P741 CEEFAX 741 Thu 21 Oct 21:15/47  1/2  RELIGIOUS NEWS   NEW BID TO STOP WOMEN PRIESTS The Church Society is launching a High Court bid today to block the ordination of women priests. It is applying for a judicial review of the ordination of women priests measure. Parliamentary debate of the issue next month could lead to women being ordained in the spring. The society's argument is that the ordination of women amounts to a fundamental change of doctrine which can only bj brought about by an Act of Parliament.  Read Hear 710 Environment 730 Events Devotion Prayer Radio/TV
P741 CJEFAX 741 Thu 21 Oct 21:19/44  2/2  RELIGIOUS NEWS   VATICAN CONCERNED ABOUT HAITI Vatican diplomats have expressed concern about the possible return to power in Haiti of Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristidj. Father Aristidj, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, has been accused by the Vatican of inciting violence. He was suspended from public priestly functions in 1988. He was to return to Haiti as part of a UN-brokered accord this month, but Haiti's military leader refused  Read Hear 710 Environment 730 Events Devotion Prayer Radio/TV