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Pope Gives Blessing To Brown Debt Initiative
P OPE J OHN Paul II has given his official backing to an initiative spearheaded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to halve world poverty by 2015. In a written address to......
Cafod Rues Government Aid Failure
C ATHOLIC AID agency Cafod has expressed its disappointment at the Government's failure to meet its promise on overseas aid by 2008. The Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending......
Help Refugees, Says Aos
C OMMODORE Chris York, National Director of the Apostleship of the Sea, has criticised governments whose unwillingness to receive refugees puts the captains of ships into a......
Youths To Serve In Slovakia
T HREE B RITISH Jesuit students have become the first YBJA (Young British Jesuit Alumniae) volunteers to offer themselves for a new Summer Service project in Slovakia. Martin......
Mps Cross Bridges For Life
The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP and Jim Dobbin MP led walkers across the bridges of Central London last Sunday to raise funds for Right to Life, an organisation which fights for......
Hardy Priest Sought To Tend Flock In The Chilly South...
BY FREDDY GRAY A RE YOU a priest who is fed up with the grind and havoc of pastoral life in England and Wales? Are you approaching retirement? Or considering an early......
Bishop Backs Law On Gangmasters
BY DAVID V BARRETT N EW LEGISLATION to protect migrant workers has been welcomed by Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue of Lancaster. The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act received Royal Assent......