Page 1, 4th August 1989
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Ratzinger Rules Out Reunion Ith Lefebvre
by Vivian Hewitt in Rome THE Vatican has ruled out any possibility of a reconciliation with the excommunicated French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and his followers, it was......
No Sin To Smoke, Christians Told
BECAUSE smokin g is a pleasure, it cannot be regarded as sinful or bad argues a new tract from Forest, the pro-smokin g lobby. In his pamphlet The Right to Smoke: A Christian......
Gold Diggers Slammed By Prelate
THERE may be a crock of gold underneath Ireland's holy mountain Croagh Patrick, but there is also an unholy row which is threatening to break into a major confrontation between......
City Prayer
tai great God illammon, let us pay That Management (Top People)may increase titeirSalaries day 6y day Niuee workers happy wit)4 their pay Keep nasty .strikers Liaway. Let iya ud......
Parishes 'ignorant' Of Vatican Ii Reforms
A QUARTER of a century after Vatican II, Catholic parishes in Britain are still in a state of flux and some have g one hardly any way towards implementin g the reforms,......
Everyman's Bible Satisfies All Denominations
THE most ecumenical Bible yet published in En g lish in modern times will be on sale next month. Some 15 years of meticulous research and preparation by an inter-denominational......
I'm Giving Mum And
dad a rest whilelenj oy myselfon holiday7ARAHN.. Holidays for the disabled are vital but so are holidays for those who care for them. John Grooms recognise this and are creating......
Czech Leader Tells Of Return To Church
By our Rome Correspondent THERE has been a "massive return to the Church" in Czechoslovakia, a leadin g Catholic there told a delegation of Italian Christian Democrats. Vaclav......
Shrinking Order Plans To Quit Devon Convent
by Tony McDougal in the West Country A UNIQUE community of nuns has decided to sell up and leave its base in Chudlei g h, Devon, because of dwindlin g numbers. Sisters of the......
Pro-lifers Attack Mellor
by Peter Stanford HEALTH minister David Mellor has been criticised by pro-life campaigners for sendin g out g uidelines to health authorities o n the use of fetal tissue in......
Inside
Hiroshima's challenge to our nuclear numbness Bede Smith argues for the continuing relevance of events in Japan 44 years ago this week, page seven. What rights for fetuses......
Ing Soon
Another voice David Steel looks in on Catholicism from his Scottish Presbyterian background.......