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Hundreds Witness New `miracle'
BY CECILIA BROMLEY MARTIN CHRISTIANS FROM around the world have been flocking to Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity to venerate a 12th century icon of Jesus which is said to......
Overseas Aid Slashed
BRITAIN'S AID agencies have condemned the government's "war of attrition" on overseas aid spending after last week's Budget announcement that aid will be slashed by 8.4 per......
Rome Faces Gridlock 2000
BY JOE JENKINS IN ROME BUSINESS LEADERS in Rome this week expressed concern about the preparations for the Jubilee 2000 celebrations planned by the Vatican. The business......
Christ Lives On Television
By Piers McGrandle THE VETERAN former BBC reporter Mark Tully told the Catholic Herald this week that he now believed that "something remarkable happened at the Resurrection".......
Priest Murdered
HOLY ANGELS parishioners in Chicago were still recovering from the death of Cardinal Bernardin last week when they learned of the murder of Fr Paul Smith, the principal of their......
News .in Brief
Pio inspiration BY AN ALMOST miraculous coincidence, Padre Pio was the inspiration behind a numbers system for both winners of last week end's Irish Lotto jackpot. The winning......