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Pope Meets Kofi Annan For Kosovo Peace Talks
By Luke Coppen THE POPE and UN secretary general Kofi Annan met on the feast of Corpus Christi last week to discuss the crisis in Kosovo. Kofi Annan described the audience as......
Pope Attacks Legal China's Leaders Parity For Unmarried...
THE POPE has criticised moves in Europe to give unmarried partners the same legal rights as married couples. Speaking at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the......
Release Hostages, Pope Tells Terrorists
THE POPE has demanded that Glombian guerrillas release hostages lolnapped during a Mass. At his general audience last week, he spoke of his sadness at the nears that an armed......
Jingles The Key To Filling Churches
By Bruce Johnston in Rome THE VATICAN, concerned that the Church is not doing enough to attract the young, is urging bishops to advertise. In a new document, signed by Cardinal......
Europe Veronica's Veil 'rediscovered'
A GERMAN priest has claimed to have rediscovered the legendary veil of Veronica — almost 400 years after its mysterious disappearance Fr Heinrich Pfeiffer Si, professor of......
Church Denies Persecution In Belarus
A CHURCH official in Belarus denied reports that the government has put pressure on foreign priests to leave the country. Fr Stanislaw Paulina, chancellor of Pinsk Diocese, said......
Asia
Church calls for peace as India and Pakistan face war CHURCH leaders in India called for restraint as tensions rose between India and Pakistan following Indian air strikes on......
Timor To Vote In Shadow Of Violence
BISHOP Carlos Belo of Dili has made a desperate plea for the referendum on East Timor's independence from Indonesia to be postponed — unless peace is quickly restored to the......