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Four Assistants For New General
THE JESUIT General Congregation has elected the four assistants to the new General Hans-Peter Kolvenbach. They are the Indian Michael Amaldoss 47, the Belgian Simon Decloux 52,......
Damp Synod Squibs
REPRESENTATIVES of National Episcopal Conferences, of the Roman Curia, oriental churches, the Union of major SuperiorGenerals as well as papal nominees (who can be 15 per cent......
Rome's Silly Season
SOME CURIAL monsignors call this particular time of year the "rap season" — two or more months of futile chatter contrasted to the rest of the year when they execute the......
Vatican Bank Report Imminent
AN ITALIAN-VATICAN cornmission investigating links between the Vatican bank and Italy's bankrupt Banco Ambrosiano will deliver its report by the end of September, according to......
Overseas News In Brief
SOS Chdpin THE AUSTRALIAN pianist Alan Kogosowski made his European concert debut with an all Chopin programme at St Peter's Church, Hammersmith, last Thursday in aid of SOS......
Czech Franciscans Protest Against Police Crackdown
From a Czech Correspondent IN PROTEST against the Czech Secret Police crackdown on the Franciscan Order, a group of 85 Christians, including 41 priests, 10 heads of religious......
Bishops Losing Support From Popular Church And Government
Church and state drift apart in Nicaragua CENTRAL American sources last week reported that Nicaragua's Catholic Bishops appear to be drifting ever further apart from the......
Justification No Bar
JUSTIFICATION by faith need no longer be a "Churchdividing" issue, a United States team of Catholic and Lutheran theologians announced last week. The US Lutheran-Roman Catholic......