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As The Prime Minister Prepares To Take His Holiday In...
Vigilantes guard priests targeted by armed robbers By Bruce Johnston in Rome PARISHIONERS in a sleepy Tuscan hamlet have responded to two armed robberies against priests in the......
Nuns Shoot And Kill Burglar
By Jeremy McDermott, Latin America Correspondent, in Bogota A BURGLAR who tried to break into a convent to steal precious artefacts thought it was going to be all to easy until......
Africa
Bishop attacks the West A SUDANESE bishop has criticised Western nations for ignoring ethnic cleansing in Sudan while intervening in Kosovo. Bishop Macram Max Gassis said that......
Asia
D'Souza opens Teresa inquiry THE INQUIRY into the cause for the beatification of Mother Teresa was opened on Monday by Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta. Archbishop D'Souza......
Rome To Appoint Hume's Successor In The New Year
Continued from p1 Rome. Bishop Nichols, 53, is auxiliary Bishop in North London. Cardinal Hume was appointed Archbishop of Westminster at the age of 53. The Nuncio is expected......
The Vatican Heaven Is 'not A Paradise In The Clouds',...
By Bruce Johnston, Rome Correspondent HEAVEN is a state of glorification of God, and not the traditional image of a "paradise in the clouds", the Pope told an audience in Rome......
Gay Group Challenges Vatican Ban
Continued from p1 unavailable for comment. He is on holiday in Spain until the end of August. • Bishop Richard Holloway, the head of the Scottish Episcopal Church, has published......
The Americas China The Loser As Us Funds Un Population...
THE US House of Representatives voted to give $25 million to the United Nations for population control programmes as long as it promised not to fund projects in China.......