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Page 2 from 15th January 1999VATICAN CITY—The Holy Father has consecrated a new Irish bishop during an Epiphany ceremony at St Peter's Basilica. Diarmuid Martin was ordained......
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Page 2 from 2nd October 1998THE VATICAN VATICAN CITY—The Pope has attacked what he called the "intolerable contrast" between the rich and the poor in the world. The contrast......
The Vatican
Page 2 from 11th December 1998VATICAN CITY—Bishops from Oceania attending their pre-Jubilee Synod have included among their final proposals an apology for sexual abuse by clergy......
Europe
Page 2 from 4th December 1998ROME—Catholics and Protestants will distribute Scriptures together to tourists and pilgrims in the Year 2000. it was announced this week. The......
Europe
Page 2 from 22nd January 1999ROME—The Italian Prime Minister, a former communist, has said that "the Pope was right to criticise communism. Massimo d'Alema told the Madrid......
Europe
Page 2 from 23rd April 1999LONDON—The House of Lords again blocked plans to lower the age of homosexual consent to 16 years last week. The opposition was spearheaded by......
Taxing Times For Spain's Bishops
Page 6 from 2nd February 1990Madrid's government is at loggerheads with the church over money. Patrick Kelly reports A SERIES of tsublic — and often bitter — rows between......
Ole? No, Just Unholy
Page 5 from 28th February 1997ANIMAL WATCH JONATHAN OWEN T HE ISSUE OF using animals at fiestas to celebrate Saints' Days was recently highlighted in the reports of a goat being......
Europe
Page 2 from 25th December 1998ROME—Local authorities calculate that some 26 million pilgrims will visit a„Rortp . in theyear 2000. The event which should attract the greatest......
Europe
Page 2 from 29th January 1999ROME—The president of the Italian bishops' conference has called for calm and solidarity in the wake of an influx of Albanians fleeing fighting in......