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Israel Makes Up To Holy See After Spat

Edward Pentin’s Vatican Notebook I t was described in the secular press as an “unholy war of words” that left relations between the Holy See and Israel in tatters. Yet the......

In Brief

Catholic priests die in ambush T WO C ATHOLIC priests have been killed in Colombia in an ambush by left-wing paramilitaries. The attack on Monday killed four men altogether. The......

Wartime Bombs Found In Mass Field

Dan Frank reports on problems besetting World Youth Day T HOUSANDS of unexploded British bombs have been found buried where Pope Benedict XVI is due to address young Catholics......

Nuns Receive Death Threats

BY DAN FRANK T WO NUNS and a community leader from northern Paraguay have received anonymous death threats apparently linked to their work on behalf of landless peasant......

Benedict’s Old House Goes On The Market

BY STAFF REPORTER T HE OWNER of the house where Pope Benedict XVI first lived has put it on the market, with bidding to close on Monday. “The decision for the sale came about......

Mexican Bishops Oppose Killer Pill

BY STAFF REPORTER F IFTEEN Mexican bishops have asked the nation’s Supreme Court to order the federal Health Ministry to withdraw the morning-after pill from its basic......