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Contract Battle Widens Row Over Sacked Teacher
BY MuRRAY WHITE A SENIOR NATIONAL teachers' union official this week attacked Catholic contracts of employment in schools, which she claimed "infringe unfairly on private......
Blasphemous' Festival Play Causes Outrage
BY PIERS MCGRANDLE T HIS YEAR'S Edi burgh Fringe Festival has been bombarded by c s for censorship after com laints of blasphemy fro the public. One show in parti ar, a......
Bishop Kelly Offers Timorese Support
BY JAMES PENN STRONG SUPPORT FOR the plight of East Timor the Pacific country invaded and oppressed by neighbouring Indonesia has come from Catholic Bishops in Britain. The......
Catholic Mp Seeks To Reverse Vat On Fuel
C ATHOtiC MP JOE Benton this week launched a national petition which will urge the Government to abandon its plans to further increase VAT on domestic fuel bills in the autumn.......
Belfast Warning To The 'innocent'
BY PIERS MCGRANDLE A CATHOLIC BELFAST councillor has warned of an attempt by Loyalists to "drive innocent Catholics out of their homes" following the brutal torture and murder......
Ecclesia Climbs A Higher Soapbox
A leading Anglo-Catholic society, Ecclesia, has condemned the Church of England as a hindrance to the preaching of the Christian Gospel. Writing in the Society's newsletter, the......
News In Brief
Restored Abbey THE RESTORED CHAPTER house of Ballintubber Abbey, Co Mayo, which has remained derelict since it was destroyed by Cromwell, was opened this week by Irish President......
Obituaries
Fr Dunstan Thill CJ SUPERIOR OF THE Josephite Congregation at St George's College, Weybridge, Dunstan mill, died on 26 July. He was 76. Born in July 1918, Fr Dunstan joined the......