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Bush Backs Pope On Right To Life
President tells Americans to love the unborn child, reports Simon Caldwell THE PRESIDENT of the United States has put his weight behind the teaching of the Catholic Church on......
Asia
Christian protest vote CHRISTIANS ill Pakistan are boycotting elections. The National Justice and Peace Commission, which is affiliated to Pakistan's bishops' conference, has......
Priest Warns Of Bloodshed
VIOLENCE in Indonesian Borneo is on the increase, according to Church sources. Fr Willbald Pfeuffer, diocesan administrator of Palangkaraya, warned that ethnic violence is......
Hope For Pope In Divided Land
KOREAN bishops hope to use the Pope's visit to help to unify their country, it has been claimed. But the South Korean bishops must overcome North Korea's lack of diplomatic......
Europe
Bishops aim for democracy BISHOPS in the Balkans have pledged to work for a fair and free society. In a meeting in Vienna the bishops of Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and......
Mob Victims Americas Canada Looks
remembered at cloning THE CHURCH in Italy held its sixth day of remembrance for victims of the Mafia. Fr Luigi Ciotti, who started the event in 1995, said: "Criminal......
Pilgrim Crash Near Fatima
FOURTEEN people died and 22 people injured when a coach bringing pilgrims back from Fatima careered off a cliff at the weekend. The coach skidded on a wet road, hitting a bridge......
Accused Seek Confession
THE MEN accused of killing a Guatemalan bishop have asked his successor to hear their confessions. Colonel Disrael Lima Estrada, former chief of military intelligence; his son,......
African Priests Hurt By Abuse Allegations
By Simon Caldwell THE RECORD of priests and missionaries in Africa has been defended in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse and rape of nuns. A joint statement by bodies......
Human Cloning Could Be Made Legal In Canada If The
Canadian Institute Research manages to persuade the government to accept the practice, which it favours.......
St Joseph, The Modern Father
THF POPE has called upon fathers to base their lives on the model of St Joseph. Pope John Paul H said the saint's example as a quiet and simple figure protecting his family from......
New Post For Aussie Bishop
THE POPE has appointed Archbishop George Pell of Melbourne to succeed retiring Cardinal Edward Clancy as Archbishop of Sydney. It is expected that auxiliary Bishop Denis Hart of......