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Vatican Denies Shares Smear
by Viviane Hewitt in Rome IN a rare official denial of a news report, the Vatican this week rejected claims by German television that the Holy See had ever owned shares in a......
Aids Day Prayer Message
CARDINAL Basil Hume has called for prayers for those caught up in the "contemporary tragedy" of AIDS. "We must offer, without any sacrifice of moral principle, help and support......
Papal Plea To Poland
by Timothy Elphick POPE John Paul II this week appealed to political leaders in Poland, who had fought the former communist regime together under the banner of the Solidarity......
Catholic Novelist Wins Book Award
CATHOLIC novelist Elizabeth Gibson is the winner of the first Deo Gloria Book Award. The award, worth £5,000, aims to encourage adult fiction written from a positive Christian......
African Exile Pardoned In Rome
by our Rome correspondent POPE John Paul II is believed to have over-ruled Roman curial officials and given personal permission for an African archbishop to resume controversial......
Saint Candidate's Bones Exhumed
EXCAVATORS seeking the remains of Pierre Toussaint, who could become the first black American saint, have found a skeleton that may be his. Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the......