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Be Franker, Vatican Bank Head Is Urged World Bulletin
VATICAN NOTEBOOK Edward Pentin he American economy should not be written off, but growth will only be achieved if the country comes together with other nations on implementing......
Conspiracy Theory About Assassination Is ʻnonsense'
THE BROTHER of assassinated Catholic government minister Shahbaz Bhatti has joined Christians in rejecting the idea that family and property disputes were behind the March......
God's Work Is Urgent, Says Pope
TEMPORAL things can wait – only the things of God merit acting upon without hesitation, Pope Benedict XVI has said. God’s words and his will are the only things “that are truly......
Ordination Views Clarified
A PORTUGUESE cardinal has been summoned to a meeting at the Vatican and asked to clarify statements in which he suggested that there was no “fundamental obstacle” to the......
Bishops Seek Drought Aid
THE DROUGHT and famine afflicting East Africa are “a humanitarian crisis that cries out for help to Christians throughout the world”, the president of the US bishops’ conference......
Archbishop Appeals To Governor
A US ARCHBISHOP has unsuccessfully tried to persuade the state governor of Maryland not to support gay marriage. Two days before Governor Martin O’Malley, a Catholic, announced......
Patriarch Says Copts Are Afraid In Egypt
BY ANDY TELLI IN NASHVILLE , TENNESSEE IN THE WAKE of the revolution that toppled Egypt’s authoritarian government last winter, the country’s Christians remain fearful, yet......
Croatia’s Seizure Of Monastery Shocks Vatican
BY CAROL GLATZ IN ROME A TRACT of disputed Church property in Croatia is being returned to the Croatian government after a justice minister annulled a series of past property......
Bishop Says El Salvador Is Plagued By Violence
BY PATRICIA ZAPOR THE REALITY of life in post-war El Salvador is that nearly 20 years later violence continues to plague much of the country, Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez......