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13-May-2010
Archbishop John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington in New Zealand (pictured, centre), was elected yesterday as President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania, as bishops heard about the virtues of new media.
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News - National
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14-May-2010
The upcoming Mary - First Disciple National eConference is set to draw more than 30,000 participants, organisers estimate based on the number of websites that have signed on to stream the event.
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13-May-2010
Australian donors increased their contribution to Catholic Mission's appeals in 2009 for global mission projects in 160 countries - despite the financial crisis last year.
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13-May-2010
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Federal Budget commitment to increase Australia's Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the coming year, plus stronger support for Australian aid and development organisations.
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12-May-2010
The Australian Government is censoring numerous anti-abortion sites for depicting graphic material, reportedly images and videos of abortion procedures, says the Catholic League of Australia.
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12-May-2010
Catholic Social Services Australia and the St Vincent de Paul Society say the Federal Budget has failed to take into account the needs of the country's disadvantaged people.
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12-May-2010
Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's budget commitment to improve access, sustainability and quality in aged care, and measures to train and retain staff.
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11-May-2010
One of the Bali Nine death row prisoners, Scott Rush, has been circumcised in a secret jail ceremony in Bali. The Catholic-born Rush has told authorities he is learning about Islam.
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11-May-2010
The Campaign for Care of Older Australians (CCOA), which includes Catholic Health, has urged the federal government to boost aged care funding and indexation in the federal budget.
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11-May-2010
An overwhelming 98.2 percent of submissions to a public consultation have backed the introduction of an R18+ classification band for computer games.
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10-May-2010
The bishops of Australia have re-elected Archbishop Philip Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide, as the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC).
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07-May-2010
There is mounting speculation in Rome that Cardinal George Pell is about to be appointed to a senior Vatican post.
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13-May-2010
Bishop Peter Ingham of Wollongong has invited Catholics throughout NSW to sign a petition in support of the work of Catechists in the State Schools, opposing the teaching of ethics classes.
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11-May-2010
The Lismore diocese in NSW has celebrated 150 years of Catholic education, which has come a long way since the first Catholic school was opened in South Grafton with one room and only one teacher in 1860.
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10-May-2010
Bishop Michael Malone of the Maitland-Newcastle diocese has been applauded by child sex abuse victims after he released a public letter of apology to those people, reiterating regret for past hurts and failures.
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10-May-2010
Rumours that Cardinal George Pell may lead the apostolic visitation to the Church in Ireland are completely unfounded, says the Archdiocese of Sydney, which has defended Cardinal Pell's record in handling abuse.
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07-May-2010
Roseanne Catt, who served 10 years in jail before her conviction for soliciting murder was quashed, is suing the NSW Government for compensation for "loss of liberty under horrific circumstances".
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14-May-2010
Two men have been convicted of manslaughter and jailed for bashing a man to death on the grounds of St Mary's Catholic Church in Maryborough in 2008.
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News - International
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14-May-2010
A Catholic school in the United States has rejected an eight-year-old boy because his parents are lesbians, the boy's mother claims.
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12-May-2010
Sixties sex symbol Raquel Welch has blamed the contraceptive pill for the breakdown of sexual morality.
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11-May-2010
With student population and the number of schools shrinking in the US, the country's Catholic education is in a state of "mission confusion", says a senior education executive.
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10-May-2010
A woman in Massachusetts failed to yield to Christ at a zebra crossing and ran him down, according to a report from America.
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10-May-2010
American television production company Comedy Central has announced that it is developing a cartoon series about Jesus Christ.
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13-May-2010
A leading Austrian bishop has called on the Church to drop its celibacy requirement for priests.
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13-May-2010
Pope Benedict XVI has warned that the current trend to "absolutise the present" threatens to undermine the traditionally Christian culture of Portugal.
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12-May-2010
Pope Benedict XVI says the Church's "greatest persecution" today comes not from the outside, but from its own "sin".
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12-May-2010
The Church of England has published a report considering draft legislation on ordaining women bishops, which it will debate at its upcoming General Synod in July.
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11-May-2010
Vienna Cardinal Christophe Schönborn has accused former Vatican Number 2, Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano, for blocking a probe into sex abuse allegations against the previous Viennese archbishop.
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10-May-2010
A text messaging service to express support for Pope Benedict has been launched by the Italian Rai television.
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11-May-2010
A Korean nun is holding an art exhibition to help priests and religious in the "underground" Church community in China, her first exhibition in 30 years of religious life.
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07-May-2010
Mexican Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, who may be appointed to reform the Legion of Christ, said the group's founder Father Marcial Maciel suffered from mental illness.
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Regulars
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14-May-2010
Scientists are reassessing the claim, made 20 years ago, that the Turin Shroud is a medieval fake.
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13-May-2010
Mike Houck's church in Arizona sponsors antique tractor pulling contests and hunter safety courses. Houck is a pastor and certified hunting safety instructor, and volunteers from the congregation help him teach hunting safety.
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12-May-2010
Around 800 women religious from around the world sat down together in Rome last week to begin exploring links between mysticism and prophecy with the aim of energizing the lives of their communities.
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11-May-2010
Today is the 400th anniversary of Matteo Ricci, the legendary Jesuit and missionary who was the first to propose and successfully live a completely a fresh way for the West to engage with China, writes Michael Kelly.
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10-May-2010
As many as 300 American priests claim innocence and are waiting for the Vatican to restore them to duty, according to an independent group of canon lawyers who defend Catholic clergy.
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14-May-2010
This week, on his visit to Portugal, the Pope declared that Vatican II laid the foundation for renewal of the Church. The Holy See's archives of Vatican II contain documents of all the significant declarations and decisions.
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13-May-2010
The World Council of Churches brings together 349 churches in more than 110 countries. The website contains details of news and events, including its recent call to engage with the rights of climate refugees.
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12-May-2010
Vinnies has launched its winter appeal. The website has details of what they need and how people can help.
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11-May-2010
The Conference of the Federation of Catholic Bishops of Oceania is now underway in Sydney. This Catholic information site has details of which countries are represented and who the current officials are.
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10-May-2010
With the Pope's forthcoming visit to Portugal, thousands of pilgrims have started making the journey to Fatima, north of Lisbon. This website provides information about how the city became a sacred site.
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14-May-2010
Robin Hood is one of England's best loved legendary heroes. But not everyone will enjoy Ridley Scott's new version, which plumps defiantly for historicity and grim social realism over poetry and flights of fancy.
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13-May-2010
This movie comes from the producer of Paris, Je t'Aime. It has a large cast and is directed by multiple directors, who create 11 brief segments. Some stories contain humorous elements but the film's main appeal is romantic.
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12-May-2010
This is a film adaptation of Mozart's famous opera. It tells the background story of the creation of Mozart's opera. It is ravishing to look at, and like the opera itself, mixes comedy, melodrama and the supernatural.
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10-May-2010
Fateh Akin is best known for his strong dramas concerning Germans and Turks. This time, while he has used his love for popular music, he has opted for a lighter story, with the touches of the comic, even of farce.
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14-May-2010
This week's headlines have been about elections, the economy, justice and law. It can be illuminating to compare the popular understandings of these issues with the theological ones, writes Andrew Hamilton in Eureka Street.
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13-May-2010
There was a flurry of speculation in the Italian media hinting that Benedict XVI was insulated from the full gravity of the abuse crisis. However, the Pope now seems to get it just fine, writes John Allen in the NCR Online.
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12-May-2010
The Catholic Church plans to make Cardinal Newman a saint. A private Vatican document supposedly proves he was responsible for a miracle of healing. John Cornwell disputes whether it does.
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11-May-2010
The Catholic bishops of the United States have learned many lessons from the sex abuse crisis. These 12 are among the most important, writes Blase Cupich in America magazine.
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10-May-2010
We've all been appalled by recent CCTV footage of people walking past a homeless man as he died of stab wounds on a New York pavement. Yet over 100,000 people still go homeless every night in Australia.
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11-May-2010
An exhibition titled The Art and Heritage of Icon Painting, by leading iconographer and awarded artist Michael Galovic, has opened at Mary Mackillop Place Museum in Sydney.
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