Page 1, 29th May 1970

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Overseas Aid Reminder As Election Nears

BY A STAFF REPORTER W ITH the approach of the General Election, Catholics have been given a briefing on how to lobby their Parliamentary candidates on Britain's responsibility......

Head Of Cafod Retires

T HE Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) announces the retirement of Sir Hugh EllisRees, who has been administrator since its foundation in 1962. His successor is the......

Cardinal Consecrates Two Auxiliary Bishops

BY A STAFF REPORTER E IGHTEEN bishops and 26 priests took part in a concelebrated Mass to mark the episcopal ordination of Mgr. Victor Guazzelli and Fr. Gerald Mahon as......

Queen's Doctor Heads Inquiry

S IR John Peel, 65, gynaecologist to the Queen, is to be chairman of the Department of Health's advisory group to consider the use of human foetuses and foetal material for......

Future Of Burns And Oates Books

A LL books formerly published by Burns & Oates which will remain in print will be taken on by Search Press from July 1. Darton, Longman & Todd will be publishers for Search......

Six Schoolgirls A Day Have Abortions

S1X schoolgirls a day are , having abortions in Britain, according to the Registrar-General's return for the last quarter of 1969. The total annual rate is 60,000. During the......

Doubts On Clergy Talks

BY A STAFF REPORTER THERE is widespread cyni cism, particularly among the younger clergy, about the possible effectiveness of next week's Clergy Conference at the Wood hall......

Death Of Christopher Dawson

CHRISTOPHER D A W SON, historian, writer and philosopher and distinguished convert to Catholicism in the early part of this century, died at his home in Budleigh Salterton,......