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General Absolution Limited By Pope
GENERAL ABSOLUTION, the sacrament by which a large number of people can receive forgiveness from their sins at a special service, is not generally acceptable to the Church, Pope......
Church Calls For 'urgent' Action On Warnock
by Jonathan Petre URGENT legislation is needed to ban all practices harmful to the human embryo generated in the testtube, a major Church report said this week. All forms of......
Jesuits Dismiss Rebel Priest
by Peter Stanford FR Fernando Cardenal, Minister of Education in the Sandinista Government of Nicaragua, dismissed from the Society of Jesus earlier this week, has claimed that......
Sa Bishops Condemn Police Violence In Black Townships
b.). Jack O'Sullivan THE "reckless or wanton violence" of the South African police force during the past few month's civil disturbances has been condemned in a strongly worded......
Means Test Hits Priests
A NUMBER of priests in central London have staged a minirebellion over the amount of money each parish is being asked to pay to subsidise Westminster diocese's central......
Away In A ' Guest House' Christmas Traditions Such As The
carol Away in a Manager and nativity scenes have been challenged this week by theological college professor. Dr Kenneth Bailey, Professor of New Testament at the Near Eastern......
For Her, Christmas Day Is The Longest Day Of The Year
For too many old people, Ch ristmas morning brings nothing but the promise of anot her day of loneliness, No wonder the hours drag by so cruelly. It's a tragic situation. And......