STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the first attempts to settle what is now the western state of California. These attempts began with Spanish settlers who built twenty-one Catholic churches

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Women in Catholic Church Call for Change Some Catholic women are calling to remove the barriers that prevent them from reaching the highest positions in their churchs leadership. They say women should be able to vote in major policy meetings. They wa

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Deep in the heart of south Florida along the hazy swamps of the everglades, a brand new town is rising up from nothing. This is Ave Maria. A Catholic Utopia founded and funded by billionaire businessman Tom Monaghan. His ticket, he hopes to eternal

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This is AP news minute. 1. Celebration turned to somber reflection in church services on Sunday, as Cuban Americans in Miami largely stayed off the streets. Thousands celebrated the day before, to mark the death of Fidel Castro. 2. Turkey's state run

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AS IT IS - The life and resignation of Pope Benedict the 16th Welcome to AS IT IS! your daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today we look at the life and resignation of Pope Benedict the 16th. The leader of the Roman Catholi

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Washington Monument Honors Americas First President 为美国第一任总统华盛顿立纪念碑 From VOA Learning English, welcome to This is America. Im Steve Ember. The tallest structure in Americas capital city is the Washington Monument. It is

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The suspected gunman in the deadly shooting attack at Fort Hood, Texas is alert and talking to medical personnel at the hospital where he is being treated. Investigators from the Army and the FBI have b

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AS IT IS 2016-04-09 Pope Urges Church to Welcome Divorced, Remarried Catholics Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to welcome divorced and remarried Catholics without making changes to the churchs teachings. The Vatican released a 25

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The world's tallest Jesus statue now reigns over a field in western Poland, on the outskirts of a small town with big hopes for tourism. But the statue reveals a lot about Polish Catholicism and the divisions within it. The tallest Jesus statue in th

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September 12th, 2001It's the day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of Americans. In New York, stunned rescue workers search for bodies in the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. And in Washington, Pres

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Arkansas, Illinois, New Orleans, Chicago...这些美国地名你会怎么念? 如果按照英语发音规律念,那可大错特错啦!今天Jenny, Chris会告诉你这些最坑爹的美国地名究竟应该怎么念。而且美国居然还有个小

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Death just isn't what it used to be. Once a month, followers attend mass at the Santa Muerte Shrine and pray to the so-called Death Saint, often depicted as a skeleton dressed in a black cloak and carrying a scythe, or in a long flowing white gown. S

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Isthma: Hey, Sunny, I would like to ask a few questions about marriage in Korea. The first question is, at what age do they usually get married? Sunny: I think the average age for Koreans to marry is about 27 to 28 for girls, and then 30 to 31 for gu

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Hours ago, Pope Francis publicly discuss the controversial meeting of big step has just wrapped up, the meeting ended without concensus on what the church should say about gays, or whether they give the communication to divorce or remarry Catholic, s

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – July 29, 2002: Tools for Development By Jill Moss (Photo -CARE) This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Building things or making clothes can be difficult in develop

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Todd: So, Santi, now you are from Indonesia but you actually are Christian, correct? Santi: Yes. Todd: And now most people in Indonesia are Muslim. Santi: Yes, that's true. Todd: Right, so are there any other major religions in Indonesia? Santi: Oh,

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1. President Barack Obama says Don't ask, don't tell is coming to an end. Obama promised to change the policy on gays in the military during a speech to the Human Rights Campaign last night but he didn't offer a timetable. 2. Dozens of hostages have

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Firefighters are mourning two colleagues who've been killed in Victoria's Alpine Region. The victims, a man in his thirties and a young woman, were in an emergency vehicle which was struck by a falling tree. They were working to control the huge Harr

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U.S president Barack Obama has launched a new offensive on America's gun culture, with packages of strict control, he is calling for bans on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. And he wants broader background checks on gun custome

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Jeff: My name is Jeff Eagar and I'm 32 years old and I'm from Canada and most people in Canada are Christians, they're Catholics or Protestants and my parents are Catholic but I've done a lot of traveling in my life and now I'm interested in the Budd

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