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In Eucharist Row
Politicians must publicly renounce their pro-choice views before they are admitted to Communion, reports Miguel Cullen T HREE American bishops have said that they will refuse......
Nigerian Cardinal Bars Men With Curly Hair, Tight Jeans...
BY FREDDY GRAY M EN WITH greasy permed hair, tight jeans and earrings are not only barred from the world of fashion, they are now also forbidden from entering Catholic churches......
Pope Supports Mothers Who Opt Against Abortion
BY DAN FRANK P OPE J OHN Paul II has given an “affectionate greeting” to five mothers who decided not to have abortions and to keep their babies. Around 3,000 pilgrims gathered......
Ratzinger Says Revival Will Not Fill Churches
BY DAN FRANK C ARDINAL Joseph Ratzinger has spoken out in defence of “the new springtime” of the Church, but explained that its effects are likely to be spiritual rather than......
Bishop Angers Flock With Ban On Bingo
Bishop Peter Sartain of Little Rock, has made a few enemies among his flock in Arkansas, banning bingo. Bishop Sartain wrote to priests and administrators telling them to stop......
Fears Over Suicide Rise
T HE V ATICAN is concerned about the rising number of suicides in Japan. “In the alarming statistics of suicides are the symptoms of the malaise of a whole society, invaded by a......
Sorrow Over Desecration
C ARDINAL Thomas Williams of Wellington, New Zealand, has written to the city’s Jewish community expressing his deep sadness at the desecration of Jewish graves at two local......