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Army Priest Visits Horrors Of Bosnia
F R FRANCIS BARBER (pictured above) has been with the army on loan from his Salford diocese for the past two years. The 33-year-old chaplain is nearing the end of a tour in the......
John Paul Hints At His Frailty
BY VIVIANE HEWITT IN ROME POPE JOHN PAUL II has publicly admitted that he may not live to see the year 2000. Speaking off the cuff to a crowd of young people in the North......
Bishops Urge End To Slavery Of Domestics
BY PIERS MCGRANDI.P. THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY last week called upon the Government to improve the slave-like conditions of foreign workers this country. In a sta ement released......
Cmac Welcome To Divorce Paper
THE CATHOLIC MARRIAGE Advisory Council (CMAC) has welcomed the Government's latest paper on marriage in the same week that the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk announced her......
Bishops Want To Stop "secret" Nominations
F ORTY CANON LAW experts from nine different countries and 13 Catholic universities have called for the "pontifical secrecy" shrouding the nominations of bishops to be lifted. A......
Pilgrims Still Flock To Madonna Statue In Italy
THE OWNERS OF the bloodweeping Madonna statuette of Civitavecchia, north of Rome, have refused to undergo DNA tests. But the Bishop of Civitavecchia, Girolamo Grillo, has said......
Lady Ryder Gives Hampton Court A Healthy Future
THE SUE RYDER Foundation is set to buy one of the most historic houses in London for use as a home for the elderly and physically handicapped. Hampton Court House, a Grade II......