Page 2, 20th May 1988
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Stroessner Snubs Pope
AGAINST a backdrop of military pomp and ceremony, hundreds of schoolchildren with shaven heads joined troops in two days of marches over the weekend to commemmorate Independence......
Aids Reflection
ABOARD his flight to Uruguay last week Pope John Paul II advised the US bishops to "reflect" on their controversial AIDS policy statement to "find their own expression for that......
Nancy Axed Pro-life Pled
by Peter Stanford NOT only does America's First Lady rely on star gazers to plot every twist and turn of her husband's public performances, she also over-rules him on the......
Papal Audience Goers Face Prison
MOTORING tourists to the Vatican this summer will not only face up to £500 fines for parking too close to St Peter's, but a year in jail as well. The harsh new measures due for......
Abortion Law
ITALY'S Parliament is debating a reform of the controversial Abortion law introduced in 1978 after a referendum. It allows national health subsidised abortions within a period......
Vigilante Horror Exposed
A SOUTH African lawyer whose firm represents the trade union movement COSATU was among those who spoke at the CIIR conference on Vigilantes and Death Squads last Wednesday and......
Lustiger Savages Le Pen
by Donald Heinrich in Paris WITH the apparent failure of President Mitterand's overtures to centrist politicians to form a workable government, the French are returning to the......
Vatican Boost For East Timor's Oppressed Catholics
THE situation in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, forcibly annexed by Indonesia in defiance of the UN since 1975, has recently been discussed by the Council of Europe......
Letter From Lisbon
It is believed that this nomination will give Mgr Belo more weight in the diocese, and avoid his having to have recourse to Indonesian bishops to ordain priests.......
Macau's Fate
MACAU, the Portuguese territory in China is another delicate matter. It has been agreed that like Hong Kong its administration will be transferred to China in 1999. Mgr Domingos......
Aids Tally
ACCORDING to recent statistics Portugal has under 100 notified cases of Aids fewer than any other European country. This may be due to the fact that homosexuality is not yet a......
Hungary Bishop
BISHOP Endre Gyulay of Szeged has urged the Hungarian government to enlist the help of the United Nations and its Soviet bloc allies in persuading the Romanian authorities to......
Padre Pio Inspires Fr To Extend His Family
THE newest priest in the seaside resort of Rimini is a 69-year-old father of seven, including three priests with whom he recently concelebrated his first Mass. Fr Probo......