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Catholics Urged To Rally Against Cuts
ALL CATHOLICS, including Church leaders, should make a constant effort to seek out the poor and the downtrodden and try to ease their burden. That is the priority picked out by......
Last Ditch Plea From Pro Lifers For Corrie Bill
By Christopher Howse While the Corrie Bill to amend the abortion law seemed on the edge of failure through lack of time this week, pro-lifers turned the attention of their......
The Herald Says
MANOEUVRES in the House of Commons and the Foreign Office this week have ably demonstrated the sad truth that in public life the politics of expedience can all too easily take......
Pope Calls For End To False Trappings
lin. POPE has asked for a generous response to Lenten appeals as a way of witnessing to the charity of Christ and building up a much-needed "civilisation of Love." Pope John......
Czech 'repression' Condemned
By Christopher Rolls THE Jesuits have accused the Czechoslovakian government of continued violation of religious freedom, According to a report issued last week in Rome, the......
Transport Charges
SEVERAL local education authorities have announced that they will drop any idea of charges for school transport completely. The LEAs involved are MidGlamorgan, Devon, Dorset,......
Shrine Fight Climb-down
THE battle over the four-lane ring road planned to cut off the great Polish shrine of Czestochowa from the town has ended in a climb-down by the Polish authorities. It had been......
Assassination
vinoRio BACHELET, president of Catholic Action, was assassinated in Rome on Tuesday. The •Pope and his secretary of state, Cardinal Casaroli, have condemned the killing.......