Page 1, 10th March 1989
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Cardinals Ponder Bank's Future
FIFTEEN cardinals from around the world met this week to discus Holy See finances £40 million in the red for 1989 and to decide on a successor to the controversial Archbishop......
Mothers Fear For Health Of Four
by Martin Newland THE mothers of three of the Guildford Four prisoners met and prayed with Cardinal Hume on the eve of Mother's Day visits to their sons in prison. The cardinal,......
Church Closure Sparks Dismay
PLANS to sell The Holy Name church in Manchester to property developers have been criticised by local Catholics. The church, which has been in use for the last 120 years, has......
Mozambique's Hungry Get Little Relief
CATHOLIC missionaries in Mozambique this week reported that 3,500 people have starved to death this year in the northeastern part of the war-torn country. Most of the deaths......
No Alarm Over Video
by Matthew Keegan CATHOLICS in Britain should not become embroiled in the controversy surrounding Madonna's latest video, the assistant secretary to the Bishops' Conference of......
Jesuits Held After Riots
CATHOLIC priests were detained in Venezuela this week under suspicion of fomenting riots in which at least 246 people died. Five Jesuit priests, along with about 25 students,......
Dissenters' Ranks Swollen By University Professors
by Viviane Dewitt in Rome A FURTHER 207 professors from the theology faculties of Spanish, French, Belgian and French-Swiss universities have joined in the so-called Declaration......