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The Amazing Rise Of The American Church
W hen Pope Benedict XVI was elected in 2005 few Vatican experts expected that the German pontiff would draw the United States closer than ever to Rome. In April of this year,......
World Bulletin
Filipino bishop warns pro-abortion politicians A FILIPINO archbishop has declared that pro-abortion politicians should not be given Communion unless they repudiate their stance.......
Germans Breach 300-year-old Wall
A WALL that has separated Anglican and Catholic churches in the same building is being breached after more than 300 years. The three feet-thick wall was built in St Juliana......
Faith Unites Humanity, Says Tauran
CARDINAL Jean-Louis Taman, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has told a conference of Jews, Christians and Muslims that communication is the best......
American War Hero Put On Path To Canonisation
BY CHRISTOPHER RIGGS THE CAUSE of an American Second World War hero has been formally opened after Church officials spent 15 years collecting information about his life. Fr Emil......
Activists `ordain' Women Priests
ma ARCHDIOCESE of Boston has reiterated the teaching of the Church on women and the priesthood after a group "ordained" three women priests. The organisation, which calls itself......
Pope 'did Not Reject' Invitation From Eu
THE EUROPEAN Union's commission of Catholic bishops has denied that Benedict XVI rejected an invitation to address the European Parliament. A spokesman for the Commission of the......
Religious Mourn Brother Jailed In Chinese Prison
BY STAFF REPORTER A FUNERAL Mass has been celebrated at the headquarters of the Society of the Divine Word for a Brother who was imprisoned in China for three years for defying......