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Alton Unveils Abortion Bill Text
by Brian Dooley THE DETAILS of David Alton's long-awaited Abortion Bill have been published. After months of research and consultation with medical experts, the single-clause......
Press Censorship Spectre Raised
by Peter Stanford GABU TUGWANA, the acting editor of the Southern African Catholic bishops' newpaper, The New Nation, told a London press conference on Monday about the threats......
No Room At Bunker For War's Innocents
WHEREAS at the first Christmas there was no room at the inn, Christian CND will this Christmas be pointing out that there is no room at the bunker On Holy Innocents Day,......
News In Brief
Cardinal Alfrink CARDINAL Bernhard Alfrink, the former primate of the Netherlands, has died at the age of 87 after a long illness. A tireless worker for peace, the cardinal was......
Pope's Biggest Roman Christmas Tree
ROME'S yuletide begins with a day off — the feast of the • Immaculate Conception — and ends with the kind of meal that takes all day to eat. Praying and eating are the common......
Flying Start For Bishops' Appeal
THE CATHOLIC Women's League have given the Bishops' Appeal for Ethiopia a flying start with a donation of £10,000 to the nationwide fund. The Appeal, called by the bishops of......
Delay In Holocaust Debate
A TOP Vatican official last week denied that comments made by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, concerning the......
Cardinal Hume's Greetings
I SEND greetings and every blessing to the staff and readers of the Catholic Herald for the Christmas season. We wish each other peace at Christmas, usually thinking of world......