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New Bank Head May Increase Transparency
he news largely went unnoticed, but last month Pope Benedict XVI surprisingly appointed a new pres ident to head the Vatican Bank. Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, a financier from......
Patriarch: Peace Is Still A Long Way Off
BY STAFF REPORTER THE MIDDLE EAST will not see peace for at least another generation, retired Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem has predicted. He said that western......
Bishops Advise On Muslim Converts
BY JONATHAN LIJXMOORE THE GERMAN bishops’ conference has issued a booklet offering guidelines on how Muslim converts should be received into the Church. The 71-page booklet said......
Vatican: Freedom To Incite Hatred Is Not A Human Right
WHILE THE freedom of expression is a right, states are not obliged to protect expression that incites hatred, a Vatican official has said. The Vatican’s representative to UN......
Aid Agencies Help Disaster Victims
IN A WEEK of natural disasters in Asia and the South Pacific, Catholics gathered to pray for the victims and Catholic aid agencies helped the survivors. In Indonesia, where two......
Indians Free Suspect Killers
A YEAR after the outburst of anti-Christian violence in Orissa, many of the alleged perpetrators are being acquitted. A spokesman for the Indian bishops’ conference has said......
Priest Strangled In Colombia
A COLOMBIAN archbishop has condemned the murder of Fr Oscar Cardozo, who was strangled last week at home. Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega lamented the “culture of violence that......
Bishops Condemn Abortion Plans
SPAIN ' S BISHOPS are urging Catholics to protest abortion legislation that would allow girls as young as 16 to abort without parental consent. “This law is a step backward, as......
Replica Catholic Chapel Marks Era Of Tolerance
BY MARK ZIMMERMAN THE STATUS OF the US state of Maryland as the birthplace of religious freedom in America became tangible when an estimated 1,000 people witnessed the unlocking......
German Brother Beatified In Regensburg
BY STAFF REPORTER A GERMAN Catholic brother who told his confreres not to go to see Adolf Hitler has moved a step closer to canonisation. Archbishop Angelo Amato, head of the......