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n southern China a small group of religious sisters and Jesuit priests centred around a remarkable man, FR LUIS RUIZ SJ, care for those who have no-one else to care for them. In the 100-plus rudimentary leprosariums they have established and the more-recently opened orphanage for children who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS, their suffering Chinese brothers and sisters find......
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A HUMAN TRAGEDY
A photographer snaps a dying girl and walks away. He wins the Pulitzer Prize. Later, he kills himself. In the outrage that follows the story, who is at fault?
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PERTH DA VINCI CODE TALK
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Renaissance art expert, Dr Kate Challis, says that 30 or 40 years ago The Da Vinci Code probably wouldn’t sell. But today people know less history - and believe more myth.
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