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Church 'losing Moral Influence'
by Timothy Elphick THE church in Europe is losing its grip on people's everyday lives, according to a survey released this week by Catholic academics. In Britain just 31 per......
Work For Jail Shared Worship Chaplains Urged
by Joanna Moorhead ARCHBISHOP Derek Worlock this week highlighted the need for ecumenism in prison chaplaincies, saying it was often difficult for prisoners to accept the need......
Pope Recognises Rebel Bishops
by Viviane Hewitt in Rome JESUITS in Rome embarrassed the Holy See this week with a public announcement that Pope John Paul II had secretly recognised 20 Chinese bishops from......
Leader, Fr Hans Peter Kolvenbach. Fr Pittau's Revelation...
a press conference in Rome on the Jesuits' work with Italian youth movements and prompted a Vatican spokesperson to state that the information was the responsibility of the......
Kung `anti Christ'
by our Rome correspondent AN Italian cardinal has compared the controversial Swiss-born theologian Professor Hans Kung with the anti-Christ, "an excellent writer, noble and......
Nun Arrested At Nuclear Base
A NUN was among four women arrested at a nuclear base earlier this week during a Christian CND service. Sr Maire Colette, a Dominican based in London, does not yet know whether......
African Schools To Get A Boost
IMPOVERISHED mission schools in Africa are to be sent desks, books and other educational materials by a new Catholic charity to be launched next week. Edald Africa is the......
Scot's Plea For Discussion On Women
by Mary Cullen ONE of Britain's leading Bible scholars has called for an end to male dominance in the Catholic church, and the opening up of discussion on the issue of women and......
Balkans Bloodbath
'A YUGOSLAVIAN ceasefire is necessary before the country's escalating civil war becomes a Balkans bloodbath, representatives of Europe's Catholic bishops' conferences warned......
Inside
SERB AGAINST SERB: the brutality of Yugoslavia's civil war is setting neighbour against neighbour reports Christopher Bennett, page 5 GET MEHALL TO THE CHURCH ON TIME: Joanna......