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Heinrich Boell Still 'fiscally' Catholic
Germany's Nobel prizewinning novelist, Heinrich Boell, asked if he still considered himself a Catholic, answered: "Fiscally speaking. yes". Herr Boell, who won the 1972 Nobel......
'under-use' Of Clergy Power
A Catholic writing in last Sunday's Observer says that although Churches complain of a shortage of vocations to the religious life, they under-use what manpower they have. Helen......
£32m Rome Plans For Holy Year
The authorities of the City of Rome have approved the expenditure of the equivalent of £32 million for public works to improve the general health and beauty of the city in time......
Wreaths Laid For Unborn Children
Seventeen wreaths in memory of 170,000 unborn children legally killed during 1973 through the Abortion Act were laid in the courtyard of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Great......
German Bishop Rejects Blackmail
Threats that communion wafers would he poisoned with cyanide were made in a blackmail letter sent to Bishop Tenhumberg of Munster, West Germany, at the weekend. According to a......
Seminary Doctor Honoured
Dr. Edmund Mulcahy, for 20 years medical adviser to the staff and students of St. John's Seminary, Vs'onersh, has been honoured With the Papal Knighthood of St. Gregory. Dr.......
Cardinal Continues To Improve
The condition of Cardinal Heenan, taken to Westminster Hospital after he suffered a suspected heart attack on December 21, continues to improve. The Cardinal, who will be 69 on......
Catholics `active In N. Vietnam'
Religious life in North Vietnam is "very intensive," according to a report in the French Journal Informations Catholiques Internationales. An article by Francois Hint shows that......
Cold Could Kill Emma
"Hypothermia" is a potential killer for many old people each winter. It is caused by lack of warmth. Today and every winter thousands of old people are threatened by needless......