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Body recovered after Catholic sect group hit by Swiss avalanche
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2009 The body of a French seminarist in an ultra-traditionalist Roman Catholic sect swept away in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps has been found, a group official said Thursday. "The body of the seminarist, from the Paris region, was found a few hours ago," a spokesman for the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X said. The search for the last still missing group member, from Caen in northern France, was continuing, the spokesman said. Police said bad weather was hampering search efforts. The two were in a group of seven seminarists who were hit by an avalanche on Wednesday on a slope near Cleuson Lake in Switzerland's Valais region, a statement said earlier. Four of the group were swept away in the avalanche but the three who escaped helped guide rescue services to the scene who managed to dig two out of the snow. One of the two was dead while the other was injured but left hospital after treatment, police said. The Society of Saint Pius X is currently in the eye of a storm over comments by its British-born bishop Richard Williamson questioning the Holocaust, which were broadcast just three days before Pope Benedict XVI decided to lift his excommunication and that of three other senior members of the sect. The pontiff, who has come under tremendous pressure over his decision, on Thursday condemned Holocaust denial as "intolerable." The Vatican has said Williamson must retract his denials of the Holocaust before he can be rehabilitated. Related Links It's A White Out at TerraDaily.com
Freak ice storm strikes western Canada
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 9, 2009An unusual bout of warm winter weather turned snow into freezing rain Monday in western Canada, coating much of Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces in ice, snapping power lines and halting travel. |
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