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Pope To Beatify Nun Who Died In The Service Of Lepers
P OPE J OHN Paul II has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai, a Franciscan sister who served leprosy patients in Hawaii for 35 years. A decree......
Woman Lands Vatican Post
T HE P OPE nominated Australian Suzanne Cory, an internationally recognised pioneer in medical research and molecular biology, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.......
Africans Urged To Make Peace
T HE PEACEMAKING efforts of the African Union were encouraged by the Pope during a meeting with, Mozambican President Joaquim Alberto Chissano. Mr Chissano was in Rome to attend......
Terror Threat To Churches
O NE OF THE I SLAMIC rebel groups terrorising Falluja has called on the United Nations to stop the US siege of the town or the group would attack local Iraqi Christians. The......
Rome Approves Prayer Patron
T HE V ATICAN has approved the election of St. Thérèse of Lisieux as second patron of the Jesuit-run Apostleship of Prayer. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the......
Church Plea To Kidnappers
T HE C ATHOLIC Church in Colombia has demanded the immediate release of a priest kidnapped last month by guerrillas. Fr César Darío Peña García, 42, worked in the village of......
Police Free Christians
F OUR C HRISTIAN university students arrested in the Sinai in January for the possession of Christian materials have been released. Peter Kamel, Ishak Yessa, John Fokha, and......
Cardinal Attacks West Over Global Poverty
BY STAFF REPORTER P OVERTY is a major subversive element that is threatening Latin American democracies, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa. It is......
Fight Terror With Respect For Human Person, Says Pope
T HE H OLY F ATHER said terrorism could not be combated with the death penalty but, on the contrary, by the promotion of respect for the dignity of the human person. The Pope......
‘give The Young A Stake In Society’
I N THE STRUGGLE against poverty, governments should not only assist the poor but also actively involve them in finding long lasting solutions to their problems, the Pope told......