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In Good Health Despite Walking Aid
VATICAN NOTEBOOK Edward Pentin he Holy Father’s use of a wheeled platform at a Mass dedicated to the New Evangelisation in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday drew natural speculation......
Bishop Denies Charge Of Failing To Report Child Abuse
BISHOP Robert Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph, which he leads, have entered pleas of not guilty to charges of failing to report child abuse. The charges were......
Pope Laments Cairo Massacre
POPE BENEDICT XVI has condemned the attack on unarmed Christians in Egypt, saying that in the country’s transition to democracy all of its citizens and institutions must work to......
Pope Calls For Relief Of Hunger
POPE BENEDICT XVI has appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying the right to adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life. In......
Us Bishops Visit Iraq
IRAQIS want a return to peace, security and stability and the chance to secure meaningful employment, two American bishops who visited Baghdad have said. Bishop Gerald Kicanas......
Pope Says Year Will Renew The Church
BY CINDY WOODEN POPE BENEDICT XVI has announced a Year of Faith to help Catholics appreciate the gift of faith, deepen their relationship with God and strengthen their......
Catholic Nobel Winner Is Mourned
AFRICA should shun cultural practices that prevent women from advancement, retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said at a memorial Mass for Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel......
Italian Parish Priest Shot Dead In The Philippines
BY STAFF REPORTER AN ITALIAN priest doing mission work in a remote area of the southern Philippines has been murdered inside the compound of Mother of Perpetual Help parish in......
Police Stop Women’s Ordination Protest
BY CAROL GLATZ A PRIEST and two campaigners for women’s ordination were detained by police in Rome this week after trying to deliver a petition to the Vatican. Agroup of 18......