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Americas
Colombian bishop freed A CATHOLIC bishop who was kidnapped and held for a month by a Colombian guerrilla group has been released. Bishop Jose de Jesus Quintero Diaz of Tibu was......
Troops Arrive `too Late' As Slaughter Moves West
By Joe Jenkins As PEACEKEEPING forces arrived in Dili to liberate East Timor, it appeared to local observers that UN intervention had come too late. Reports from reliable......
China Arrests `100,000'
POLICE have arrested as many as 100,000 Catholics in China during a crackdown on the Church ahead of the celebration of 50 years of Communism in the country onOctober 1, it was......
Call For Ban On Extremists
CHURCH LEADERS in India have called for a ban on fundamentalist groups following a series of violent attacks on Christians and minorities by Hindu fundamentalists, following the......
Vatican
St Peter's facelift a `sacrilege' By Bruce Johnston in Rome A FURIOUS ROW has erupted in Italy over whether the façade of St Peter's has been returned to its former splendour —......
Europe
Martini hails Basil Hume CARDINAL Basil Hume, the late Archbishop of Westminster, is the ideal model for a bishop, according to one of the Church's most senior clerics. Jesuit......