Bishop gives gay adoptions thumbs-down 1987

This months High Court ruling that same-sex couples be allowed to adopt children has received the thumbs-down from several religious bodies, including the Catholic Church. This ruling comes in the wake of the 1996 post-apartheid Constitution that has seen significant liberation in many areas. Bishop Reginald Cawcutt, Southern African catholic Bishops Conference spokesperson, has stated that although they support one-parent families and the right of an individual to adopt, it is Gods plan that a man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. He also stated that the Church could never approve of the court ruling.

Priest prisoners ordeal  1933

The Spanish Jesuit, Fr Esteban, now among the Reds of Kiangsi since December 1931, has succeeded in sending a message which reveals that he is being subjected to systematic insults. On the last day of May, he writes in a note dated July 6, I was exposed three times to the derision of the people, covered with a hat draped with an ignominious inscription. I disputed publicly to defend the religion which they insulted. The poor unfortunates. The Reds continue to remain firmly entrenched in Kiangsi Province and to menace the surrounding regions of Central China.