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The Church’s Way Of Doing Business
Edward Pentin’s Vatican Notebook F ew Christians will deny that Western Europe is suffering from a spiritual malaise that can undermine the average European’s self-confidence......
Argentine Government Clashes With The Vatican
T HE V ATICAN has warned the Argentine government that it could be guilty of infringing religious liberty if it insists on stripping the salary and commission from a bishop......
China Tries To Usurp Rome’s Authority
BY DAN FRANK C HINESE GOVERNMENT officials are planning to appoint two Catholic priests as bishops without Vatican approval, despite strong resistance from the laity. According......
Federal Judge Postpones Ruling
BY STAFF REPORTER A N A MERICAN federal judge heard a request by the parents of a severely brain-damaged woman to keep her alive, as The Catholic Herald went to press. But Judge......
White Students Protest At ‘racist’ Slurs
BY DAN FRANK S EVERAL DOZEN white students walked out of morning assembly in an American Catholic school last week in protest against accusations of racism against black......
Vocations Rocket In Australia
V OCATIONS TO the priesthood in Australia are flourishing, after a decline in applicants during the 1990s. the Australian Catholic Bishops’Conference has announced. Seminaries......
Couple Makes ‘jesus Candles’
A N A MERICAN couple is selling candles which reputedly “smell like Jesus”. “We see it as a ministry,” said Bob Tosterud, who came up with the idea for the candle with his wife.......
Priest Killer Convicted
A MILITIA leader in the Solomon Islands has been jailed for life for the murder of Catholic priest FrAugustine Geve, a cabinet minister, in 2002. Harold Keke and two of his......
Swedish Tv’s Pope Gaffe
S WEDISH PUBLIC television mistakenly published an obituary for the Pope on its website for more than five hours before it was noticed and taken down. “This was a very......