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document.writeln(" Women confront patriarchy at bishops' meeting ");
document.writeln("By Thomas C. Fox ");
document.writeln("  Maryknoll About half way through the weeklong Asian bishops' meeting it became clear that the notion of patriarchy, bitter to some, sweet to others, was going to be a divisive issue. One bishop argued that patriarchy has been maligned in recent years. Read the full report here. Editor's Note: Keep watching this Web site for feature stories and interviews with Asian Catholic leaders. ");
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document.writeln(" Just In! Catholic anti-war activists join huge NY protest");
document.writeln(" NEW YORK CITY -- The priest blessed Massgoers at St. Francis Xavier Church Aug. 29, praying for their peace, safety and welfare, and giving thanks to God for their \"generosity of heart.\" The crowd, which included more than half of the early Mass attendees, dispersed not into a war zone, but into one of this city's largest anti-war marches. Posted Mon. Aug. 30, 2004 1:28 p.m. CDT ");
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document.writeln(" Returned icon does little to warm Russian Orthodox-Vatican relations ");
document.writeln(" MOSCOW -- \"Beware of Romans bearing gifts\" might well be the phrase that captures the spirit with which the Russian Orthodox greeted a Vatican delegation when it handed over an icon of the Madonna of Kazan that had spent the last decade in Pope John Paul II's private apartment. Posted Mon. Aug. 30, 2004 12:42 p.m. CDT ");
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document.writeln(" We could stop this, but we don't. Why?");
document.writeln(" By Joan Chittister, OSB ");
document.writeln(" Sudan Awareness Day. A tragedy of massive import is going on in the human family, and most of us don't even know it. The last thing in the world we want to do is to burden our psyches with one more ounce of proof that violence only begets violence. Posted Thurs. Aug. 26, 2004 at 9:27 a.m. CDT");
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document.writeln(" Time and Again");
document.writeln(" By Pat Marrin -- ");
document.writeln(" One of the advantages of a shared driveway is frequent communication with our next-door neighbors, a young couple whose two small children have enlivened our lives immeasurably. Posted Mon. Aug. 9, 2004 11:06 a.m. CDT ");
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