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Forming your child’s character helps them face life’s challenges. Parents are the ones who make the difference - VISTA 1-3
but the cost for millions of others is death and slavery - Page 14 24HOUR LOVE: Beaconsfield marks Page 2 adoration anniversary
FRIENDS OF FRANCIS: Balcatta secuPage 3 lar Franciscans celebrate
APOSTLES: Benedict XVI on Simon and Page 12 Jude Thaddeus
Priest beheaded The crime: Syrian Orthodox priest didn’t do ‘enough’ to denounce Pope’s speech Cleric was slain before ransom could be raised MOSUL, Iraq (CNS) - Islamic retribution for Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial speech in Germany last month has reached a devastating climax, with an Orthodox priest decapitated. Shockwaves were felt by Christians throughout Iraq when Fr Amer Iskender was kidnapped on October 9 and found decapitated two days later in Mosul, reportedly for not doing enough to condemn the Pope’s comments, according to local police and clerics. Fr Iskender’s decapitated body was found on October 11 in Mosul’s Muharaibin neighborhood and his arms showed signs of torture. The priest’s beheading follows the September 16 shooting death of an Italian nun which some have attributed as the first sign of Islamic retribution for the Pope’s comments. But the Italian news agency ANSA reported that the Union of Islamic Courts, a fundamentalist body that controls Mogadishu, said the killing of the nun and her bodyguard was unrelated to the Pope’s comments on Islam. A report filed by Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Middle Eastern news agency, said Fr Iskender was killed by Muslim captors who had demanded a ransom and a condemnation of the Pope’s remarks on Islam by the priest’s church, St. Ephrem Orthodox Church in Mosul. However, the report said that prior to the priest’s kidnapping his church had put up signs condemning the Pope’s statement made in Regensburg, Germany, in midSeptember and calling for good Continued - Page 12
Marriage rate key to fertility: lobbyist ■ By Paul Gray
Mr Jim Wallace, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, has challenged all governments to actively encourage marriage. “A good marriage is a deep source of strength and blessing because it provides the firm commitment and security that both partners need, which in turn gives them the confidence to become parents. “Rather than continually denigrating marriage,
we need all Governments to actively encourage marriage.” Continued - Page 2
Vatican seeks details of all English, Welsh dioceses ■ By Simon Caldwell
New set of wheels: Kalumburu’s Sr Schollie, as she is affectionately known, has put aside her well-known all-terrain four-wheel motorcycle for a sporty scooter. The new vehicle, like her old one, is Sr Scholastica’s prime means of transport around the remote Kalumburu mission. Photo: Kimberley Community Profile
LONDON (CNS) - The Vatican has asked for the financial details of every Catholic diocese in England and Wales, months after church bureaucrats left a bishop 10.2 million pounds (US$17.8 million) in debt. Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, papal nuncio to Great Britain, has asked heads of dioceses in England and Wales for evidence to show that their accounts con-
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WITHOUT BOUNDARIES As people with disabilities continue to contribute to the Church and society, the Church, in turn, is helping them have life, and have it to the full.
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form with canon law as well as British civil law. In March, Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue of Lancaster, England, apologised to churchgoers after he discovered that his central administration had been “eating up” money belonging to parishes and trust funds without permission. The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy now wants to make sure that the scandal is not repeated, said Archbishop Sainz. In an August 4 letter to the Continued - Page 8
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Cardinal Wilfrid Napier reveals an exciting shift in the war on AIDS. But will western journalists be able to get their heads around what, for them , is a difficult concept?
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