News
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06-Nov-2009
A L'Osservatore Romano column by editor Giovanni Maria Vian has criticised the Swiss born Roman Catholic theologian Hans Kung after he accused Pope Benedict of an "unecumenical luring away" of discontented Anglicans.
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05-Nov-2009
The Vatican post office issued its first Braille stamps, with raised dots spelling out Braille, Vatican City State and the price, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille.
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03-Nov-2009
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Prefect Cardinal William Levada has moved to quash speculation the forthcoming apostolic constitution for converting Anglican communities has been delayed over Vatican disagreements on celibacy for converting priests.
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06-Nov-2009
Ahead of the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen, Caritas International, together with other international aid organisations, has warned that "urgent action" is needed in order to prevent global hunger due to climate change.
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04-Nov-2009
St Patrick's Catholic Church in Pomona will host an ecumenical service in protest against the Traveston Dam, bringing together spiritual leaders, activists and others who are opposed to the project.
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06-Nov-2009
Pope Benedict is planning a two day summit of Catholic politicians across the globe at the Vatican to discuss the role of faith witness in their professions, reports say.
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06-Nov-2009
At a graduation ceremony for the Catholic Teachers' College in Baucau, East Timor, ACU Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Craven conferred the university's highest honour on former ACU National graduate Isabel Guterres.
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05-Nov-2009
The position of chaplain at the Lismore Base Hospital could be axed due to budget cutbacks, after almost 20 years of service to the patients, families and staff.
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03-Nov-2009
A historic free concert will be held at Westminster Cathedral on December 2 featuring UK's first live UK performance of music from 'Alma Mater - Music From the Vatican' the album featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI.
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News - National
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05-Nov-2009
Prisoners in Sydney's Long Bay and Silverwater prisons joined thousands of people from across Australia and as far away as Rome, Britain, the US and Ireland yesterday to learn more about the Gospel of Luke in an eConference.
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03-Nov-2009
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is inviting youth leaders from across the country to attend a Youth Ministry Convention in 2010, to draw them together for dialogue, network and exchange of ideas.
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03-Nov-2009
The St Vincent de Paul Society is calling for fairness and compassion in dealing with asylum seekers and urged for a "humanitarian position" on the matter
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02-Nov-2009
The Catholic and Anglican Churches are praising a decision that overturned a finding favouring a gay couple's bid to become foster parents, with Sydney's Cardinal George Pell calling it a "helpful" step "in the right direction", said The Daily Telegraph.
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02-Nov-2009
Emerging from the annual racing fraternity Mass at St Francis' Catholic church in Lonsdale St, Melbourne yesterday, Val Cummings and husband Cups King Bart Cummings said they were praying for another winner on race day.
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05-Nov-2009
Dog owners angry at their pets being kept away from Mosman's cafes welcomed a council idea to erect a statue of St Francis of Assisi in Mosman Square as a tribute to local pets and pet loving locals.
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04-Nov-2009
A boy who has been left brain damaged after being sucked down the drain at the elite Anglican Southport School on the Gold Coast, won a $9.6 million compensation payout in court.
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02-Nov-2009
Online registrations opened Sunday for Pray 2010, a three day program envisioned by Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby to reinvigorate the prayer life of Catholics.
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04-Nov-2009
The Master Builders Association says it is disappointed but unsurprised at the closure of the Australian Technical Colleges in Burnie and Launceston at the year end after Catholic Education Tasmania decided it could not afford to run them.
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02-Nov-2009
Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Mark Coleridge said the deal surrounding Calvary Hospital's purchase by the ACT Government has been shrouded in secrecy and a false sense of inevitability, the Canberra Times reports.
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News - International
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05-Nov-2009
A statement by pharmaceutical company Neocutis defending of its use of cells harvested from an aborted fetus in the development of burn treatments and anti-ageing creams is being criticised as dishonest by a pro-life group.
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03-Nov-2009
The late Pope John Paul II could be beatified in the coming months, the mayor of Rome has been reported as saying, nudging him closer to sainthood.
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05-Nov-2009
Vatican Cardinal Franc Rodé has said the Holy See decided on the apostolic visitation of women religious in the USA after hearing "the concerns expressed by American Catholics - religious, laity, clergy and hierarchy."
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04-Nov-2009
US priest Father Bill "Bix" Bischel, 81, and Sister Anne Montgomery, 83 were hooded, handcuffed and held faced down on the ground for four hours before being arrested for a protest against nuclear weapons.
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02-Nov-2009
Miami Archbishop John Favalora has announced an immediate official ban on members of the Legionaries of Christ from exercising any ministry in the archdiocese.
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04-Nov-2009
Internationally known Irish moral theologians, Fr Enda McDonagh and Fr James Keenan, have criticised what they describe as the "unethical and unfounded" stances of the Church and political leaders that they say have failed the world in preventing the spread of HIV.
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04-Nov-2009
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which upheld the protest of an Italian woman against the display of a crucifix at a state school attended by her two children, is being criticised in Italy.
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03-Nov-2009
Clergy in Ireland are "alarmed" over the level of support for alleged Marian sightings claimed by a self-proclaimed Dublin visionary, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
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06-Nov-2009
Saying they can prove ownership, Saint Paul de Chartres nuns in southern Vietnam are demanding the government return land it seized and now says it wants to turn into a park.
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02-Nov-2009
A ransom of US$2 million is being demanded for the release of Irish Columban Father Michael Sinnott, according to a video released with footage of him.
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Religion
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06-Nov-2009
The UK branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion has voted to accept Pope Benedict's offer of a personal ordinariate.
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Regulars
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06-Nov-2009
Recently I have been reading Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. As we reread the Scriptures, they always seem to have a newness and freshness about them that one hasn't noticed before. That has been the case with my recent reading of Paul. The Corinthian Church, founded by Paul, had turned to him for advice on some local issues. His responses to these local issues are relevant to how we should approach contemporary issues today. - Bishop David Walker, Broken Bay News
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05-Nov-2009
Today Catholic schools serve about 2.2 million students, roughly half the 1965 peak year total. There are still nearly 7,250 Catholic schools, but since 1990 over 1,300 have closed and some 300,000 pupils have been displaced. The decline is concentrated in urban communities that now are home mainly to low income, non-Catholic, minority families. - John J. DiIulio Jr, America
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04-Nov-2009
As a young child witnessing bombs dropping around him in his hometown of Prague in Czechoslovakia, Joseph Pertl dreamt of becoming a priest and devoting his life to God and helping others. - Lindy McNamara, The Southern Cross
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03-Nov-2009
My grandson Peter died on Thursday July 26, the Feast of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. He was sixteen weeks old, a perfect little boy. He was as long as his mother's hand, and died as soon as he was born. I am dating his life, of course, from his conception. - Marist Messenger
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02-Nov-2009
This new generation seems ideally positioned to address the lamentable tendency to drive a wedge between the Church's pro-life message and its peace and justice commitments. They can help us find the sane middle between two extremes: What George Weigel correctly calls "Catholicism lite," meaning a form of the faith sold out to secularism; and what I've termed "Taliban Catholicism," meaning an angry expression of Catholicism that knows only how to excoriate and condemn. - John L. Allen Jr, National Catholic Reporter
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06-Nov-2009
A new website with images reflecting the colour and diversity of the West, is what awaits the browser of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth site. Archbishop Hickey greets readers with a welcome message and video and the latest news and events are prominent on the homepage.
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05-Nov-2009
Knock Shrine is Ireland's National Marian Shrine in rural County Mayo and its role as a holy place came into force in August 1879 when Our Lady appeared at the parish church to 15 locals. In more recent weeks the Shrine has become embroiled in controversy with claims of ongoing apparitions during large crowds.
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04-Nov-2009
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service is a US based non-profit organisation established in 1963 which has as its mission "to be a bridge between people thinking about volunteering and member programs, over 230 of which offer volunteer opportunities." The site features information for both programs seeking volunteers and those seeking a place to volunteer.
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03-Nov-2009
The Vatican Radio website declares itself as "the voice of the Pope and the Church in dialogue with the world." It is a claim it backs up with this extensive website complete with program guides, video, podcasts, news and features and live streaming.
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02-Nov-2009
Edmund Rice Institute for Social Justice is based in Fremantle, Western Australia and is a ministry of the Oceania Province of the Christian Brothers. Its mission is to build community commitment, capacity and action for social justice.
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03-Nov-2009
Whilst the film is not without its faults, it would be unfair to let these faults override the beauty of this brief but frankly moving film about responsibility and friendships. Shane Acker manages to do something very few other directors have managed to do, in that he cleverly blurs the line between the past and future. - Michael Bateson-Hill, Thinking Faith
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05-Nov-2009
This Sunday's edition of Sunday Nights looks at women and men and their modesty, expectations and freedom. It looks under the veil of modesty and the role it plays in female and male lives and asks the questions "is the veil a positive or negative sign?"
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02-Nov-2009
The Italian Chapel is described as a historical novel, but it is easy to imagine it as a film script or a television drama. Each chapter feels like a scene and, were I a movie producer looking for an idea based on a breathtakingly beautiful wind and rain swept location and which explored some of the deepest emotions and richest achievements of human beings, I would have found it in The Italian Chapel. - Philip Paris, Thinking Faith
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06-Nov-2009
Hot cross buns are now sold from before Lent until well after Easter. For me, sharing hot cross buns is a way of celebrating Good Friday. What does the cross mean otherwise? Another link between a special custom and a particular time of year is lost. Each month or season of the year becomes like every other and the year loses its rhythm, its sense of ebb and flow. - Elizabeth Harrington, Liturgy Lines
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05-Nov-2009
It seems that fault finding, angry reactions and complaints receive general acceptance nowadays. They occur in politics, in Churches, on radio, and especially in emails. There are so many angry voices, so many angry words, exaggerated, accusatory, and lacking in any kind of charity, or respect for others. I have been asking myself for some time: what is the reason? Has life become too complicated, too demanding? Are people under so much pressure that they have to blame someone else? - Bishop Kevin Manning, Catholic Outlook
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04-Nov-2009
The new hobby atheist is as brash, noisy and confident as a cheap electric kettle. They want everyone to know that they have not found God, and that no one else should. Their particular target seems to be Catholics. - Professor Greg Craven, The Age
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03-Nov-2009
Teachers who go on strike over pay and conditions deserve no thanks and in fact demean other teachers. There is no reason to strike, ever, over pay and conditions. No matter that teachers at some of Queensland's most influential Catholic schools saw fit to do otherwise. So much for the expectation of serving God in the classroom. It is the students and parents who suffer. - Christopher Bantick, The Australian
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02-Nov-2009
The moral argument must begin with the humanity of the asylum seekers and their need, with consideration of what demands are reasonably made on Australia. By these standards the Indonesian solution is morally unjustifiable. - Fr Andrew Hamilton, Eureka Street
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06-Nov-2009
Australian Catholic University (ACU National) is hosting a conference to celebrate and explore the 3rd Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI entitled Caritas in Veritate starting on Friday November 27 at its North Sydney campus.
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04-Nov-2009
This December Melbourne will play host to the largest and most diverse multifaith gathering of religious and spiritual communities in the world, the Parliament of the World's Religions.
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