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Hindu Leader Calls For Chinese-style Crackdown
Crispin Thor°ld on a sinister campaign to nationalise the Indian Church A RIGHT-WING Hindu organisation, with links to the Indian government, has angered Catholics in India by......
Blessed Padre Pio To Become A Saint Next Year
By Bruce Johnston, Rome correspondent PLANS TO CANONISE Padre Pio are pressing ahead, with the ceremony expected to take place as early as next year, according to Italian......
Converts Cross The Tiber
HUNDREDS of converts, including bishops and priests, crossed the Tiber last week during a special Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome. The Path to Rome 2000 congress, sponsored by the......
Pope's Sights Set On Moscow
POPE JOHN Paul 11 is still hopeful of a landmark ecumenical meeting with the Russian Orthodox patriarch, a top Vatican official has said. Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of......
The Text Of Pope John Paul Ii's Weekly General Audience,...
"Dear Brother.% and Sisters, the Eucharist is the Sacrament which both symbolises and brings about the unity of the Church. "When Christians celebrate and receive the Eucharist,......
Asia
Clinton calls for tolerance BILL CLINTON appealed to the Vietnamese government to allow more religious freedom ahead of a visit to the country this week, the Catholic news......
Americas
Defend life, says US bishop As AMERICA awaits the outcome of the strangest Presidential election in it history, the country's most senior bishop has said the most important......
Middle East
Vatican praises Iran A SENIOR VATICAN official has praised Iran's "respectful treatment" of its Christian minority. Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, Prefect of the Congregation for......
Africa
Moratorium on GM food SOIITH AFRICA'S bishops have called for a moratorium on genetically modified food. The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said last week that......