Religion & Politics (S.A. & Caribbean)
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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Ernesto Pichardo, co-founder of the first incorporated Santeria church in the nation, files a lawsuit stemming from a police raid during a worship ritual in 2007. Jesus Suarez, a Santeria priest, had slit the throat of one goat that June afternoon. He had three more goats, two sheep and 44 chickens to go. But before he could finish the ritual sacrifice, Coral Gables police swarmed the house where he and some 20 other followers of the Afro-Cuban religion had gathered to worship. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson along with a contingent of ministers and members of South Florida's Haitian community left Miami on Sunday for a three-day visit to Haiti to assess a food crisis and relief efforts. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
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In his first week as Cuba's new president, Raul Castro met with the Vatican's No. 2 official, who said island leaders assured him they would allow some Roman Catholic broadcasts on state-controlled media. But U.S. Christian groups that have worked for years in Cuba don't expect significant changes in the government's restrictions on religion now that the younger Castro has succeeded his ailing brother Fidel. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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An Indian religious leader, charged with rape in Trinidad, got a temporary reprieve when a court returned his Indian passport and allowed him to continue with his world tour. The court ruled that the passport of 85-year-old Swami Kripaliji Ram Maharaj be returned to him and he be allowed to leave on June 16 to continue his world tour. FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
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Weeks after Pope Benedict XVI denounced government-backed contraception in a visit to Brazil, the president unveiled a program Monday to provide cheap birth control pills at 10,000 drugstores across the country. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the plan will give poor Brazilians “the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want.” FULL ARTICLE LINK |
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