NewsMarch 20, 2005
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Protests held on second anniversary of Iraq war; Boston archbishop will include women in ritual
Protests held on second anniversary of Iraq war
NEW YORK -- Anti-war activists marched in the streets of American cities big and small Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Across Europe, tens of thousands of protesters also packed streets and public parks to protest the war. In England, 45,000 people marched from London's Hyde Park past the American Embassy to Trafalgar Square, while an estimated 15,000 people marched in Turkey.
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Boston archbishop will include women in ritual
BOSTON -- Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley has decided to wash the feet of both women and men during this year's Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual, a year after angering Catholic women by washing only men's feet. O'Malley's practice of washing only men's feet upset some Catholics last year,
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