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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS): A student dormitory at Bethlehem University was hit by gunfire twice in two weeks, with bullets entering a student's dorm room during the latest incident...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Fifteen years later, Ukraine's Chernobyl disaster serves to remind humanity that scientific and technological progress must respect human needs and nature, Pope John Paul II said...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II said world leaders must slow and control the forces of globalisation to protect human rights and cultural diversity...

MANCHESTER, England (CNS): A committee set up by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales to review child protection procedures has recommended police checks on all clergy, staff and volunteers within the Church...

HONG KONG (CNS): The Sacrament of Reconciliation is so popular among Chinese Catholics, particularly in rural areas, that hundreds or even thousands are lining up for confessions on major Church feasts...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II said Christianity offers ultimate answers to the people of Japan, where affluence and a consumerist mentality have been accompanied by a growing spiritual uneasiness...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The new head of Belgrade archdiocese in Yugoslavia, Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar, said the arrest of former President Slobodan Milosevic was a sign of hope for the future...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has urged priests worldwide to help Christians rediscover the Sacrament of Penance and to start by frequenting it themselves...

WARSAW, Poland (CNS): The head of Greece's Orthodox Church has appealed for Pope John Paul II to take "further steps" toward recognising Catholic Church "intransigence" before his planned May visit to the country...