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Bishop Backs Lay Ministry In Prisons
by Rita Wall CATHOLICS were urged this week to become more involved in working with prisoners by Bishop Gerald Mahon. The lay ministry is a great support to the work of the......
Primate-elect Depores Killings
CATHOLICS have been warned to watch out for their lives after four Protestants were killed at the weekend in the latest spate of sectarian murders in Northern Ireland. The four......
Schools' Plan Under Fire From Teachers
THE diocese of Westminster has been accused of a "shoddy" compromise by a group of teachers angered at the decision to amalgamate their east London school. The teachers, from......
Leak Threatens Priests' Support
• by Joanna Moorhead FEARS for the future of a programme which provides pastoral and spiritual support for priests were eSpressed this week in the Wake of a leak of a......
Ritual Child Abuse Enquiry Set Up
SENIOR officials from several denominations are investigating tIte extent of ritual child abuse in Britain. The group, under the auspices of the Council of Churches for Britain......
Ipswich Success Story
AN appeal, launched a year ago to convert a fourteenth century church in Ipswich into a multipurpose cultural centre, has brisught in over £50,000. "We are very encouraged by......
Liverpool Mugger's Victim
A MERSEYSIDE nun was viciously mugged by a man who threw her against a wall before ripping a cross and chain from her neck. The 41 year old sister, who is not being named, was......
Russian Return
A GROUP of 22 Russians visited the north east of England last week, taking in Durham cathedral, Holy Island and a number of schools including St Benet Biscop's Catholic High.......
From The Bishops' Diaries
THE bishops are all attending a meeting of the English and Welsh hierarchy this coming week at London Colney starting on Tuesday arid lasting until Friday morning, After the......
Obituaries
KNIGHT of St Gregory Francis Arthur Tolhurst has died. Educated at Beaumont College and Christ's College, Cambridge, he joined the Catholic Truth Society as organising secretary......
Coming Events London Lighthouse Organise A Prayer Service...
evening at 7 pm in the basement, CARA, 178 Lancaster Road, London W11, for carers and people living with information contact Fr John White. THE Revd Richard Chartres, Gresham......
Renewal Appeal
THE saddest aspect of Catholicism today is its refusal to accept women fully in the church, writer Peter de Rosa told a weekend seminar of the Catholic Renewal Movement. "We......