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The conviction of a political prisoner in Burma is no surprise. What was a surprise was the US State Department’s measured three-line response.

International pressure is being urged on Burma’s military junta after a court sentenced an American Burmese man on February 10 to three years’ hard labour on what his lawyer calls ‘sham charges’.

The image of priesthood with its ideal of priestly service has been shaped by the apostles, especially Paul, but the later form of priesthood differs in at least one significant way.

Cardinal Tom Williams told the congregation celebrating with him on December 18 that rather than dare to tell God at Heaven’s gate, ‘If you examine my credentials you will see that they are all in order’ he would simply say ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’

Parishes Bill Orange11 February 2010 The Mass on December 5 at St Mary’s Parish, Carterton, and party afterwards became a celebration of the graduation as lay pastoral leaders of Sharon Penny and Eleanor Hautler. Sharon and Eleanor are both teachers at St Mary’s School and completed the course at their own cost. The celebrations were […]

The 7.0 magnitude quake has tugged at the heartstrings of people the world over, but the arrest last weekend of members of an Idaho church group for trying to take a busload of Haitian children out of the country, ostensibly to rescue them, shows what happens when good intentions meet an international disaster in a world sensitised to the possible exploitation of children.

Bethlehem University student Berlanty Azzam finally graduated with a bachelor degree in business administration in January, 75 days after being blindfolded, handcuffed and taken from Bethlehem to Gaza.

The door opens and Josh Ryan enters beaming. ‘Hi Josh!’ the class cries, shaking the rafters a little. He and the class have been working on projects that answer questions about the Special Olympics