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Bishop Dunn Is Buried In Cathedral
BY ED WEST AND PETER JENNINGS THE FUNERAL of Bishop Kevin Dunn of Hexham and Newcastle took place on Tuesday at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastleupon-Tyne. The Archbishop of......
Mps Hold Faith Schools Inquiry
BY SIMON CALDWELL MPS WERE this week due to force a bishop to explain why he has banned "values-free" sex education from schools in his diocese and ordered crucifixes to be put......
Murders Of Poles Prompt Call For Summit On Violent Ireland
BY CIAN PAOLLOY DUBLIN needs a community summit to address the growing levels of violence in Irish society, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said at a memorial Mass for......
Five Centuries Of Blasphemy Law Abolished By Lords Amendment
BY SIMON CALDWELL 1HI: CRIMNAL offence of blasphemy against Christianity is to be abolished in England and Wales. The House of Lords last week voted by 148 votes to 87 to......
News Bulletin
Archbishop McDonald to undergo heart surgery ARctunsHoa Kevin McDonof the arteries leading to the ald of Southwark was heart. A piece of blood vessel preparing to have a heart......
Hospital Gains Three New Directors
THREE new directors have been appointed to the board of St John and St Elizabeth Hospital only weeks after the majority of the board was asked to resign. Nicholas Mostyn QC, a......
Pax Christi Prayer Vigil For Iraq
PAX CHRISTI, a Catholic peace group. has announced that a prayer vigil will be held outside Downing Street to mark the five-year anniversary of the Iraq war. The vigil is......
Cardinal Releases Video For Schools
CARDINAL Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has released a video message on the internet which urges children to "make newcomers welcome" in schools and parishes. The video can be seen on......