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Bomb attack on military base church worries cardinal

Michael Otto — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:02:48 +0000

LAGOS, Nigeria (CathNews) — Nigeria’s new cardinal has spoken of his dismay following a deadly attack on a church inside a major military establishment, saying that it shows nowhere is safe, reports the Independent Catholic News.
Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, described as “particularly worrisome” the explosion on Sunday at St Andrew’s Protestant Church, inside the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna state. At least 11 people are reported dead.
Nigerian military said two suspect vehicles entered the establishment — one a bus that was driven into the wall of the church causing an explosion but no casualties.
When people gathered to see what had happened, a second more serious explosion took place, killing 11 and injuring a further 30 people. This is the third successive Sunday that a church in Kaduna has been attacked. This time, Islamist group Boko Haram denied responsibility.
Speaking from Rome just two days after being made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, the prelate told Aid to the Church in Need: “Once again, a great tragedy has taken place, but in this case the circumstances are particularly worrisome.”

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Historic church decommissioned

Michael Otto — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:08:35 +0000

by GILLIAN VINE A DUNEDIN church, where poet James K. Baxter worshipped in the 1960s, has been decommissioned. St Andrew’s Ocean View, not used regularly for several years, was formally closed on November 27 at a decommissioning Mass concelebrated by Bishop Colin Campbell and Mosgiel-Green Island parish priest Fr Michael Dooley. It was a sad

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Cardinal welcomes results saying Britain opposes animal-human embryos

Michael Otto — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000

LONDON (CNS) A Scottish cardinal welcomed the results of an opinion poll that suggests the British public opposes the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos for experimentation. Cardinal Keith O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, said he was "delighted" that a majority of people were against the Human Embryology

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