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Death Stalks Darfur Poor
Arab militias have forced more than a million black Sudanese Christians to flee their homes for the desert. Fiona Callister of Cafod is in Nyala, southern Darfur, where about......
Korean Catholics Blame Hostage Killing On Bush
BY STAFF REPORTER K OREAN C ATHOLICS at a Mass for a South Korean citizen beheaded in Iraq have blamed US President George W Bush and the South Korean government for the......
Thousands Grieve For Car Crash Bishop
M ORE THAN a thousand people have attended the funeral Mass of a Honduran bishop killed in a car crash. Franciscan Bishop Virgilio Lopez Irias of Trujillo was recalled by......
Mexican Bishops Oppose Calls For Death Penalty
C ATHOLIC leaders in Mexico are urging politicians to dismiss calls for the death penalty. Several church figures, including Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City,......
Sandinistas Court Cardinal
S ANDINISTA leader Daniel Ortega, who once bitterly opposed the Nicaraguan Church, has nominated Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo for the Nobel Peace Prize, “in recognition of his......
Spiritual Centre For Pygmies
A CENTRE for spiritual, intellectual and human assistance has been opened for Pygmies in the Diocese of Kole, in the Pelenge region, in the heart of Congo. Dedicated to St......
Christian Woman Dies In Jail
V ATICAN R ADIO has reported the “brutal killing” in prison of a woman arrested in China for distributing Bibles. Jiang Zingxiu, 34, was imprisoned on June 18 for distributing......
Anti-church Bill Condemned
A NEWLY ADOPTED Bill that regulates religious practices is worse than the one adopted in the 1950s by Ho Chi Minh, said Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Minh City.......