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Pope To Visit Nation Engulfed By Secularism
Edward Pentin’s Vatican Notebook wenty years after the fall of Soviet Communism Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Czech Republic next week at a time when the former Communist......
World Bulletin
Pontiff to visit Malta in his first overseas trip of 2010 POPE BENEDICT XVI plans to visit Malta next April to commemorate the 1,950th anniversary of St Paul’s shipwreck on the......
Vatican Instals Solar Collectors
AS PART of its long-term clean-energy initiatives the Vatican has installed high-tech solar collectors to help heat and cool its buildings. The installation came about a year......
Popeʼs New Book On Jesus
POPE BENEDICT XVI ’s second volume on the life of Jesus is likely to be completed next spring. The book is expected to cover Christ’s childhood, passion, death and resurrection.......
Gay Adoption Law For Uruguay
URUGUAY has become the first Latin American country to allow homosexual couples to adopt children, thereby forcing the Christian Family Movement to call a halt to its adoption......
Archbishop Quizzed About Scam
POLISH COURT officials have questioned retired Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski of Gdansk about a £15 million scam by a Church publishing house, Stella Maris. Przemyslaw Strzelecki,......
Pro-lifer Shot Dead During Abortion Vigil
BY ED WEST A VETERAN pro-life campaigner has been shot dead outside an anti-abortion vigil in the United States. James Pouillon was killed while on a pro-life protest near a......
Christians In Pakistan Pray For Violent Islamists
BY STAFF REPORTER ABOUT a million Christians gathered at Pakistan’s most popular Marian shrine have prayed for a “transformation” of the hearts of Islamists terrorists. Fr......
Benedict Criticises Careerism In Church
BY JOHN THAVIS IN ROME ORDAINING FIVE new bishops, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged a spirit of service and criticised careerism in the Church. “We know how life in society and not......