Religion and Beliefs
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Forced Uyghur labour reported at Chinese factories supplying Nike, Apple
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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says 80,000 Uyghur workers were transferred out of Xinjiang between 2017 and 2019, and claims that people are being effectively "bought" and "sold" by local governments and commercial brokers.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, world-politics, politics-and-government, government-and-politics, rights, human, human-rights, business-economics-and-finance, manufacturing, china, asia, australia
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'I am not easily offended but this outraged me': Sarah Ferguson on why Revelation is her toughest investigation yet Feature
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"Throughout the scandal of clerical abuse in Australia, there's one voice we haven't heard — the perpetrators. I wanted to ask them how they led their double lives and how the Church enabled them but how do you interview men whose crimes are so vile and disturbing, and committed against vulnerable children?" says Sarah Ferguson.
Topics: journalism, abc, broadcasting, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, italy, ireland, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000
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How an outback priest is providing drought aid to his struggling parish
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The priesthood is Reverend Brian Schmalkuche's fifth career, but in providing pastoral care and aid during drought he reckons he's finally found his calling.
Topics: drought, water-management, water, water-supply, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, wool, rural, mining-rural, fifield-2875, albert-2873, tullamore-2874, bogan-gate-2876, trundle-2875, condobolin-2877
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Sisters lose fight to feed dying elderly mother despite intervention of the Catholic Church
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Two South Australian sisters are denied their plea to feed their dying mother, with a public guardian refusing to reinstate the woman's feeding tube despite the intervention of the Catholic Church.
Topics: euthanasia, community-and-society, careers, aged-care, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, death, courts-and-trials, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, breast-cancer, cancer, medical-ethics, ethics, port-pirie-5540, adelaide-5000, sa
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'We're here': LGBT Muslims speak about life in Australia as 'triple minorities'
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Omar grew up in a traditional, Arab Muslim household and attended a Christian school. Neither were particularly conducive to embracing his identity as a young gay man.
Topics: sexuality, community-and-society, lgbt, religion-and-beliefs, islam, australia, nsw, sydney-2000
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Saudi Arabia blocks pilgrims, Japan to close schools over coronavirus (photos)
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Saudi Arabia suspends arrivals by foreign pilgrims and tourists from two dozen countries where the new coronavirus has spread, while Japan's Prime Minister asks all schools to close in March.
Topics: respiratory-diseases, diseases-and-disorders, health, religion-and-beliefs, tourism, saudi-arabia, indonesia, japan, china, asia
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Al Pacino's new show about Nazi hunters has been condemned — here's why (photos)
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The Auschwitz museum says a brutal scene in Amazon TV series Hunters is "dangerous foolishness" but the creator says it was "incredibly necessary".
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, television, world-war-2, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, united-states
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Pope Francis urges Catholics to give up social media trolling for Lent and 'speak directly to the Lord' instead
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In his traditional Ash Wednesday address, the Pontiff calls for Catholics to stop posting 'useless words, chatter, rumours, and gossip' during the fasting period of Lent.
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, internet-technology, internet-culture, catholic, infectious-diseases-other, italy
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Ian Thorpe says religious discrimination bill is against Australia's notion of a 'fair go'
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Ian Thorpe visits MPs at Parliament House to campaign against the Government's religious discrimination bill, saying it will divide the country.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, federal---state-issues, federal-government, federal-parliament, sport, lgbt, canberra-2600, australia
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Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Brad Pitt have all been to Kanye's Sunday Service. But what happens there? Explainer
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Kanye West's religious choir and prayer performance group Sunday Service has been popping up across the United States. Here's your shortcut guide.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, bands-and-artists, music, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, united-states
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Holocaust survivor's friends made her a dress from scavenged Nazi fabric so she could walk proudly to freedom
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Henryka Shaw rarely spoke of the war and her time in concentration camps, but late in her life she asked her daughter to take care of this special dress.
Topics: community-and-society, history, world-war-2, religion-and-beliefs, judaism, canberra-2600, act, germany
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Inmate hogtied and lashed 30 times with cable by his cousin in jail 'got off lightly'
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An inmate who once carved an IS message into another man's forehead, also performed an exorcism on his cousin in jail, lashing him with a cable about 30 times and threatening him with a razor blade, a court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, religion-and-beliefs, islam, crime, assault, sydney-2000, goulburn-2580
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For the first time in living memory, a hidden kingdom opens to tourists
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Saudi Arabia is spending billions to attract the world's travellers. But can a country long locked up behind austere religious law become a tourist destination?
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, womens-status, human-rights, government-and-politics, history, religion-and-beliefs, saudi-arabia
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Protests erupt in New Delhi over controversial citizenship law ahead of Donald Trump arrival
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Protests in the Indian capital of New Delhi erupt in violence in the latest row of demonstrations against a new citizenship law, a day before US President Donald Trump visits the country.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, international-law, donald-trump, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, religion-and-beliefs, india, united-states
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Vatican archives of 'Hitler's Pope' to open, sparking intense interest from historians
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More than 150 historians and researchers sign up to access the Vatican archives of Pope Pius XII, which are poised to be unsealed, potentially uncovering new details about his record during the Holocaust.
Topics: fascism, government-and-politics, catholic, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, world-politics, germany, holy-see-vatican-city-state, italy
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Portugal votes to legalise euthanasia despite protests, but country's President could have last word
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The European nation is poised to become one of the few countries to permit the procedures after Portugal's Parliament approved five right-to-die bills.
Topics: euthanasia, religion-and-beliefs, government-and-politics, catholic, portugal
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NSW Now: Buses in place following train derailment, protests over Western Harbour Tunnel
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MORNING BRIEFING: Transport NSW urges travellers to check for updates on train services to Victoria, and warning for Sydney residents to monitor for damage caused by construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel.
Topics: rail-transport, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, death, building-and-construction, climate-change, arts-and-entertainment, religion-and-beliefs, sydney-2000, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, balmain-2041
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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People pay homage to Saint Therese image
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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The relics of Saint Louis and Saint Zelie Martin image
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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Gabrielle Parada from Nerang brought her three children to see St Therese's relics image
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, qld, france
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Tour of French saint leaves church-goers with 'goosebumps'
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She was described as the "Little Jesus Flower" for her small acts of kindness and love, but now the relics of Saint Therese are travelling around the country.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, other-religions, history, religious-leaders, women-religious, men-religious, catholic, human-interest, spirituality, nerang-4211, france, brisbane-4000, jimboomba-4280
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China's Uyghurs detained for simple acts of faith, leaked documents show
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A leaked database exposes in extraordinary detail how the Chinese Government detained hundreds of Uyghur Muslims for ordinary activities such as praying, visiting a mosque or even growing a long beard.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, china, asia