News - National
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09-Apr-2010
Teachers at Catholic and independent and schools will not join a boycott of the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy tests planned by the Australian Education Union.
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08-Apr-2010
Brisbane's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission has urged Catholics to speak out for asylum seekers in the national debate over boat arrivals.
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07-Apr-2010
In conjunction with World Health Day today, Caritas Australia is calling on the Australian pharmaceutical company, Roche, to develop paediatric HIV medications.
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07-Apr-2010
The Marist priest flown to the Christmas Island detention centre by the Federal Government says overcrowding is devastating asylum-seekers, locals and the island's crumbling infrastructure.
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07-Apr-2010
Wasteful inquries and studies aren't solving the problems faced by Australia's Aboriginal communities, say the country's Catholic bishops, who have called on the government to act.
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06-Apr-2010
Thousands of worshippers attended Easter Sunday religious services, including crowds at the Sydney Opera House for the Wesley Mission's Uniting Church service.
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06-Apr-2010
Property trusts owned and managed by church groups of all denominations are becoming big players in the commercial sector, purchasing assets ranging from office blocks to retirement homes and aged-care facilities.
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06-Apr-2010
A group in Norlane, Victoria, whose graphic re-enactment of the crucifixion at a shopping centre was shutdown by police on Saturday, has made an official complaint about religious discrimination.
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01-Apr-2010
A Melbourne nightclub's poster, allegedly showing an image of a crucified Jesus, is "totally disrespectful", "highly offensive" and "callous", has been condemned by the Bishop of Sale. A part-owner of the nightclub said they were themselves "horrified" by the work created by a promoter.
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08-Apr-2010
Hundreds of mourners have farewelled NSW teenager Michelle Morrissey at St Mary's Catholic Church in Mudgee, remembering an "outgoing and confident" 19-year-old.
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08-Apr-2010
Former NSW priest Kelvin Sharkey, who has pleaded guilty to two charges of sexually assaulting an altar boy, should go to jail despite his advanced age and poor health, a Wollongong court has been told.
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01-Apr-2010
The Royal Agricultural Society, organiser of the Sydney Easter Show, has told the Bible Society NSW there was no space available at the event for its "Jesus. All About Life." stall.
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07-Apr-2010
A man claiming to be doing a survey for the Church is reportedly harassing people over the phone and condemning victims to hell.
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News - International
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06-Apr-2010
Pope Benedict urged all Christians, particularly priests, to be like angels and messengers of Christ's "victory over evil and death, the bearers of his divine love", in his address on Easter Monday.
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06-Apr-2010
Papal preacher Fr Raniero Cantalamessa has apologised to Jews after he compared attacks on the Church and the pope over a sexual abuse scandal to "collective violence" against Jews throughout history.
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01-Apr-2010
Digital artists believe they have recreated the face of Jesus, an image in 3D based on the Shroud of Turin.
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08-Apr-2010
American pop singer Lady Gaga, known for her provocative costumes and image, is reputedly struggling with her sexuality and worried what her Catholic parents will think of her lifestyle choice.
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07-Apr-2010
American actor Neal McDonough, a former cast member of shows such as Desperate Housewives and Band of Brothers, has allegedly been replaced in a new TV series over his refusal to act in "heated love scenes".
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09-Apr-2010
Catholic schools in Britain will not be forced to provide "non-judgmental" information about abortion and contraception to students, after the Parliament dropped some clauses in a new education bill.
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08-Apr-2010
A British Christian nurse has lost her fight against a policy that barred her from wearing her crucifix to work.
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08-Apr-2010
The Shroud of Turin was secretly hidden in a Benedictine abbey during World War II because the Vatican feared that Adolf Hitler wanted to steal it, an Italian Benedictine priest says.
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06-Apr-2010
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has expressed "deep sorrow and regret" for saying the Irish Catholic Church was "losing all credibility" over the clerical sex abuse scandal.
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07-Apr-2010
Indian priest Father Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, accused with sexually assaulting a teenage parishioner in Minnesota, says he is innocent and is willing to face charges in the US.
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09-Apr-2010
A man who participated in the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero has named Roberto D'Aubuisson, the deceased founder of the conservative Arena political party, as the person who gave the order to kill him.
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Regulars
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09-Apr-2010
Pope Benedict is deeply musical and always has been. As he tries to raise musical standards at the Vatican, Michael White gets invited to a papal concert and tells what it's like behind the scenes.
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08-Apr-2010
It's 4.30am, six days out of seven, and 30 dedicated souls have already begun their work. Among this community of Benedictine nuns is Sister Hilda Scott, whose wisdom came to light on the ABC program The Abbey.
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07-Apr-2010
The charismatic American friar, Fr Benedict Groeschel, talks about faith, protest, jail and his near-death experience.
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06-Apr-2010
In a "multicultural first" for Brisbane archdiocese, a Lenten retreat was held last month at the Sacred Heart Centre, Runcorn, for those from "culturally diverse backgrounds".
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09-Apr-2010
World Health Day 2010 focuses on urbanization and health. This WHO link has articles and information about the special importance of urban health.
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08-Apr-2010
The Decca music label has embarked upon a global, multi-media search for religious sisters, to record an album of plainsong and chant ahead of the Pope's UK visit. This site contains details about the unusual talent search.
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07-Apr-2010
This photo gallery on the Age website contains a rich visual record of celebrations of Easter from around the world.
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06-Apr-2010
The theme for this year's Identity and Mission Colloquium, which begins tomorrow in Melbourne, is Nurturing Unity in Diversity. This website link has contacts, a press release, inforrmation form and registration brochure.
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09-Apr-2010
For audiences who declare that they "love a good stoush", there are lots of them in this film. After all, Perseus is the son of Zeus, part human, part god, who vanquishes Hades and his plots, Medusa and the monstrous Kraken.
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07-Apr-2010
Coming from the director of Delicatessen, and the delightful Amelie, this film is a surreal and whimsical tale of a man with a stray bullet in his head who decides to take on two rival weapon-dealing companies, and wins.
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06-Apr-2010
Here is an opportunity to learn a little more about Leo Tolstoy, the man who wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina. It is also an opportunity to get to know his wife, Sofya.
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08-Apr-2010
The last place you might expect to find a chaplain is dodging bullets in Afghanistan. This film follows two British Royal Marine chaplains as they travel around 'their parish' bringing faith to the frontline.
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09-Apr-2010
We are deluged by one question: "How can you still stay in the Church?" But the "the Church" is not a direct synonym for "the hierarchy, the bishops, the Vatican," writes Mary Gordon.
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08-Apr-2010
The press has been a friend of the Catholic Church on the sex abuse scandal because it made the church face the problem. The church should be saying thank you, writes Peggy Noonan, speechwriter for former president Ronald Reagan.
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07-Apr-2010
Tony Abbott is the most prominent current Australian leader with ties to the Labor Split of the 1950s. The transfer of Catholic allegiance from Labor to the Liberals has been the most dramatic shift in politics over the past 50 years, writes John Warhurst.
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06-Apr-2010
To blame the messenger for this current wave of stories about sexual abuse is to miss the point, says Rev James Martin. It overlooks the service the media has provided for a Church that needs to address a grave problem.
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Information
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08-Apr-2010
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