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Africans Are Freed In 'sabotage' Plea
by Beth Webb TWO MEMBERS of the Young Christian Workers' Movement in South Africa have been freed after spending 17 months in detention for allegedly "conspiring to commit acts......
Heresy Charge: Plea To Vatican
THIRTY leading theologians from all over the world have appealed to the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to "respect human rights within the Church"......
Mafia Denounced
TH E MA FIA has been denounced by the bishops of Calabria province in southern ItalY as a "dishonourable plague" which "sucks on the fruit of honest labour." In a pastoral......
Dutch Bishops' Split Is Top Priority For Rome Synod
WAYS of healing the split between the Dutch bishops form the main part of the proposals which have been sent to Rome in preparation for the special synod which is due to start......
Vatican Workers Press For Pay Rise
MORE than 1,000 Vatican employees have set up a new organisation which is as close to a trade union as is allowed under Vatican law. The move follows an open letter written to......
News In Brief
fliE CONSULTATION for World Evangelism, an Americanbased Protestant organisation, is to look into the possibility of evangelising "nominal Catholics". Aware of the sensitivity......
Wanted One Star Bandit
An American priest found not guilty of being the "gentleman bandit" is set to get a reward for his innocence. Fr Bernard Pagano, from Delaware, USA, was cleared of robbery......
Polish Professor Is Fined For Lecturing
A POLISH professor who was prevented from coming to lecture in England earlier this year by his own government has been fined after giving a lecture on the work of the......
United Front 'wrong
JEWS, Christians and Moslems should affirm their common Abrahamic faith but not seek to unite in a "front" against others, according to Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, president of......
Peru Protest
MORE than 1,000 priests and nuns in Peru have signed a letter accusing the Peruvian military government of causing hunger, starvation and death through its economic policies.......
Archbishop Urges Us To Hold Back Military Aid
by John Carey ARCHBISHOP Oscar Romcro of San Salvador has called on the United States to hold back from providing unconditional military aid to the new government of El Salvador......