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Aussies one of world's least religious

By Andrew Drummond
July 04, 2008 11:44am

THE majority of Australians consider themselves religious but say faith does not play a big part in their life, according to a new survey showing few regularly pray or visit church.

The news comes less than two weeks before the world's Catholic leader, Pope Benedict XVI, heads Down Under for World Youth Day.

The survey of 21,000 people from 21 countries, which names Australia as one of the world's least religious countries, was conducted by the independent, not-for-profit, German-based Bertelsmann Foundation.

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Kirtanananda Swami Has Lung Cancer

Kirtanananda Swami, an early and influential leader in ISKCON and New Vrindaban history has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will be starting chemotherapy. Although he made his mistakes, he was much loved and forgiven by Srila Prabhupada and contributed greatly to the advancement of Krishna Consciousness in America.

Details are scarce, so I don’t know what stage lung cancer he has.

Lung Cancer Stages and Survival Rates

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