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What Happens Behind Synod Closed Doors
Page 5 from 28th September 1990The synod of world bishops gathers in Rome this weekend. The topic — priestly formation — has been much discussed in these pages, but Peter......
Priests Ask Rome To Allow General Absolution
Page 3 from 17th September 1999Report by Luke Coppen Ti E NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PRIESTS adopted seven proposals on issues ranging from prisons to pensions at its annual......
Clergy Get In The Swing On The Links With Their Golfing...
Page 3 from 20th September 1991Bishops' diaries FEW sports enjoy as much clerical affection as golf: on Mondays, the traditional priests' day off, links around the country echo......
Murmurings From Manchester
Page 10 from 9th April 1993Charterhouse Chronicle by Peter Hebblethwaite T HOUGH 1 was a from 1942 to 1948. 1 had schoolboy in Manchester never been inside the cathedral. It......
News Review
Page 2 from 16th October 1998THE VATICAN mat denounced sanctions on Iraq this week, saying that they "cause great suffering to the people, especially the weakest and the most......
Confessions Of A Soap Addict
Page 10 from 4th July 1997p ICTURE THE scene: it is the day of the Anglican National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (known as "The Grand National" to its aficionados),......
The Jamboree That Quickly Fades
Page 4 from 14th August 1998R THE last three weeks, as Catholic chaplain at the University of Kent at Canterbury, I have witnessed the influx of over 750 Anglican bishops and......
From The Bishops' Diaries
Page 3 from 24th August 1990THE launch of the new ecumenical bodies for England and Wales feature large in the bishops' diaries for the coming week. Archbishop Michael Bowen......
The Most Rev Derek Worlock 1920-1996
Page 3 from 16th February 1996DEREK WORLOCK spanned several generations as priest and bishop. As a person he had a capacity for faithful friendship with people of all ages.......
Portrait Of A Year
Page 2 from 1st January 1999January JOHN PAUL II begins the year with a five-day trip to Cuba. The Pope's visit captures the attention of the world, as the 77-year-old......