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Church Plea After Rwanda Massacres
BY CRISTINA ODONE AND LUCY LETHBRIDGE Witn.E THE POPE pleaded for aI end to the "catastrophic wave" of violence that is sweeping the central African country of Rwanda this week,......
Cia Linked To 1981 Papal Killing Apology
IN OUR ISSUE FOR 18 February we published a report in which it was alleged that Mr Michael Ledeen, a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC and......
Video Nasties: 'no Quick The
IN THE WEEK of Catholic MP David Alton's successful bid for ti g hter controls on "video nasties", Catholic media experts have warned that government legislation will never be......
Pope Unveils Sistine Ceiling
John Ryan P OPE JOHN PAUL II unveiled Michelangelo's restored Last Judgement at a Mass in the Sistine Chapel last Friday. After four years of painstaking restoration, the......
Wales May Be New Haven For Anglicans
BY MURRAY WHITE ENGLISH ANGLO—CATHOLIC dissidents may now ditch plans to join the Catholic Church, turning instead to the Church of Wales following its decision not to allow......
First African Synod Opens
BY VIVIANE HEWITT IN Rome THE FIRST EVER African Synod opened this week to the beat of bongo drums in the Vatican Basilica of St Peter's. Faithful in traditional costumes danced......
Padre Pio Relics Stolen From His Shrine
BY OUR ROME CORRSRONDENT T4 IEVES BROKE INTO a Padre Pio sanctuary this week and stole four relics of the famous Capuchin monk with the stigmata a lock of hair, a blood-stained......