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27-Oct-2009
Bishop Pat Power of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn likened Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's asylum seeker deal with Indonesia to John Howard's Pacific Solution, calling the treatment of the issue "gutless".
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News
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28-Oct-2009
Sydney's Cardinal George Pell may be appointed to a post in the Roman Curia by Pope Benedict, The Australian reports.
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30-Oct-2009
Catholic schools and teachers bagged at least half a dozen prestigious Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence given by Teaching Australia, taking the top prizes in teacher excellence and school and community performance.
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27-Oct-2009
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies wants the immediate withdrawal of a HSC textbook that it says contains anti-Semitic slurs.
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26-Oct-2009
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard is set to invite 150 school principals from across the country for a "national conversation" on problems they are facing and for feedback on the next steps in her "Education Revolution".
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News - National
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28-Oct-2009
President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Philip Wilson told participants of a migrant and refugee conference that Australia's immigration can be improved, and urged for more than just lip service to the migrant's plight.
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29-Oct-2009
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart is asking all parish priests in the archdiocese not to read to congregations a letter from a woman who claims nuns led her to a priest who raped her as a child
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27-Oct-2009
Donning academic gowns to represent figures in a retrial, a high profile "bench" reopened the inquisition of Galileo Galilei at the University of NSW last night.
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26-Oct-2009
NSW HSC Studies of Religion candidates are accusing the Board of Studies of asking questions about subject matter not included in the syllabus.
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26-Oct-2009
The Liverpool Catholic Club and the Campbelltown Catholic Club in Sydney are among some 20 clubs seeking approval for more poker machines to offset a revenue fall caused by a pokies tax, smoking bans and reduced spending by patrons.
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30-Oct-2009
Teaching staff from St Mary's College in Toowoomba who are facing redundancies joined in the strike action demanding pay parity on Wednesday.
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30-Oct-2009
Brisbane's City Council has given the green light for one of the city's largest churches, a 600 seater to be constructed in suburban Jindalee next year.
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29-Oct-2009
Teachers who took part in a strike yesterday in Queensland have voted to take more industrial action if employers do not commit to "meaningful negotiations".
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28-Oct-2009
A 24 hour teachers' strike today over a pay dispute will hit some of Brisbane's Catholic schools and close at least six schools in Queensland, the Courier Mail reports.
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27-Oct-2009
More than 200 teachers in far north Queensland, members of the Queensland Independent Education Union, are expected to strike for pay parity with cross border colleagues, ABC reported.
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29-Oct-2009
The Lord's Prayer won't be dropped from the start of the Darwin City Council meetings, and it will accompany a new "welcome to country" message that acknowledges the Larrakia people as the traditional owners of Darwin.
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29-Oct-2009
Sydney's Cardinal George Pell said the ACT Government deal to buy Calvary hospital is driven by ideological and anti-Christian elements against the faith in public life, ABC reports.
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27-Oct-2009
Praise the Lord and hang on to the horses for the Bungendore Rodeo, a fundraiser for the town's Catholic and Anglican churches, reports The Canberra Times.
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News - International
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30-Oct-2009
Nine Afghans, who were returned home by the Howard Government with promises and compensation, have come back and were granted protection by the Rudd Government, The Australian reports.
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28-Oct-2009
Saying freedom of speech and religion should be upheld equally, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has criticised laws around the world that make religious defamation a crime.
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27-Oct-2009
Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown, says he would like to meet Pope Benedict but has not sought an audience in order not to embarrass the pontiff, an Italian paper says.
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29-Oct-2009
A 63 year old tradition of a privately maintained nativity scene on a public median strip in Warren, Michigan ended following assertions that it violated the principle "of separation of church and state", but the ban is now being challenged as discriminatory.
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28-Oct-2009
Irish Archbishop Michael Neary rejected recent reports of apparitions at the country's National Marian Shrine in Knock, saying they could obscure the shrine's message and mislead people.
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28-Oct-2009
A German court has fined British SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson €12,000 (around $AUD19,000) after he was found guilty of denying the Holocaust.
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26-Oct-2009
A Church established independent body in Ireland, the National Board for Safeguarding Children, has described the progress in the Church over the past two years in implementing child protection guidelines as "remarkable".
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26-Oct-2009
Clergy who want to leave the Church of England for Catholicism want to take property with them, a stance expected to draw "formidable legal obstacles", The Age cites from UK's The Guardian.
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30-Oct-2009
A spokesman of the Philippines Pagadian Diocese crisis committee handling the kidnapping of Columban Fr Michael Sinnott says negotiations for the priest's release are about to begin.
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30-Oct-2009
Pope Benedict urged Iran to strengthen religious freedom for the country's tiny Catholic minority, while praising the "deep religious sensibility" of the Iranian people, in a meeting with Iran's new ambassador to the Vatican.
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26-Oct-2009
Bishops at the Vatican's Synod on Africa are calling for "saintly politicians who will clean the continent", lambasting corrupt leaders in office in a communique released on Friday.
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Religion
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29-Oct-2009
The Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church and the Uniting Church in Australia are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
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Regulars
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30-Oct-2009
Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is to be the new president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. He is an accomplished scholar but also a prelate with a popular touch, and his appointment to the Curia confirms that he is in the ascendant. - Robert Mickens, The Tablet
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29-Oct-2009
Every now and again, stories hit the media about pharmacists who refuse to stock condoms, dispense the contraceptive pill and more recently, the morning-after pill. Contrary to what we are led to believe, this is not an irregular occurrence, nor is it a particularly surprising stance for a Christian pharmacist. - Beth Doherty, Online Opinion
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28-Oct-2009
The apology to the generations of "Forgotten Australians" and British child migrants will be delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and endorsed by Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull on November 16. The statement will be presented at a formal ceremony held between the two chambers of Federal Parliament, then tabled in both houses. - Misha Schubert and Miki Perkins, The Age
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27-Oct-2009
This Pope really believes the authentic Christian Tradition is not only about preserving the past and protecting orthodoxy and orthopraxy, but also about securing the path to the future. Many who have observed his ministry for years have known it all along.- Deacon Keith Fournier, Catholic Online
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26-Oct-2009
Cardinal Levada insisted the Pope's decision to allow a "corporate reunion" of Anglican groups with Rome did not spell the end of ecumenical dialogue with the Anglican Communion, nor weaken the Vatican's commitment to promoting Christian unity. He stressed this new provision was a "response" to request, rather than an "open invitation". But it is hard to see how this new development will do anything but further sow division in the Anglican Communion and confusion among Catholics who have long been committed to the work of ecumenism. - Robert Mickens and Elena Curti, The Tablet
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30-Oct-2009
Catholic Pages was started by an Australian as a personal homepage who wanted to put material on the web that had been sourced from a range of different areas. It is now a Catholic portal which is tagged as a "Catholic home for your browser".
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29-Oct-2009
Couples in Australia can now learn Natural Family Planning (NFP) with the launch of this new educational website. The site gives couples information on how to start using the method and will connect them via email with an accredited educator to provide them with ongoing support for the first six months.
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28-Oct-2009
The website for the Diocese of Sale is an easily navigable and clear site which answers the questions and provides the information one would expect for a country diocese. A pleasing aspect is the site's listing of all diocesan personnel and its various offices, boards and councils.
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27-Oct-2009
4marks is a social networking site which helps people meet and exchange information, enabling them to connect in the physical world and strengthen Christian culture.
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26-Oct-2009
It has been a tumultuous time for the Diocese of Wilmington covering Delaware and parts of Maryland in the United States. Its Bishop Emeritus has recently died and the diocese has filed for Chapter 11 reorganisation under the US Bankruptcy Code.
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30-Oct-2009
In 1963, the pop music world was swept by a Belgian Dominican nun's recording of a song she had written about the founder of her order. You couldn't turn on the radio in Australia without hearing the Singing Nun's jaunty, happy tribute to "Dominique-nique-nique". The nun's identity was at first kept secret so she was given the name Sœur Sourire by an executive of the record company. - Jim Murphy, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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27-Oct-2009
One of the ways of exploring the realities of love and commitment, happiness and sorrow and loss, is to use the conventions of time travel fantasy. Based on a very popular novel by Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife is firmly in this genre - and many audiences have found that they can have more than a little weep as they watch it and remember it. - Fr Peter Malone, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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29-Oct-2009
This edition of Encounter is about the importance of sensitive communication with cancer patients and their families. The program features Brisbane psychiatrist Dr Jane Turner and her cutting edge educational work with nurses in cancer wards.
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28-Oct-2009
Gavin D'Costa's theology is always both meticulously creative and creatively meticulous. This work recapitulates earlier studies but also offers a creative new twist to a key remaining issue for those who explicitly acknowledge a properly Christian revelation. - Gavin D'Costa, The Tablet
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30-Oct-2009
One of the deepest underpinnings for morality and spirituality is innocence, if not its achievement, certainly its desire. Just as a healthy child longs for the experience of an adult, a healthy adult longs for the heart of a child. To lose the desire for innocence is to lose touch with one's soul. In fact, to lose one's innocence is to lose one's soul. - Fr Ron Rolheiser, Western Catholic Reporter
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29-Oct-2009
It takes a certain person to rejoice in the suffering of others. In the real world they're called sociopaths - in politics, they're called conservatives. Australia's political Right has long rejoiced at the plight of asylum seekers. Any chance to use them for political gain is seized upon like a drowning man clinging to a raft. - Jill Singer, Herald Sun
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28-Oct-2009
Catholic liberals, especially Catholic feminists, fear that an influx of conservative Anglicans will further discourage reform in the Catholic Church. In any case, someone should warn these Anglicans that two out of three US Catholics support the ordination of women. They will not find in Catholicism a controversy free zone. - Fr Thomas Reese, The Washington Post
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27-Oct-2009
Dawkins and Hitchens assume all believers accept the Bible literally, which in the case of the majority of Jews and other co-religionists, has never been true. Theologians have often questioned institutional religion and have criticised the use of rigid orthodoxy and demagoguery to instill fear and obedience. Most who embrace religious faith at the same time also exercise a healthy dose of scepticism and do not defend the way religion is often manipulated and distorted. Very few follow religion blindly. - Dr Dvir Abramovich, Sydney Morning Herald
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26-Oct-2009
From what one hears, the Church of England should be shaking in its warm woolly socks by now. The Pope's latest initiative, allowing ultra-traditionalist Anglicans to go over to Rome en masse while being allowed to preserve their traditional liturgy, is being portrayed as a devious Papist attempt to split and undermine our national Church. - Tim Collard, telegraph.co.uk
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26-Oct-2009
With Flemington's Melbourne Cup Carnival on our doorstep, the 51st Annual Racing Fraternity Mass will be held this Sunday November 1 at St Francis Church, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
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