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Howe Pressed To Act On Africa
by Peter Stanford......
As Nuns And Priests Joined 20 Million People Worldwide In
the "Race Against Time", the British government has come under mounting pressure over its "inactivity" and its "unwillingness" to contemplate new initiatives on the African......
World Cup Kicks Off Sects' Campaign
CARDINAL ERNESTO Corripio Ahumada, Archbishop of Mexico, warned the Catholic population of Mexico City last week that Fundamentalist Christian sects will attempt to use the 31st......
Chas Appeal For Half A Million
THE Catholic Housing Aid Society (CHAS) is launching an appeal for the establishment of a new trust on June 12. The Society's Development Fund has been set up as a company......
Priestly Vocations Up By One Fifth
by Jack O'Sullivan VOCATIONS to the secular priesthood in England and Wales rose by over 20 per cent last year, with an increasing. number of entrants holding university......
Italian Bishops Snub Pope's Ranks
by Desmond O'Grad) in Rome THE Italian bishops voted for Pope Paul VI against Pope John Paul II in choosing both the new president of Italian Catholic Action and the four......
'women Priests: Why Not?'
by Cristina Odone THE ORDINATION of women priests will be the subject of a conference held next month by Catholic nuns and lay women in London. The day-long conference comes......
Doctors Split Over Contraception I Ssue
THE General Medical Council has upheld its instruction to doctors that they may inform parents when a girl under 16 seeks contraceptive help, should the doctor consider her too......
Trial For Priest's Death In Philippines
THE TRIAL of the eight members of paramilitary forces who stand accused of killing a missionary priest last year will take place in the Philippines in July. After hearing......
Research On Polygamy
AN assembly of African bishops has urged new studies to help incorporate polygamous families into Christian communities. While noting its "firm stand" against polygamy "because......
Horan's Dream Comes True
KNOCK AIRPORT opens today less than seven years after the shrine's parish priest, Mgr James Horan, hatched the idea during the Pope's trip to Ireland. Opposition leader, Charles......
Protests At Poet's Fate
THE FATE of a Catholic Russian poet serving seven years' hard labour for alleged anti-Soviet propaganda spurred some of England's top authors to protest last weekend. Lady......