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Rome’s Two Responses To Anglican Crisis
he Vatican’s official line towards the Anglican Communion has almost always been warm, friendly, and unfailingly optimistic. Even when the Church of England voted to ordain......
‘leave Us In Peace,’ Sspx Head Urges Jews
BY WILL HEAVEN THE VATICAN has an “an excessive sensibility regarding the expectations of the Jewish world”, according to the head of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX). Bishop......
Wahlberg Weds In Catholic Church
BY JOHN HINTON HOLLYWOOD star Mark Wahlberg has married his long-term girlfriend Rhea Durham in a small ceremony in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. They wed on Saturday in a......
Turkey Rejects Benedict's Request For Tarsus Church
THE TURKISH government has rejected a request from Pope Benedict XVI for a church in Tarsus, the city of St Paul’s birth. The government decided that the city’s only church......
Pope's Guardian Angel ʻlet Him Fall'
POPE BENEDICT XVI said last week that police who watched over him while he was on vacation in the Italian Alps were like “guardian angels, discreet and efficient”. He added:......
Archbishop: Pill Is Still Abortion
A VATICAN official has said taking the abortion pill RU-486 still involves the taking of an innocent life even if it is less traumatic than surgical abortion. The comments, by......
Priest Asks For Compensation
A CATHOLIC official in north-eastern Nigeria has asked the Borno state government to pay for 11 Christian churches burned by Islamic extremists. Fr Heladuwa John William,......
Bishop Warns Flock Against Group
A SUDANESE bishop has warned his flock against a breakaway Catholic group that has abandoned priestly celibacy and obedience to the Pope, writes Francis Njuguna . Bishop Ceaser......
Priest Inspires Homeless Men To Build 55-foot Ship
BY JOHN HINTON TWENTY - FIVE Polish homeless men are preparing to sail around the world in a ship they spent three years building – despite the death of the Catholic priest who......
Catholic Bank ‘sorry’ For Buying Arms Shares
BY JOHN HINTON A CATHOLIC bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies. An investigation by Der Spiegel......