THE Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Tomas 0 Fiaich, visited the drought-stricken areas of Ethiopia this week, accompanied by Brian McKeown, the director of Trocaire, the Irish development agency.
French racism
CARDINAL Jean-Marie Lusliger has condemned the murder last weekend of a Moroccan immigrant at the French resort of Renton. "I urn afraid I may become ashamed of my country" because of growing racial intolerance, the Cardinal said.
Hit the jackpot
FR Joseph Faragni of Yorktown, New York is giving away his £1.2 million prize in e state lottery. "The money is nice, but I don't really need it", he said.
Malta meeting
VATICAN officials. Archbishop Mereieca of Malta and Prime Minister, Carmelo Mifsud Bunnici met in Valetta last week to discuss tense church-state relations on the Island and the vexed question of church schools.