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Church in the World
Benedictine prioress defends Sr Joan in defiance of Vatican Free
A Benedictine sister who attended a recent conference on women?s ordination in defiance of a Vatican ban has been robustly defended by her superior. The Vatican had asked that ... Africa Marian apparitions authentic, says Rwandan bishop. In a formal declaration, a bishop in Rwanda has said that the Virgin Mary regularly appeared to three young women in the southern town of Kibeho in the early 1980s, Ellen Teague reports. 'There are more reasons to believe than deny it', Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro said in a 29 June declaration, excerpts of which were read out in Gikongoro cathedral during a solemn Mass attended by all the country?s bishops and the papal nuncio to Rwanda Free South Asia
Persecution of Christians in Pakistan on the increase. Intolerance against the Christian minority in the overwhelmingly Muslim country of Pakistan has increased in recent years, according to Bishop Joseph Coutts of the diocese of Faisalabad. While day-to-day relations between Christians and Muslims continue to be relatively peaceable, there are at the same time radical Islamic groups in Pakistan who are seeking to impose a militant form of Islam, the bishop alleged during a recent visit to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need Free |
 Christopher Lamb He has only worn the mitre for 18 months but Bishop Mark Davies has already made a big impression ... Without justice, charity is underminedAbigail Frymann There comes a time when you have to stop pulling bodies out of the water and go upriver ... Errant Knights need to show some humilityElena Curti Precisely why has the British branch of the Knights of Malta had a huge falling out over ...
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