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Aid Agencies Press Government On Sanctions
by Jack O'Sullivan REPRESENTATIVES of three top aid agencies, including Cafod, met Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker this week to press the case for farreaching economic......
Tourists Flock To Churches
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL may see itself first and foremost as a religious institution, but tourists are flocking to it in unprecedented numbers, putting it in the top twenty most......
Business As Usual Mrs Gillick
REUNITED with her daughter Beattie, Victoria Gillick has decided to continue her campaign by setting up a permanent organisation, Inform. The aim of the Londonbased organisation......
Governthent Fear Of Upsetting Electorate Before Vote Count
Malta extends temporary education agreement by our correspondent in Malta MALTA'S socialist government has signed another temporary agreement with the Church over the running of......
Pope Pays Poles Homage
POPE JOHN PAUL told Polish pilgrims last week that their country's sufferings in the second World War were undertaken "to confirm its right to sovereignty and free existence......
Imprimatur Removed On `life Issues' Textbook
THE Imprimatur ("permission to print") has been withdrawn from a controversial book on life issues. The decision by the Westminster archdiocese to remove this expression of......
Parishioners Won't Play Ball With Cubs
by Cristina Odone SUNSHINE BASEBALL is OK, but night-time games get the thumbs down from parishioners in Chicago's north-side. When the home baseball team, the Chicago Cubs,......
Superprix Puts Birmingham In A Spin
BIRMINGHAM church leaders have backed down in a row with the council over practice sessions for this months Bank Holiday Monday motor race which will disrupt their services. St......
China Next Stop For Mother Teresa's Caring Sisters
by Desmond O'Grad y in Rome THE SISTERS of Mother Teresa of Calcutta will open their house for the order in Cuba on October 7. Mother Teresa gave the news in an interview to the......
Holiday Emphasise Priest Shortage
by Peter Stanford THE holiday season has drawn attention in many parishes up and down the country to the shortage of priests and the strain on those who remain. With priests on......