His experiences changed how he thought about liberty and about church government, and they changed how he wrote.
Some radical reforms are expected soon, although the Pope is moving cautiously given the complexity and sensitivity of Church government, our correspondent says.
In Cuba, though John Paul helped warm church-government relations, the nation's ties with religion have remained complicated.
In Cuba, though John Paul helped to warm church-government relations, the country's ties with religion have remained complicated.
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Willie Blackwater, a Gitxsan Indian, is well known in Canada for his landmark victory against the church and the government in a sexual abuse lawsuit in the 90s.
The question is just one of the ten submitted by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to a government commission set up two years ago, but whose work is only now coming into fruition.
Benedict has made it clear that he sees this devout Catholic nation, with its new church-friendly government, as a model for the rest of the continent to build a society based on Christian values.
Interviews in Rome with dozens of church officials, Vatican insiders and foreign government officials close to the church, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, mapped out that hermetic universe.
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Following concerted efforts by Mr Cho and other South Korean church leaders, the government blinked first, and the plan was dropped.
More controversial is the government "church tax" on those in Catholic or Protestant religions, among others, which is collected to fund churches regardless of attendance.
In their open letter, Free Church ministers criticise the government.
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The church says 4, 184 clergy were killed during the war by the government side, which accused the church of backing General Franco.
She shined a light on every failure of the U.S. government to separate church and state.
The new government is very church-friendly, but it's also somewhat isolationist and skeptical about being a member of the European Union.
The UK government announced the Church in Wales and Church of England will be banned in law from offering gay marriages.
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The UK government said the Church of England and Church in Wales would be banned in law from offering same sex marriages.
The Vatican has witnessed a series of internal conflicts and betrayals on his watch, and his attempts to reform the Roman Curia, the central government of the Church, have not met with success.
Its victims include the Church of Scientology and recently the government of Tunisia.
The government has indemnified the church against payments above this level.
The Pope acknowledged that the preparations were not just the work of the Church and also thanked "the government, the local authorities in Scotland, London and Birmingham, the communications media and the security services".
The church was the only group outside of government in a position to help.
The Roman Catholic Church, hitherto seen as pro-government, has taken a leading role among the peace campaigners.
Cardinal Ortega and his bishops saw an opportunity for the church to regain influence by helping the government.
The Holy See is the supreme government of the Roman Catholic Church, which operates from the independent territory of the Vatican City State in Rome.
Bush said the church program underscores his goal of allowing government support for faith-based initiatives, a measure passed by the House last year, but not by the Senate.
"It was a bitter pill to swallow, the government admitting that they needed the church, " says Archbishop Wenski, the Miami prelate.
They are individuals and families whose taxes support the Government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education.
The project will be highlighted at a conference in Cardiff in April organised jointly by the charity and the Church in Wales and supported by the Welsh government.
He says Tropical Storm Hanna destroyed his house, and now he'll stay here in the church until he can get help from the government or someone to rebuild.
Pressed by peers on all sides to act, Lord Henley admitted that while activists could be removed from public land, the land surrounding the cathedral belonged to the Church of England and therefore "it is a matter for the Church to decide, not a matter for government".
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