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Lots Of Communion But No Confession
A s synods go, few will be of more importance than the one that begins at the Vatican on Sunday. Convened by Pope John Paul II in 2004 to conclude the Year of the Eucharist, it......
Court Ordered To Drop Case Against Pope
T HE A MERICAN Justice Department has told a Texas court to throw out a lawsuit accusing the Pope of conspiring to cover up a sexual abuse case because he has immunity as a head......
Ban The Bomb, Says Holy See
T HE TERMINATION of nuclear weapons testing “should be the aim of every state”, said the Holy See. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United......
Guatemala, The New Colombia
D RUG - RELATED violent crime is so endemic in Guatemala that a bishop has compared it to the crisis which has made Colombia notorious. Bishop Hugo Palma of Escuintla said......
Ukraine Church Gains Kiev Foothold
Terry Murphy reports on Catholic renewal in a former Soviet state R EJUVENATED churches in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are jostling for position in a land where Communist atheism......
Belgium Seeks Return Of Priest
B ELGIUM has asked Rwanda to allow the case of a Belgian Catholic priest, on charges relating to the 1994 genocide, to be dealt with by Belgian justice, according to the BBC.......
Mexican Bishops Deny Drug Cash Claim
T HE M EXICAN bishops’conference says that the Catholic Church rejects all financial donations of an illicit origin, in particular those connected with drug trafficking. The......
Exorcists Must Show Faith To Possessed
T HE PRIMARY task of the exorcist is to proclaim the Gospel, said a congress of the Association of Italian Exorcists. Fr Giancarlo Gramolazzo of the International Association of......
Nigerian Church Laments Rising Crime
N IGERIAN bishops have condemned an increase in violent crimes and armed robberies, including those at churches. “The security agencies seem powerless to deal effectively with......