Page 2, 10th December 1976

10th December 1976
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Ecumenical Gesture By Catholic Social Club

A CATHOLIC social club at Haverhill, Suffolk, is to allow its non-Catholic associate members to vote at club meetings and have a say in the organisation of social events. Fr......

Most Irish Altars 'lack Artistic Value'

A STRONG plea for realism about the quality of the altars in many of Ireland's 3,000-odd Catholic churches comes today from the official body responsible for advising the Church......

Fr Baum To Seek Laicisation

Fr Gregory Baum, the wellknown Augustinian theolo g ian, announced in Toronto his decision to resign from the active priesthood and petition the Vatican for laicisation. He is a......

Development Forum

Continued from pa g e 1 The only part of VCOAD to survive after December will be the education unit. Mr Prentice has agreed that the unit should continue as an independent......

Main Religions `should Stay As Charities'

By Richard )41% - vden The committee, which was chaired by Lord Goodman, recommends that a Charities Board should be set up to advise the Charity Commissioners on who should and......

Catholics In Us Congress A Record

A record number of Catholics -129 — will serve in the newly-elected 95th United States Congress, according to a survey conducted by Christianity Today, an evangelical Protestant......

South African Government Bans Ycw Leaders

the founder of South Africa's Young Christian Workers, Mr Eric Tyacke and his wife Jean, have been 'banned' for five years by a South African court. Archbishop Joseph Fitzgerald......

Soviet Detente Move Called 'sinister'

THE "sinister implications" of Vatican Soviet detente have been highlighted in an article by Dennis Dunn in the latest issue of "Religion in Communist Lands." published by......

British Companies In Caribbean Criticised

A NUMBER of British companies operating in the Caribbean tolerate "irksome or oppressive" shopfloor conditions for their workers, according to the second report from the Select......

Missionary Superiorsgeneral Meet

by William Burridge, WF THE Superiors-General of the Church's biggest missionary order, or their delegates, came to London from Rome last week to discuss the progress of......