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A Solemn Office Becomes A Grassroots Mission
Page 7 from 28th December 1979AS 1301'H spiritual leader of the world's 700 million Catholics dust under 20 per cent of mankind) and head of Vatican City State, Pope John Paul......
A Windswept Farewell For One Of The Most Beloved Of All...
Page 2 from 15th April 2005Local parishes should learn from this splendid Requiem Mass Liturgical commentary BY FR SEÁN FINNEGAN P EOPLE often speak wistfully of the old......
Getting To Know The New Cardinals
Page 2 from 10th June 1988LAST week the Pope named 25 new cardinals. Here are brief biogranhical details: Giovanni Canestri — The 69 - yearold Archbishop of Cagliari on the......
Shake-up At Vatican Bank Brings Lay Control
Page 1 from 7th July 1989by Viviane Hewitt In Rome THE Vatican Bank's new fivemember executive board is to meet on July 18 to decide on the long-awaited nomination of a......
Prayers Continue As Pontiff Is Cleared Of One Condition...
Page 1 from 11th October 1996FRAIL POPE HEADS FOR RECOVERY BY VIVIAN HEWITT IN ROME AND PIERS MCGRANDLE SURGEONS WHO performed a "textbook appendectomy" on Pope John Paul 11......
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Page 3 from 29th June 1979Analysis Pope keeps continuity in new appointments POPE JOHN PAUL II, continuing his renewal at top levels in the Vatican within a framework Of......
He Raised His Hand, Whispered ‘amen’ And Passed Away
Page 3 from 8th April 2005The death of John Paul II BY DAN FRANK P OPE J OHN Paul II, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, died in his Vatican apartments at 9.37pm on......
Casaroli's Retirement Predicted By Curia
Page 2 from 30th November 1990by Viviane Hewitt in Rome THE Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli celebrated his 76th birthday this week as speculation heightened in the......
No 'deputy Popes' Says Vatican
Page 1 from 20th June 1997THE VATICAN HAS reacted with unusual speed and firmness to an Italian report that the Pope was to appoint three "deputy Popes" to free him of the......
Cardinal Bertoli Is Given New Task
Page 2 from 11th May 1979Pope John Paul has made Cardinal Paolo Bertoli the new "camerlengo", or chamberlain, of the Church. this ensuring top level supervision of the......