Mr Russell said calls by the Church of Scotland, the Catholic Church, and the Archbishop of York for repeal of the act had added extra weight to the campaign.
After Ireland became free from the British in 1922 (when the War of Independence resulted in the declaration of the Irish Free State), the government, with the support of the Catholic Church, passed the Censorship of Film Act.
India's armed forces have had dozens of Christian generals, admirals and air marshals, members either of the Catholic church, or of the 40 or so other Christian denominations in India.
However, it appears to represent the beginning of a change in the thinking of the Catholic Church about the war on terrorism.
The explosion occurred at the official opening of the new Roman Catholic church in the suburb of Olasiti.
The 10-member Eritrean party included the heads of the four main religious institutions in Eritrea - the Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, the Islamic Council and the Evangelical Church of Eritrea.
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There's an intensive programme of evidence taking, starting with witnesses from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (I think this is because the minister responsible is Culture Secretary Maria Miller) followed by the Church of England, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Church in Wales.
Benedict's resignation the emeritus pope's personal choices about his future have raised the question of how the Catholic Church will deal with the novel situation of having one reigning and one retired pope living side-by-side, each of them called "pope, " each of them wearing papal white and even sharing the same aide in Gaenswein.
Jovial but brash, Cardinal Bertone has clashed behind the scenes with both the head of the Catholic church in Italy and the boss of the Vatican bank, the Institute for Works of Religion.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Catholic Church sponsor 43% of Scout troops in the country.
St Margaret's is partly funded by the Catholic Church and the trustees of the charity include bishops from dioceses in the west of Scotland.
The one thing that withstood the winds of change has been the Catholic Church, much to the chagrin of many faithful.
Fellini's love-hate relationship with the Catholic Church inspires some of the film's most engaging moments.
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For many years the Catholic Church discouraged translation of the official Latin Vulgate edition for fear that the text might be corrupted or misinterpreted.
The new head of the Catholic Church is usually elected after the death of his predecessor, and there is no public record of any previous meeting between an incumbent pope and a former pope.
Thanks to the separation of church and state, the country has nothing comparable to, say, the Catholic churches of Italy and Spain, or the Church of England.
Pope Benedict - the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - was elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church in one of the fastest conclaves in history.
He took the helm as one of the fiercest storms the Catholic Church has faced in decades - the scandal of child sex abuse by priests - was breaking.
His comment about World War IV indicates that the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church continues to reconsider the matter of war in the present-day, post-Cold War world, and that it is placing the Cold War into a historical perspective.
She said it was a sign that even now, thousands of miles away in Europe and in the highest office in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, her brother showed the same sense of humor he displayed since their childhood growing up in Argentina.
In the case of the Roman Catholic Church, the property is usually titled to the diocesan bishop, who serves in the office of the corporation sole.
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When the Church of England voted to allow the ordination of women, the Catholic Church allowed disaffected Anglican priests, even those with wives, to be ordained as Catholic priests.
Lasseigne is the priest of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in the Southern California community of Pacoima, where one in every nine homes is in some stage of foreclosure.
They hope to learn more about how the Vatican dealt with the rise of fascism and Nazism in Europe and how the Roman Catholic Church responded to the persecution of Jews.
The Cora Foundation, which runs the unit on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, and the facility's board of managers launched their legal action earlier this year.
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Others to arrive included Tony Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, Scottish Secretary Dr John Reid, MSP Margo McDonald, Cardinal Winning, leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, and the Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway.
The official paper blamed unidentified members of the Roman Curia, the men who run the international headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, for the leaks.
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It may slow, if not arrest, the exodus of conservatives either to the Roman Catholic church, or to the care of harder-line bishops in African countries.
Members of the Eastern Orthodox church have been offended by the attempts of the Catholic church to proselytise in Russia.
The issue is addressed, among other places, in points 410-414 of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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