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Coma Case Splits Ireland's Hierarchy
JAvip.; PENN COIIRT DECISION to allow a woman's life support system to be switched off after 20 years has caused division among senior Irish clerics. The Irish High Court ruled......
Argentine Church Re-examines Itself
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH in Argentina is to re-examine next December its role during the so-called "dirty war" waged by the military government against rebels in the 1970s and '80s.......
Scorcese Film Riles Israel's Christians
HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIANS took to the street on 6 May to protest against the local cable TV company's screening of Martin Scorcese's controversial film, "The Last Temptation of......
Child Abuse Claims Rock Us Diocese
T he Catholic Church in the USA state of New Mexico faces bankruptcy as the result of child abuse claims against it. The Santa Fe archdiocese is currently facing 135 lawsuits......
Women Priests: `a Blind Alley'
BY EAMONN O'LEARY THE ARCIIDISHOP OF Dublin has criticised proponents of the female ordination issue for "leading the faithful into a blind alley". The matter of priestly......
News In Brief
Mission motives WHILE EUROPEAN missionaries accompanied colonialists to many parts of the world, the aim of the missionaries was spiritual, not political, said the Pope. Despite......