Page 1, 11th November 1988
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Fungus Threat Toshroud S Survival
by Vivienne Hewitt in Rome THE Shroud of Turin, which the Vatican still holds sacred despite its scientific dating at around the 14th century, is slowly disintegrating, attacked......
Parents' Poll On 'opting-out' For Vaughan
by Peter Stanford WEST London's Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, threatened with losing its sixth form under diocesan reorganisation plans, looks set to be the first Catholic......
Shipyard Tensions
TENSION is rising in Poland between Solidarity and the government following Mrs Thatcher's visit there last week. Last Sunday the leader of the banned trade union Lech Walesa......
Plea For Risley Chaplain
THE Senior Catholic Chaplain for the Midland and North Regions of the Prison service has written an open letter to all priests asking them to consider becoming Chaplain at the......
Rome Opposes Drug Laws
by our Rome correspondent THE Vatican has criticised the Italian government's parliamentary proposal to treat drug addiction as a crime punishable by prison and fines. And......
Cafod Keep Costs To Minimum
FIGURES out this week show the Catholic Third World charity CAFOD spent less on overheads than any other major development agency. CAFOD, which has its headquarters in Brixton,......
Inside
John Paul gets the "green bug" — the Vatican and the environment, page 3 Lessons in appreciation — Cardinal Basil Hume on Catholic schools, page 8 A lack of dignity on......
Churches Urge Bradford Re-think
by Martin Newland IN THE wake of Tory controlled Bradford City Council's decision to make sweeping cuts in jobs and social services, local church leaders have issued a statement......