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The Vatican
Bishops hope for end to conflict VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Miloslav Vlk of Prague renewed the European bishops' call for peace in Kosovo last week. In a statement, Archbishop Vlk,......
Papal Trip To Israel Pope Proposes In Doubt Alliance With...
VATICAN CITY—The Pope's visit to the Holy Land in the Year 2000 is still uncertain despite an invitation delivered personally by Israeli Foreign Minister Arid l Sharon to the......
Mother Questions Swiss Guard Report
By Bruce Johnston in Rome THE MOTHER of the Swiss Guard Cedric Tomay — who killed his commander and wife and himself over a missed promotion last year — has said she has a .......
Row Over Origins Of The Vatican
By Bruce Johnston in Rome A CLAIM that the origin of the word "Vatican" stems from Cape Vaticano — a cape on the coast of Italy's poor and Mafia-infested Calabria in the......
Un Calls For End To Death Penalty
GENEVA—The UN Commission for Human Rights approved a resolution backing an international moratorium on capital punishment last week. The text, presented by the European Union,......
Europe
Bishop Fitzgerald calls for dialogue with Islam MUNICH—Bishop Michael Fitzgerald, Britain's highest ranking Vatican official, appealed for increased dialogue between Christians......
Peace Call For Horn Of Africa As Pope Intervenes
ADDIS ABABA—The bishops of the warring states of Ethiopia and Eritrea issued a joint peace statement after a meeting at the Vatican last week. The bishops, meeting to celebrate......
Cardinal Calls For Peace In East Timor
JAKARTA—Cardinal Hume sent a message of solidarity to the embattled East Timorese Bishop Carlos Belo last week. He wrote: "The reports we have heard of recent massacres and......
Brave Monks Return To Algeria After Carnage
ALGIERS—Trappist monks hope to return to the monastery in the Atlas mountains where seven of their brothers were kidnapped and beheaded in 1996. According to the Vatican agency......
Church Of England Bishop Backs Cloning
Continued from pl -man of Forward in Faith, an alliance of traditionalist Anglicans supported by about a third of clergy, said: "I would deplore that. We are certainly opposed......