While Western media has been transfixed by the attacks and hostage taking conducted by Islamic extremists in Paris in Nigeria 39 s northern Borno state another Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has been conducting an unprecedented rampage this week that may have claimed as many as 2 000 lives

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A day after a federal judge's Jan. 5 ruling struck down the state's ban of same-sex marriage, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski sent a letter to archdiocesan employees stressing that they need to "understand the church's position" on this issue.Along with the letter, which he s

“There should be recognition of a diversity of forms,” said Bishop Bonny of Antwerp.

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