![]() Myra: the paper DevilPeter Stanford?Go to Hell?, ?Gone But Not Forgiven?, ?The Devil?: so the British tabloids heralded the death of Myra Hindley. A writer and broadcaster looks behind the headlines. Church in the WorldZimbabwe bishops rebuff Ncube's starvation charges |
AfricaSudan?s peace talks end in failure.Sudan?s latest round of peace talks have broken up in Machakos, Kenya![]() | AmericasKidnapped bishop rescued after tip-off.The Church in Colombia and around the world has been celebrating the release of the president of the Latin American council of bishops (Celam), Bishop Jorge Enrique Jim?nez of Zipaquir?, and of Fr Desiderio Orjuela, a parish priest![]() |
EuropeParliament accepts Pope?s olive branch.For the first time, the Pope has addressed the Italian Parliament![]() |

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