Page 1, 28th August 1987

28th August 1987
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Scots Regret Kirk Baptism

by Martin Newland DIOCESAN authorities in Edinburgh on Monday expressed their regret at the lack of consultation over the baptism by a Catholic priest of a Church of Scotland......

Making The Grade — Brian Dooley Reports On The Empty

places at Catholic colleges of higher education, page 3 Marriage matters — a new look for the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, page 3 Counting the cost behind the rhetoric on......

Jewish Leaders To Confront Pope

by our Rome correspondent FIVE leaders of America's powerful Jewish community will discuss their anger at the Pope's meeting with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim when they......

Prayers And Practice For Hungerford Victims

AN appeal for more than money has been made by Fr Terence Healy, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes church in Hungerford. "The best thing the Catholic community as a whole can......

Science Shortfall

UNDERGRADUATE places at a Catholic college of higher education which were intended for design and science students are being filled by school-leavers doing arts subjects because......

Russians Welcome Sisters

by Brian Dooley IN a major overture to the Church, the Soviet Union is reported to have granted Mother Teresa permission to send nuns there to help in charity work. The......

Anti-soviet Protests In Baltic States

by Coky Giedroyc ANTI-SOVIET rallies took place in the capitals of the Baltic Republics on Sunday to coincide with the 48th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, the......

Sunday Trading Dilemma For Cts

by Peter Stanford ALL those who enjoy a Sunday morning browse through the Catholic Truth Society rack at the back of their church are not in danger of arrest, or worse. This......

Top Official Moves Plan To Raise Finance To Meet Growing...

Vatican poll tax to pay debts? by Desmond O'Grady in Rome CARDINAL Joseph Hoffner, a key figure in the international cardinalate commission on Vatican finances, has proposed a......