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El Salvador Angry At Opus Dei Bishop

BY PAULO SANCHEZ LAST WEEK'S APPOINTMENT of an arch-conservative Opus Dei bishop w the archbishopric of San Salvador has been greeted with anger and disbelief throughout the......

Mexican Bishops Distance Themselves

THE MEXICAN CATHOLIC Church was too close to the former government in the eyes of the public, Mexico's bishops said at a press conference on 26 April. "We have to recognise that......

Vatican Enters Space Age

By Non . CHRISTMAS the Vatican will have two telecommunications satellites of its own. The satellites, already in orbit, will improve Vatican Radio transmissions and the Vatican......

Carmelite Hero Honoured In Israel

D ISCALCED CARMELITES in Jerusalem and Mount Cannel are set to commemorate the death of a member who tried to save Jewish children from the Holocaust. The 50th anniversary......

French Catholics Uncertain About Vote

THE MAJORITY OF potential Catholic votes were up for grabs in the last few days leading up to the Presidential Election run-off in France this Sunday. A majority of Catholics......

News In Brief

Abortion worry THE FORTHCOMING UN Conference on Women will be seen by some nations as an opportunity to promote abortion and contraception throughout the world, said Cardinal......

Pope Set To Create Two Czech Saints

BY A STAFF REPORTER DURING A THREE day trip to the Czech Republic and Poland, Pope John Paul II plans to recognise as saints a controversial 17th century Catholic priest and a......