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Bomb Blast In S. Africa Blamed On Apartheid State
by Brian Dooley THE SOUTHERN African Bishops' Conference has blamed last week's arson attack on its headquarters on "policies of racial discrimination and apartheid which have......
Miracles Claim In Texas Dismissed
A COMMITTEE appointed to study "rosary messages" allegedly given by the Virgin Mary to members of a Texas parish found them to be "pious meditations" of sincere people, but......
News In Brief
Pope for Ireland THE POPE wants to make a second v isit to Ireland, according to Bishop John Magee of CIO) ne. Bishop Magee said the Pope especially wants to visit Ulster.......
Faith Alive On Un Day
MONDAY is United Nations Day, and the UN religious advisory committee of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has produced a report on various peacemaking projects around the......
Guatemalans Turn To Rome
GUATEMALA'S largest rightwing political party sent an open letter to Pope John Paul II, asking him to suspend a priest who is a leading activist for land reform. The National......
Last Post Sounds For Pigeons
PIGEONS performing bodily functions on Italy's Church bell towers are in for a shock from now on. An electronics expert has devised a system to keep often ornate church facades......
Death Back On Salvador City Streets
A RENEWED wave of killings and torture by death squads have recently swept El Salvador, according to a report released by Amnesty International this week. The report claims that......
Fasts In Rapport Of India's `low Caste'
INDIAN Christians marched, fasted and closed some of their schools last week in an interdenominational campaign for the rights of "low caste" co-religionists — who comprise the......