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Nicaragua Leader Uncovers Scandal
NICARAGUAN government media reports that a Catholic priest was surprised in a tryst with a woman are another attack on the church and an "atrocious calumny," according to......
Bishop Banned From Sa
A SOUTH African bishop has been forced to resign following the refusal of the government to grant him permanent residence. The action prevented him from visiting parts of his......
Cardinal Sin Refuses To Come To Court Torture Hearing
CARDINAL Jaime Sin of Manila, in the Philippines, has refused a court order to appear at a hearing on the torture of political prisoners. The subpoena was issued by the state......
I Jesuit Flies To Poland
FR GIUSEPPE Pittau, the Jesuits' second-in-command, is in Poland to hold "informal meetings" with Jesuits in this country. He is to return to Rome on Sunday after a ten-day......
Chilean Bishops Warn Against Political Role
THE PEOPLE of Chile should be allowed to participate more fully in the political life of the country, but the Church must guard against becoming too political, according to a......
Commission An
ORIGINAL from ALLEN Allen Organs have played a major role in the development of pipeless organs since their introduction five decades ago, contributing to the tremendous......
`world Day' For Solidarity
TWO WORLD labour organisations have asked their members to make August 31 a day of support for Poland's Solidarity free trade union. And the World Confederation of Labour, a......
Bishops Begin To Probe On Missing People
THE BISHOPS of Argentina hate asked its government to account for the disappearance of thousands of people in the country. at the conclusion of a meeting of the bishops'......
News In Brief
Vincentian dies FATHER William M. Slattery, 87, has died in Philadelphia. He was the superior general emeritus of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) and the......
Midnight Express
TORTURE and HI treatment are still prevalent in Turkish prisons, according to Amnesty International, the human rights organisation. Amnesty has requested permission to send......
Seminary
TWO Patriotic Catholic seminaries are to open soon, and the third is in the planning stage, according to Bishop Tu Shihum, a vice-chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association......
Priest Jailed
A SOUTH Korean court recently sentenced a priest, Fr Choi Ki-sik, to three and a half years' imprisonment following his conviction on charges relating to an arson attack on a......
Crooked Rule And Drugs Concern Bolivians
DRUG trafficking and corruption have characterised two years of military rule in Bolivia. according to the National Convention of the Laity in La Paz. At the end of the......
Vatican Visit Gives Malta Time To Cool
by Christopher Howse ARCHBISHOP Joseph Mercieca of Malta has been in Rome for talks with the Pope. That should have given time for things to cool down back home where the Prime......