by Italy&#8217;s parliament yesterday, doubles the existing penalty for wearing a burqa or chador &#8212; traditional robes worn by Muslim women to cover their [...]]]></description>
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