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Arab League Warms To English Archbishop World Bulletin
Edward Pentin’s Vatican Notebook F urther advances with the Muslim world were made last week when the Pope met Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League. Their......
Bishops Urge Jacob Zuma To Combat Aids Epidemic
WITH JACOB Zuma set to become South Africa’s president, the leader of the Southern African bishops has urged him to focus on the country’s weakest people and to intensify the......
Clean Up Pollution, President Told
A CATHOLIC archbishop has delivered more than 9,500 letters to Peru’s president demanding the clean-up of a town where many children suffer from lead poisoning because of......
Bishop And Sultan Unite
A NIGERIAN Catholic archbishop and the Sultan of Sokoto have said the socalled religious violence between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria is not, in fact, about religion but......
Bomb Attack Condemned
POPE BENEDICT XVI has condemned a bombing attack against a Bolivian cardinal, calling the incident a “deplorable act”. “Any act of violence committed with the intention of......
Agencies Deplore Sri Lanka Violence
BY ANNA ARCO CATHOLIC AID agencies have called for an end to Sri Lankan civil war, as thousands have been killed and at least 100,000 have been displaced in the last few months......
Gunmen Murder Iraqi Christians
IRAQ ’ S CHRISTIAN community is in shock after the murder of three people including a newly engaged man and a woman just a year into her marriage. Susan Latif David and her......
Former Diplomat Rejects Honour Over Obama Invitation
BY STAFF REPORTER FORMER US Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon has turned down the prestigious Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame in protest at its......
Swine Flu Outbreak Hits Masses
BY STAFF REPORTER CARDINAL NORBERTO Rivera Carrera of Mexico City prayed to Our Lady of Guadalupe and cancelled Masses in the archdiocese last Sunday due to an outbreak of swine......