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Side-stepping Chile's Booby Traps
JOHN Paul II suffered tear gas fumes, but avoided boody traps during his five day Chilean visit. The tear gas police fired at a demonstration made John Paul's eyes water during......
Namibia Vendetta
THE Council of Churches in Namibia has condemned the "vendetta" being waged by the South-African appointed government against the vicargeneral of the Catholic Church there, Fr......
Yugoslav Problems
IN an interview with Veritas Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb has said that the problems between church and state in his country are rooted in ideology. "The whole of official......
Czech Visit?
SPEAKING on Vatican Radio, Fr Petr Kolar, an emigre Czech priest, has expressed his optimism that Pope John Paul will soon visit Czechosolavkia. Fr Kolar pointed to the fact......
Aid Budget Cut
TROCAIRE, the Irish bishops' agency for world development, has attacked the decision of the new Irish government to peg overseas aid at 1986 levels.......
Klan Warning
CATHOLICS who join the Ku Klux Klan and organisations which promote racism "act in violation of Catholic teaching". the administrative board of the US Catholic bishops have......
Andy Warhol
THE artist Andy Warhol (pictured below) was "a simple, humble modest person, a child of God who in his own life cherished others" according to Fr Anthony Dalla Villa who was......
Halting 'sex-tourism' Trade
by Joanna Moorhead IN JAPAN, holiday package deals can include a lot more than sand and sun. More and more of them offer women, too — anything from a prostitute to a wife. Most......
Prison Terror In South African Detention
by Brian Dooley FR Casimir Paulsen told the Catholic Herald earlier this week about his ordeal at the hands of the Transkei security police in a South African prison. Fr Paulsen......