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Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regrets not adding unsubcribe option

Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages.

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Popes And Vile Tongues

Last week, the odious piety of Pope Benedict was again on display as he canted about the evils of homosexuality.

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Gay Catholic Group Responds to Pope's Homophobic Comments (AUDIO)

Recently Pope Benedict delivered a homophobic and hateful new year's speech to diplomats from approximately 180 countries, declaring that gay marriage "threatens human dignity and the future of humanity itself."

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02/09/12 US Ad limina: George on meeting with Pope Source: Radio Vaticana "In our hearts there is a great sense of unity with the Holy Father, [the Ad limina] is a moment where we feel the effective collegiality, the unity of our mission, when we return refreshed, ready to help our own people", says Cardinal Francis George, who led a group of 11 bishops of the Chicago province to their audience with Pope Benedict XVI Thursday morning.
02/09/12 Cardinal raises hopes of visit by the Pope Source: Irish Independent HOPES that the Pope will travel to Ireland this year have been raised after Cardinal Sean Brady said the timing is right.
02/08/12 Hierarchy responds to Rome comments Source: RTE Ireland's Catholic Bishops have accused a member of the Vatican's investigation team, here, of grossly misrepresenting the Irish Church's ongoing outreach to survivors of clerical child sexual abuse.
02/08/12 Vatican has no money or space for private plane, says... Source: Catholic News Agency Rome, Italy, Feb 8, 2012 / 06:04 pm ( CNA ).-
02/08/12 Pope's visit will encourage Cuba's future to be rooted... Source: Catholic News Agency Rome, Italy, Feb 8, 2012 / 02:02 pm ( CNA ).-

Background on Pope Benedict

Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See.

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