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Church in the WorldMonastery protestBelarus Jonathan Luxmoore - 2 June 2007Catholics in Minsk have launched a campaign to prevent a Communist-seized seventeenth-century church and monastery from being turned into a hotel and leisure complex, writes Jonathan Luxmoore in Warsaw. "We aim to rally everyone who can help resolve the problem," the Catholics said in a petition to President Alexander Lukashenko. "We appeal to all media, especially Christian newspapers, to spread light and information as widely as possible." Officials in the Belarus capital announced the plans to convert St Jozef's Church and an adjoining Bernardine monastery after ignoring requests to return the buildings to the Catholic Church. The Catholics said officials had "completely ignored the cultural and educational significance" of the buildings. |
 In this week’s issueFaith and unity through diversity Holy hearts that know how to adore Lifetimes of service For the halt and the lame Tablet Education A heart-warming tail Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools? Christopher Lamb Goodwin the scapegoat Elena Curti The pain of being a coeliac Catholic Sr M, guest contributor Why the Benedictine family will survive Christopher Lamb Sexual abuse: a multi-faceted response Cardinal Levada addresses Rome conference "Toward Healing and Renewal" is the title given to this Symposium for Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors on the Sexual Abuse of Minors. For leaders in the Church for whom this ... Prayer for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral issue text The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral has written a prayer for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee which will be used at the cathedral's service of thanksgiving on 5 June. The Archbishops of ...
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