Monday, 08 September 2008

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Vincentian leader says sorry

Published: 05 September 2008

Vincentian Congregation leader, Fr Greg Cooney, yesterday apologised for "any harm that comes to anyone while they have been under our care."
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Pope an organ donor

Published: 05 September 2008

Pope Benedict is a card carrying organ donor, the Italian Association of Organ Donors says.
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WYD attracts royals and records

Published: 05 September 2008

Two incognito European princes were among the pilgrims at World Youth Day, it has been revealed, while Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the event attracted a record number of July tourists.
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News - National

All Saints star's funeral

Published: 05 September 2008

Popular All Saints TV actor, Mark Priestley, was farewelled at a Catholic funeral in Perth yesterday following the actor's suicide in Sydney last week.
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Students attack Vic abortion bill "conscience clause"

Published: 05 September 2008

The Australian Catholic Students Association has condemned legislation currently before the Victorian Parliament which will decriminalise abortion up to 24 weeks as well as forcing medical professionals to perform an abortion if the mother's life is at risk.
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Fleming rebuts accusations

Published: 04 September 2008

In a public statement published on the internet, Campion College president, Fr John Fleming, has denied knowledge of any police investigation and rebutted accusations against him by three people.
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Two more Bathurst arrests

Published: 04 September 2008

New South Wales police yesterday arrested Vincentian Br John Gaven and a 65 year old priest as further charges were laid over offences alleged to have occurred at Bathurst's St Stanislaus College in the 1970s and 1980s.
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News - International

Sir Cliff's Catholic companion

Published: 05 September 2008

Singer Sir Cliff Richard has revealed his close friendship with a former Catholic priest whom he describes as his "companion" and who shares his home.

Opinion - Bring back some humour

It is worth thinking for a moment of all the people who bring fun into our lives. They give us life, and we should thank God for them. What we laugh at we can rise above. Humour and hope are inseparable companions.

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Feature - Canadian priest ordered out of politics

The Vatican has ordered an outspoken Bloc Québécois MP to quit his seat in the House of Commons and return to his job as a Roman Catholic priest. Father Raymond Gravel said the decision was due to a backlash in English Canada over his "misinterpreted" comments on abortion, but that he had no choice but to follow his original calling.

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Featured Website - Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Howick

The benchmark for parish websites has now been set. Our Lady Star of the Sea parish is in the Auckland suburb of Howick. One of New Zealand's oldest Catholic parishes, its website is perhaps the country's, and Australasia's finest parish site.

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Television - I'll Call Australia Home

Every year millions of refugees escape civil war and human rights violations in search of a new homeland. Roughly 13,000 are accepted into Australia. But what happens once they arrive? This SBS TV Cutting Edge documentary provides some answers.