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The Gun Zealot Who Put Munitions In The Collection Box
S t Gabriel Possenti, a 19th-century Italian Passionist monk, is said to have been a great shot. In 1860, the story goes, he repelled 20 marauding soldiers in the town of Isola,......
Archbishop: World Must Go Nuclear Free
BY DENNIS SADOWSKI AN AMERICAN archbishop who served as the US equivalent of Bishop of the Forces for 10 years has called on the world to rid itself of nuclear weapons.......
Five Men Jailed For Anti-christian Attacks In Orissa
BY STAFF REPORTER CHURCH leaders have welcomed the jailing of five people convicted of taking part in anti-Christian violence in India’s Orissa state last year. Archbishop......
Fight Euthanasia Bill, Archbishop Urges Canadians
BY DEBORAH GYAPONG THE PRESIDENT of the Canadian bishops’ conference has urged Catholics to fight legislative efforts to ease laws governing euthanasia and assisted suicide.......
Gunman Implicated In Cardinal’s Death Jailed
BY DAVID AGREN AN ALLEGED drug-cartel gunman implicated in the 1993 murder of a cardinal has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of weapons-related......