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Foreign News in Brief
 New man: Fr Adolfo Nicolás, who is 71, a Spanish priest who has spent his adult life in Asia, was elected as Superior General of the Society in Jesus, at the 35th Jesuit General Congregation in Rome, last week. The position is normally held for life DON DOLL SJ/MAGIS |
| Kenyan prayer meeting ends in violence A PRAYER MEETING in Nairobi, Kenya, called by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to remember the victims of the post-27 December poll violence, ended when ODM supporters threw stones at police cars. Police fired tear gas, the BBC reported. More than 650 people have been killed, and 250,000 have fled, since the disputed election (News, 4 January). Sri Lankan bishop condemns ‘senseless’ attack THE Bishop of Colombo, the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, has condemned as “senseless” an attack on a civilian bus on 16 January in the town of Okkampitiya, in which at least 31 people were killed. The attack coincided with the end of the little-observed six-year ceasefire. The Tamil community condemned such atrocities, which were a step backwards for Sri Lanka, he said, and appealed to people of all faiths for a non-violent settlement. At issue is a separate state in the north for Tamils. Nigerian churches condemn state graft METHODIST and Anglican church leaders in Nigeria have urged politicians to renounce corruption. They say it has left a minority living in affluence while the majority live in abject squalor, despite the country’s oil wealth. The Revd Sunday Makinde, leader of the Nigerian Methodist Church, told Ecumenical News International: “The on-going anti-corruption crusade should be all-encompassing.” The Anglican Archbishop, the Most Revd Peter Akinola, has said: “Without conversion from the sin of corruption, the sin of stealing, the sin of secret cults, the sin of adultery, our society cannot be better, and the leaders themselves have nothing good to pass on to the people.” Anglican World stops printing THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE published by the Anglican Communion Office is to cease printing. Anglican World has been published since 1993 and is distributed to 11,000 recipients; but it currently loses £70,000 a year, said the secretary general, Canon Kenneth Kearon. A successor, Anglican World News, would be distributed largely by email, he said. Correction: Newcastle is in the province of New South Wales (News, 18 January), not in Perth. Our apologies. |
