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Hong Kong Bishop Threatens To Sue Government To Protect...
Bishop Zen Ze-kiun vows to take legal action against the parliament he publicly defended against Chinese communism T HE C ATHOLIC Church in Hong Kong is threatening to sue the......
Abortion Group Hijacks Image Of Our Lady
BY DAVID V BARRETT T HE PRO - ABORTION pressure group Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has caused outrage by publishing prayer cards invoking the intercession of the Virgin......
Egyptian Christian Family Fears The Worst For Girl Who...
A 17- YEAR OLD Egyptian Christian girl has disappeared from her family for a second time, two months after she was abducted and held overnight by Muslim men while local police......
Holy See Presses For Global Ban On Use Of Land Mines
T HE H OLY S EE made an urgent appeal to all countries to adopt and respect the Ottawa Convention aimed at banning land mines. The appeal was made on behalf of the Pope by......
Christians Defy Threats To Remain In Iraq
I N SPITE of threats from Muslim fundamentalist groups, Christians are not fleeing from Iraq, according to a priest in the north of the country. “Christians are not running away......
Spanish Bishop Rails Against ‘gay Marriage’
T HE ARCHBISHOP primate of Spain says that same-sex unions are in no way “comparable to marriage”. In a homily, Archbishop Antonio Caiizares Llovera of Toledo said “it is not......
Pakistani Catholics ‘pay Price For Wars’
M USLIM ANGER over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is leading to more discrimination against Christians in Pakistan, it has been claimed. “There is a lot of anger among Muslims......