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Court Orders Removal Of Crucifixes From Nursery
Simon Caldwell reports on the triumph of Muslim activist Adel Smith A counT in Italy has ordered the removal of crucifixes from the walls a state-run nursery attended by Muslim......
Egyptian Police Arrest Christian Converts
BY SIMON CALDWELL MORI . I IIAN 2 2 Clitistian converts from Islam have been arrested by police in Egypt in a new crackdown on "apostates" and their supporters. The Christians......
Pope Grateful For Jubilee
POPE JOHN Paul II expressed his gratitude publicly for the prayers and congratulations shown by millions of people worldwide on his 25th anniversary. "I still feel vividly in my......
Icel Statutes Approved
THE VAI ICA N has approved new statutes for body responsible for the translation of liturgical texts from Latin into English. It has given the Congregation for Divine Worship......
Papal Electors Decrease
THE N1JMEWR of elector cardinals decreased to 134 with the 80th birthday of Cardinal Achille Silvestrini. Cardinal Silvestrini, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Congregation for......
Cardinal's Peace Prayer
As A MEMENTO of his elevation to cardinal, Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, composed and printed a prayer for peace. The card, which......
Conclave Row Denied Vatican Fliticials Have Denied News...
that older cardinals had written John Paul II requesting a right to vote in the next conclave. News of the alleged letter, supposedly written by cardinals over 80 years of age —......
Prayer Is Key To Pontiff
THE ARCHBISHOP of Vienna says it is impossible to under stand John Paul work without taking into account his intense life of prayer. When his physical frailty is evident, "the......
Pope's Call To Holiness
THE POPE has again encouraged Catholics to strive toward holiness. He addressed 6,000 pilgrims gathered in celebration of St Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663), an Italian......
Good Points Of Global Tourism
RESPECT for the dignity of the person and his fundamental rights are examples of the values that the tourist phenomenon has transmitted, a Vatican official has said. Mgr Piero......
Hymn Contest Under Way
AN IN I ERNAIIONAL competition to select the official hymn for World Youth Day 2005 is under way. According to Web page (www.korazym.org), the works submitted must fulfill......
Jesuits' Pledge To Evangelise
TH I; PRESIDENT of the Conference of European Jesuit Provincials (CEP) has called on Jesuits to be at the forefront of the evangelisation of Europe in the third millennium.......