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14-Apr-2009
Although Christ has broken death's stranglehold over mankind, "far too many signs" of death's dominion remain today and it is "urgent to rediscover grounds for hope," Pope Benedict said in his Easter message to the world.
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16-Apr-2009
In an interview with a local newspaper, Montreal, Canada, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte has said that while he is against abortion "I can understand that in certain cases, there is almost no other choice than to practice it."
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17-Apr-2009
After fifteen years of service, outgoing University of Technology Sydney chaplain, Fr Peter Maher, has recalled the development of the university's Multifaith Chaplaincy Service.
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16-Apr-2009
The maximum daily accommodation payment for aged care residents would need to increase by $13.44 to meet the actual cost of providing a bed, according to a report conducted by Access Economics for Catholic Health Australia.
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News - National
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17-Apr-2009
Confession and marriage conducted by outgoing St Mary's South Brisbane administrator, Fr Peter Kennedy, would be "invalid in the eyes of the Church" should he be suspended by Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby, Sydney's Fr John Flader has said.
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16-Apr-2009
Pope Benedict has appointed Adelaide Auxiliary Bishop Greg O'Kelly as the new bishop of Pt Pirie while Melbourne priest, Fr Michael McKenna, is bishop-designate for Bathurst diocese.
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15-Apr-2009
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is urging its members to consider swapping the $900 government stimulus windfall for a much larger handout later on in life.
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15-Apr-2009
Three Sri Lankan fishermen are the first asylum seekers on Christmas Island to be charged with escaping custody when they allegedly went in search of a Catholic priest after being informed their asylum applications had been rejected.
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15-Apr-2009
Irishman, David Keohane, who was bashed on a Sydney street has emerged from an eight month coma with his family convinced his awakening was the work of Blessed Mary MacKillop.
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14-Apr-2009
Sydney Cardinal George Pell has backed Pope Benedict's comments on condoms, saying "the idea that you can solve a great spiritual and health crisis like AIDS with a few mechanical contraptions like condoms is ridiculous."
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14-Apr-2009
An unidentified priest has defied the ban on religious symbols at Royal North Shore Hospital's chapel, returning the Bible and cross to the altar for Good Friday.
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14-Apr-2009
Former Painters and Dockers anti-corruption royal commissioner Frank Costigan has died aged 78 after a long battle with cancer.
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16-Apr-2009
The huge clean-up task has begun at Ballan's historic St Brigid's Church after an electrical fault sparked a blaze in the 97 year old church.
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16-Apr-2009
Four American Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia were keen to see the diving pigs at Sydney's Royal Easter Show yesterday but had to satisfy themselves with a sheep round up.
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17-Apr-2009
Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has described an ABC 7.30 Report item on relations between the Kalumburu community and the local Catholic parish as "vindictive", "extremely unfair" and a "hatchet job".
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15-Apr-2009
Kalumburu aboriginal community in remote north-western WA is locked in a standoff with the local Catholic parish over access to land for development.
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News - International
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17-Apr-2009
More than ninety years after Australian soldier, Private Walter Henry Belbin, removed a cross from the rubble of a Catholic church at Pozieres during World War I his son Neil will return it to the now rebuilt church.
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15-Apr-2009
1,800 Franciscan friars from all over the world are converging on Assisi, Italy, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of papal approval of the Franciscan rule.
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14-Apr-2009
Caritas Australia is pushing for the United Nations to declare access to food a fundamental right.
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17-Apr-2009
Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has called for God's forgiveness of priests who have abused children and warned that the scale of the child abuse will rock the diocese to its foundations when it is revealed in a report next month.
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16-Apr-2009
Scottish choir singer, Susan Boyle, has caused a sensation with her British TV rendition of Les Miserables hit I Dreamed a Dream.
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14-Apr-2009
In a sombre Easter message, Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn has warned that "the time of Christianity in Europe is coming to an end."
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17-Apr-2009
The Bolivian government says unknown assailants attacked the home of La Paz Cardinal Julio Terrazas with dynamite, causing structural damage but no injuries.
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15-Apr-2009
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has admitted that he is the father of a child conceived while he was still a Catholic bishop.
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Regulars
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17-Apr-2009
If the important life of Jesus is going to be questioned alongside Santa and the Easter Bunny, perhaps it's time our religious leaders took a more flexible view of the Bible and those who read it differently. Perhaps it's time they embraced the resurrection not as literal fact, but as a metaphor for the incredible resilience of humans and nations in the face of catastrophic events. Events we have seen all too much of lately. - Phil Dye, Online Opinion
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16-Apr-2009
I remember one morning being surprised out of my semi-conscious devotion by a priest who insisted on preaching a sermon on a weekday. He reminded us that it was Ascension Thursday and in his opinion the feast of the Church. Jesus had left us and now it was up to us to preach the Gospel. - Fr Noel Connolly, St Columban's Mission Society E-News
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15-Apr-2009
St Paul opens for us a window through which we can see what the very first Christians believed and practiced. Through his letters we can glimpse what they preached and professed, and how they worshipped. Paul opens a window on their faith in the resurrection of the crucified Jesus. At the same time, the great apostle makes his own contribution by adding his first hand witness to the risen Jesus and by interpreting in fresh ways the great truth of the resurrection. - Fr Gerald O'Collins, Thinking Faith
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14-Apr-2009
When she arrived in Kinglake it was at the wheel of a large white Mazda truck. She was wearing a wristband that somehow she'd conned to get her through the roadblocks, and her accommodation was a two-person tent she pitched in someone's backyard. She tended to practical rather than spiritual needs. - Gary Tippet, The Sunday Age
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17-Apr-2009
The Monastery has been home to the Passionist community in South Australia since 1896. It is also the home of the Glen Osmond and Parkside communities, the latter including St Raphael's Primary School, were incorporated into the Parish of St Paul of the Cross in 2001.
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16-Apr-2009
Simply a beautiful website. Displaying the rich heritage and Australian flavour to this 450 year plus religious congregation, the site displays the various individuals and ministries of the Ursulines in this country.
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15-Apr-2009
Easter is often a time for many non-Catholics to raise questions about Catholicism. The Catholic Enquiry Centre is the national faith promotion outreach of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. It is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009 and it was founded for the better knowledge of Christ and the Catholic Church in Australia.
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14-Apr-2009
Vatican Friends is an international multi-lingual Catholic friendship community. Its goal is "to promote and strengthen friendship between Catholics all over the world." The site has a strong emphasis on loyalty to the Church and the Pope.
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17-Apr-2009
This is a children's film, in the sense that it is about small children. This does not mean that it is an easy or delightful entertainment for an outing. Rather, this is a message film, a strong message through a story and characters that they can understand, whom they will feel with. It would be good for parents and children to see this film together. It is also one of those films which would be helpful in a school or discussion situation. - Fr Peter Malone, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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14-Apr-2009
This is an animated Australian feature film written and directed by Adam Elliot. Elliot gave us the excellent 2003 Academy Award winning short, "Harvie Krumpet," and here he follows up with a wonderfully creative film about our perceptions of the disabled, the experiences of disabled people themselves, and values we should look for in ourselves when we form judgements about other people. - Peter W. Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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15-Apr-2009
Every bishop and priest in the Catholic Church should sit down and read this remarkable book. Ian Linden has quietly demolished canards levelled against those who believe that the reforming work of the Second Vatican Council is not yet complete. Instead of imagining that life beyond the Council is ever upwards and onwards, he takes as seriously as Pope Benedict the ever lurking reality of sin. - Peter Cornwell, The Tablet
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17-Apr-2009
Prayer and liturgy must not be the province of ideology. Most important is the Pope's suggestion which has had little attention, especially among the liturgically conservative, that the two forms can be "mutually enriching". - Fr Leo Chamberlain, The Catholic Herald
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16-Apr-2009
The so-called "digital generation" are often criticised for being permanently connected to their mobile phones and social networking sites, but there is nothing new about the hunger to be in contact with others. When I was a teenager, young people were often criticised for constantly tying up ye olde family landline! - Sandie Cornish, Faith Doing Justice
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15-Apr-2009
I regard our modest gesture as an act of prayer. As I marched into the teeth of the beast, I was mindful of the millions of people across the country attending Holy Thursday Mass, and the contrast of sitting in metal chains in the county jail. Some of us spoke of trying to be with the nonviolent Jesus who was arrested on this holy night. We reflected on his last words: "Put down the sword! Stop, no more of this!" - Fr John Dear, National Catholic Reporter
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14-Apr-2009
It used to be that anyone who lived in a country such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States could be excused for taking religious freedom for granted. That can no longer be the case. - David Proussalidis, MercatorNet
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16-Apr-2009
The National Catholic Media Congress sponsored by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference and titled Throw Open The Doors will be held at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney from May 4 to 6. Registration is in its dying days.
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