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Person: Cardinal Francis Arinze

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Pro-abortion politicians should not be given communion, says Cardinal

PRIESTS have been told to deny communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians by a senior Vatican cardinal.

Sat, 24 Apr, 2004

Priests told to ban pro-abortion politicians

Priests have been told to deny communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians by a senior Vatican cardinal.

Fri, 23 Apr, 2004

'May his death bring peace in Burundi'

A FRAMED picture of St Brendan the Navigator was among the gifts included in the offertory procession at his funeral Mass.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2004

Pope's ambassador buried in Tipperary

The pope’s ambassador, Archbishop Michael Courtney, gunned down in a hail of bullets in Burundi, was buried in his home town today.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2004

Archbishop to be buried near home town

THE funeral Mass of Archbishop Michael Courtney, the murdered papal nuncio to the central African state of Burundi, takes place in his home town of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, today.

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