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Archbishop Coleridge names Church's great challenge 
 

Published: 16 May 2012

The new Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge says the Church's greatest challenge is to become a more missionary Church "at a time when a certain institutional diminishment can tempt us to circle the wagons in some supposedly self-protective manoeuvre," reports The Catholic Leader.


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Legionaries knew about priest's child for months 
 

Published: 16 May 2012

Leaders of the Legionaries of Christ religious order knew that their most famous priest had fathered a child for many months before they acknowledged it this week, a top Vatican official told Reuters, reports Yahoo7.


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Pope to visit Lebanon with an eye on Iran,. Syria


Published: 16 May 2012

Benedict XVI will travel to Lebanon in September, to stop the exodus of minorities and build a bridge of peace toward Iran and Syria, reports Vatican Insider.


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Former Anglicans see ordinariate as a 'homecoming'


Published: 16 May 2012

The new personal ordinariate will be a “homecoming” for former Anglicans joining the Catholic Church later this year, reports The Catholic Weekly.


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Benetton makes charity donation to settle ad case with Vatican


Published: 16 May 2012

Italian fashion firm Benetton has agreed to make a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an advertisement that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips, according to the Vatican, Reuters reported on Yahoo7.


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Leaked SSPX letters reveal internal discord


Published: 15 May 2012

Recently leaked documents reveal the correspondence between four bishops of the Society of St Pius X, which show disagreement over reconciliation efforts with the Vatican, reports the Catholic News Agency. 

 
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Bishop McGuckin to visit Toowoomba today


Published: 15 May 2012

Bishop-elect McGuckin has been to Toowoomba before but today will make his first visit to the Garden City since his appointment. He says he is looking forward to building on the good work of his predecessors, reports The Toowoomba Chronicle.

 

 
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First video game about Jesus on Facebook

Published: 16 May 2012
The producer of the popular The Journey of Moses Facebook game is venturing into historic territory by creating the first-ever video game based on the life of Jesus, reports the Catholic News Agency.

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Comment - A poll of the next Papal contenders

With an 85-year-old pope beginning to show his age, speculation about who might come next is always in the background, even if it’s on a low boil, writes John Allen in NCR Online. Here he offers a sort of “poll average” of the current state of thinking about likely papal candidates among Vatican-watchers.

 


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Feature - Pontifical Academy for Life leaders accused over values

Some members of the Pontifical Academy for Life have written a letter accusing leaders of the dicastery of not following Catholic doctrine in the fields of life, sexuality and the family, Vatican Insider reports.


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Featured website - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Congregation, who celebrated the centenary of the formation of their Australian Province last year, also have projects in 27 countries.


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Film review - Dark Shadows

Some audiences will find this comedy/parody a hoot, Tim Burton-style. On the one hand, it has no uplifting moral values to explore. On the other, it is an entertaining and often clever spoof.The danger is that some audiences will either take it too seriously or not seriously enough.


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CathBlog - In God's time

I was comparing human time – chronos – with God’s time – kairos. Chronos keeps us all in its tight-fisted and tyrannical thrall. We clock on and off. We run to a timetable, squeezing more in ... God’s time is not like that, writes Ann Rennie.


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