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Archbishop Bans Pro-abortion Politicians From Communion
Unprecedented sanctions spark row over Church-state separation, writes Simon Caldwell A N A MERICAN archbishop has taken the unprecedented step of threatening to bar Catholic......
Pro-choice Group Prints Catholic Blacklist
BY SIMON CALDWELL A PRO - ABORTION group has published a blacklist of European Catholic organisations and individuals. The list drawn up by Catholics For a Free Choice, a group......
Bishop’s Plea For Priest Killer
A N A MERICAN bishop has told churchgoers that the man accused of murdering their priest should not face the death penalty. Bishop Paul Bootkoski of Metuchen, New Jersey, told......
Twenty Bishops To Retire In 2004
M ORE THAN 20 American bishops are likely to retire this year on the grounds of age. Bishop Anthony Bosco of Greensburg was the first to go when he retired on January 2 at the......
Church Speaks Out For Justice
T HE C HURCH in Venezuela “cannot remain silent” about the country’s crisis, even in the face of attacks and calumnies, said the president of the bishops’ conference. Archbishop......
Marchers Seek Unifying Vision
T HE SPONSORS of a massive annual pro-life march in the United States have chosen the theme of “unity” for this year’s demonstration. To mark the 31st anniversary of the Supreme......
Pope Names New Bishops
J OHN P AUL II named Bishop Raymond Roussin of Victoria as archbishop of Vancouver in British Columbia. Bishop Roussin, 64, will succeed Archbishop Adam Exner, who reached the......
Missionaries Freed In Brazil
T HREE MISSIONARIES kidnapped in the Amazon region were released in a good state of health, according to the provincial superior of the Consolata missionaries. The Consolata......
Bishops Attack Cloning Law
N EW J ERSEY ’ S Governor signed into law a Bill that the American bishops said was “designed to encourage government-sanctioned ‘human foetus farms”. Speaking for the US......
College Snubs Pro-life Club
A C ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY in the United States has refused to officially recognise a pro-life club for students. The Student Bar Association at Gonzaga University School of Law in......
Audit Reveals Abuse Response
T HE A MERICAN Catholic bishops have announced that a newly published report on audits of diocesan responses to sexual abuse and child protection showed that they were “keeping......
Pope’s Sorrow After Jet Crash
T HE P OPE expressed his profound sympathy for the death of 148 passengers who died in a Paris-bound jetliner that crashed after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. In a......
Plea For End To Civil War
T HE H OLY F ATHER appealed to all sides involved in Ivory Coast’s 15-month-old civil war to lay down their weapons. The Pope made his remarks on Saturday when he received in......
Church Buries Burundi Nuncio
T HERE WERE widespread expressions of sadness for the killing of Archbishop Michael Courtney in Burundi. The 58 year-old archbishop had been papal nuncio to Burundi since 2000.......
Church Seeks Year Of Peace
T HE SUPERIOR of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land made a New Year’s appeal to political leaders worldwide to make 2004 “the year of the rebirth of dialogue and peace”.......
General Audience
T HE E NGLISH summary of Pope John Paul II’s weekly general audience, given at St Peter’s on Wednesday, January 7, 2004: “Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Church’s celebration of......