http://www.cathnews.com a Service of Church Resources http://www.cathnews.com http://www.cathnews.com/_sharedimg/img_cathnews_logo_rss.jpg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CathNews Fri, 17 May 2013 07:42:45 +1100 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:42:45 +1100 More than 800 people gathered in Chatswood in Sydney's north shore last Saturday to mark 50 years of living the message of St Josemaria Escriva in Australia, reports the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36235 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36235 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said, according to a Reuters report on Yahoo7. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36243 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36243 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Pope Francis has called for global financial reform that respects human dignity, helps the poor, promotes the common good and allows states to regulate markets. "Money has to serve, not to rule," he said in his strongest remarks yet as pope concerning the world's economic and financial crises, reports the Catholic News Service. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36244 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36244 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave Scotland "for several months for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance," the Vatican said, reports the Catholic News Service. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36233 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36233 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 As US scientists announced on Wednesday that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the US bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels, reports the Catholic News Service. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36242 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36242 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 The bonds linking a remote corner of Timor-Leste, the Alas district, with the Australian parish of Frenchs Forest in suburban Sydney and its parishioners are a striking example of what one parish can do and the difference it can make, reports The Catholic Weekly.  http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36240 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36240 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Mr Francis Sullivan, CEO of The Truth, Justice and Healing Council, has visited Wollongong to meet with Bishop Peter Ingham, clergy, religious, school principals, and employees from the Catholic Education Office, CatholicCare and the Office of the Bishop, the Council said in a media release. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36241 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36241 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 A man entered the courtyard of a private Roman Catholic school in the upmarket 7th district of Paris and committed suicide, reports AP in the Sydney Morning Herald. Police said yesterday the man's motive remained unclear and his identity was not immediately made known, though they did say he was around 50 years old. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36245 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36245 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Evangelicals today are often aware of the negative associations people have of proselytism (including that the term “proselytism” is now often associated with unethical forms of evangelism). But are we sensitive enough? Ucanews reports. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36246 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36246 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 The Truth, Justice and Healing Council is coordinating the Catholic Church’s response to the Royal Commission with a commitment to cooperation, openness, full disclosure and justice for victims and survivors. It has just launched its website, which has a comprehensive range of information about the Commission, support for survivors, media coverage, and Catholic community links. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36291 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36291 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Unfounded claims of sexual abuse against a kindergarten teacher in Denmark cause his life to unravel and a whole town to demonise him in The Hunt. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen won the Cannes Best Actor award for this role as the accused teacher. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36247 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36247 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Why has Pope Francis chosen to adopt the model of leadership that is already beginning to characterise his papacy? James Hanvey SJ identifies three particular aspects of the Franciscan and Ignatian traditions that seem to be informing the new Pope’s vision of mission, in Thinking Faith. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36248 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=36248 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1100