Page 3, 10th December 1982

10th December 1982
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Chas Hits Out At Tenants House Buying Plan

Tory scheme for council houses 'unworkable' PLANS drawn up by a Government think tank that could lead to the virtual abolition of rented council accommodation brought a swift......

Down's Child Home

ALEXANDRA, the Down's Syndrome baby who underwent a life-saving intestinal operation in August last year against her parents' wishes, has returned to her family after a year in......

How Bishops Planned A Kick In The Teeth

Our bishops want to re-organise their Commissions. But could they be sitting on a time bomb? Christopher Rails reports. THE RESHAPING of the Bishops' Conference of England and......

Prayer At Greenham Common

CATHOLICS are likely to be involved in a blockade of Greenham Common Air Base on Monday, organised by the Women's Peace Camp. Pax Christi, the Catholic peace movement, supports......

Abortion Limit Bill Falls Amid Clashes

THREE women demonstrators were ejected from the gallery of the House of Lords during a heated debate on a Bill to tighten up the Abortion Act on Monday. The demonstrators had......

Taxpayers Foot £1,000m In A Year's Divorce Bill

DIVORCES in Britain cost the taxpayer over £1,000 million a year according to Reconciliation and Conciliation in the Context of Divorce, a document published on December 7 by......

Bishop's Call To Youth

YOUNG CATHOLICS were this week urged by Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood to "build a world which will not be under nuclear threat" and to reverse the trend of......

Chesterton Sketches Of Biography Discovered

by Christopher Howse A BOOK of illustrations by G. K. Chesterton has been brought to light after 90 years. The manuscript notebook contains 132 Clerihews — the brilliant comic......