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Chile's Vicariate For Solidarity: Threatened?
Letter from Santiago by Desmond O'Grady JOHN Paul ll's visit to Chile brought worldwide attention to the admirable Santiago Diocese human rights watchdog committee: the......
Bishop's Arrest?
TWO US bishops face possible arrest next week when they embark on an act of civil disobedience as part of a major anti-war protest scheduled to take place at Nevada's nuclear......
Church Praised
THE CATHOLIC Church in El Salvador received the United Nations' Children's Fund Maurice Pate Award for its "constant and tireless work" in support of child survival during a......
Namibian Home
THE ANAMULENGE Catholic Mission opened the first home for the disabled in Namibia on April 7 when Bishop Bonifatius Haushiku head of the Vicarate of Windhoek welcomed the first......
Czech Jailing
Czech Catholic priest, Fr Stefan Jahovsky, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for celebrating Mass in a private home without state permission earlier this month.......
Mexico Support
MEXICAN bishops were given the official support of two leftwing political parties earlier this month, in their demand for constitutional rights for religious to vote in the......
• Marcinkus Affair
ONE of the Vatican's leading publications, Settimana, urged last week that Archbishop Paul Marcinkus resign over his role in the Banco Ambrosiano incident, which led to the 1982......
Violent Intrigue Plagues Malta
THE DATE has now been set. On May 9, Malta's two rival political parties will contest an election which will be the climax of a long-drawn political crisis which has virtually......
Viennese Protest
THOUSANDS of Austrian Catholics marched through the streets of Vienna last week to protest the enthronement of auxiliary bishop Kurt Krenn. The protesters, who carried posters......
Walesa Book Hits France
LECH WALESA, leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity trade union, and winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, has embarked on a new career: writing. The French publishing house,......
One Meal A Day For Hard Pressed Bolivian Tin Miners
THE plight of the Bolivian tin miners was highlighted earlier this week with the publication of The Great Tin Crash by the Latin American Bureau. Bolivia is the poorest country......
"religious War" And Sa's Elections
WHITE South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday in an atmosphere described by Anthony Sampson as "a religious war". Mr Sampson edited the influential South African magazine......