News - National
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02-Jul-2010
Catholic Health Australia CEO Martin Laverty says the Federal Government should establish a health reform implementation commission to pin down the detail of reform and enable health and aged care providers to plan for the future.
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01-Jul-2010
A social analyst has said that most Australians will not be bothered that new PM Julia Gillard's is not a religious believer, adding that her lapsed faith actually makes her “more representative of modern Australia”.
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30-Jun-2010
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference general secretary Father Brian Lucas has told a Senate inquiry on tax-free status for religious groups that charity does not preclude the rich.
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30-Jun-2010
Sister Angela Ryan, who runs
the Towards Healing process for abuse victims, has defended the Pope's reaction to the police raid on the Belgian Catholic
Bishops Conference.
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30-Jun-2010
Later this year, ABC1 will screen Sisters of War, a telemovie inspired by the experiences of Sister Berenice Twohill during her three-year internment by the Japanese in World War II.
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30-Jun-2010
Archbishop Philip Wilson has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Sharkey as the next Director of Catholic Education in South Australia.
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29-Jun-2010
A Catholic Mission play that dramatises the challenges of climate change for ordinary people took the Highly Commended Award from the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) multi-faith environmental network.
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29-Jun-2010
Actor and comedian Magda Szubanski has used the example of religious sisters to suggest that Julia Gillard is a good choice for prime minister, even though she is unwed and childless.
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28-Jun-2010
National Coordinator of the Australian Young Christian Students National Coordinator Victoria Burrows has joined her peers in holidng 130 private meetings with MPs and Senators, as part of a renewed call for action against poverty and injustice.
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28-Jun-2010
The Catholic League of Australia has said that jokes by comedian Kitty Flanagan on Channel 10's The 7pm Project,
calling religion fiction and suggesting Catholics drink blood like
vampires, "have caused major offence to Catholics and Catholic groups
all over the country".
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25-Jun-2010
Edmund Rice Centre director Phil Glendenning told ABC Radio's AM this morning that he has high hopes that new prime minister Julia Gillard will adopt a more humanitarian approach to the treatment of asylum seekers.
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25-Jun-2010
Some 100 leaders of religious orders across the country with gather in Hobart next week for their National Assembly, which takes as its theme "Ecology and the following of Jesus".
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02-Jul-2010
Father John Sidney Denham appeared in NSW District Court for sentencing on Thursday, and described himself as a "scumbag pedophile", in a testimony during sentencing submissions.
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01-Jul-2010
Mary MacKillop Place will develop a touch screen map that explores the story and educational initiatives of Mary MacKillop and the work of the Sisters of St Joseph between 1866 and 1886, aided by a $20,000 government grant.
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01-Jul-2010
Bishop Julian Porteous, auxiliary bishop of the Sydney Archdiocese, has
said Church opposition to same-sex couples being allowed adoption is
based is "focused on the interests of the children involved in
adoption".
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01-Jul-2010
Sydney's cold snap couldn't have come at a worse time according to the
St Vincent de Paul Society, which says it has never seen so many
homeless people living rough on the streets.
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29-Jun-2010
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally is under fire for using the scripture quote "Jesus sat with the sinners and saints" during discussions about same-sex adoption legislation before Parliament.
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28-Jun-2010
Catholic Care and Centacare agencies across Sydney are establishing a consortium to deliver the Keeping Kids in Mind Project, which assists parents to co-operate after separation.
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28-Jun-2010
Cardinal George Pell blessed two new sculptures of the Risen Christ and Mary Magdalene, by English sculptor Nigel Boonham, at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney yesterday.
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25-Jun-2010
A former teacher and priest at Villanova Catholic College in Brisbane's south has pleaded guilty to the indecent treatment of a child.
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30-Jun-2010
The Adelaide District Court has heard that a former priest paid money to be released on home detention - from "horrendous conditions" - in an Indonesian jail while facing child sex charges.
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29-Jun-2010
The Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn is set to undertake a $35 million redevelopment of the St Christopher's Cathedral precinct.
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News - International
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01-Jul-2010
Catholic aid groups say US$5 billion ($5.9 billion) from the Group of Eight countries isn't
enough for the G-8 leaders to say they've lived up to their
responsibilities.
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01-Jul-2010
The Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano has published an article claiming football comes from the Guarani Indians of Paraguay.
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28-Jun-2010
Lebanese Maronite monk Estephan Nehmeh was beatified by the Vatican yesterday, while the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman has been confirmed for Birmingham during September's papal visit to to the UK.
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30-Jun-2010
The bishop for the Armed Forces of Portugal, Januário Torgal Ferreira, has reportedly said he is "OK" with gay relationships.
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29-Jun-2010
Pope Benedict has announced a plan for a new pontifical council to address the "progressive secularisation" of historically Christian regions.
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29-Jun-2010
The Vatican has said that a series of statements by Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn has contributed to widespread misunderstandings on issues related to clerical sexual abuse.
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28-Jun-2010
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the "deplorable methods" used by Belgian police, in raiding a bishops' conference in their investigation of child sexual abuse allegations.
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02-Jul-2010
A South Korean medical professor is facing fraud charges over a claim he invented a device to turn tap water into holy water.
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Regulars
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02-Jul-2010
Jesuit Bishop Francisco Claver, who drafted the 1986 Philippine bishops' statement that is
believed to have triggered the People Power that was to unseat Ferdinand
Marcos and pave the way for Corazon Aquino, has died aged 81. - ucanews.com
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01-Jul-2010
In what's already a turbulent time, Pope Benedict XVI has triggered
another Vatican earthquake, changing the guard in three senior
leadership positions. Among those exiting the scene is the Catholic
church's most prominent ecumenical leader over the past decade, while
the new arrivals complete the ascent of personal friends and theological
protégés of the pontiff to the Vatican's top positions. - John L. Allen Jr. @ NCR Online
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30-Jun-2010
Of all the Frenchmen who touched the consciousness of the world in the last century, Jules Rimet reached more people, in more countries, more lastingly than any other. M. Rimet, a grocer's son who became a lawyer, invented the World Cup. - John Lichfield @ The Independent
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29-Jun-2010
The King’s Men was
started in response to the crisis in masculinity. Sadly, many men are
not active in the church in any way. Some men even view faith
initiatives for women only. Also, many men are confused about their
natural role as leaders, protectors, and providers. - Kings' Men co-founder Damian Wargo talks to Dr Christine B. Whelan @ Busted Halo
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28-Jun-2010
On a far wall are metal doors carved with scenes celebrating Egyptian
papyrus, medieval manuscripts and monks' scrolls. Through the doors, a
plaque on the wall greets visitors to the VATICAVM TABVLARVM, Latin for
Vatican records office. "Welcome to the Vatican Secret Archives," says archivist Enrico Flaiani,
head of conservators at the venerable institution. "I will be showing
you many things," he adds with a quiet smile. - Dan Vergano @ USA Today
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02-Jul-2010
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Monsignor Paul Tighe says that he wants this website to become the "Yellow Pages of the Catholic Media". - www.intermirifica.net
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01-Jul-2010
Godbeat must be one of the most unusual Christian music websites on the net. That's because its founder Jeff Myers used to be one of the top ten US producers of online porn. - www.godbeat.tv
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30-Jun-2010
Pax Romana ICMICA describes itself as an international association of Catholic professionals and intellectuals and as a "global network of ideas, insights and commitment based on a Christian vision and mission". - www.icmica-miic.org
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29-Jun-2010
Founded by Chiara Lubich, the Focolare movement now has a worldwide presence. Among its recent activities was an international conference on environmental sustainability and energy. - www.focolare.org
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28-Jun-2010
This is the website of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. While its Australian beginnings date only to the post-World War II immigration explosion, this Eastern Rite Catholic Church traces its origins over a thousand years to the evangelising efforts of Saints Cyril and Methodius. - www.catholicukes.org.au
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01-Jul-2010
The US bishops have released a new video series that seeks to explain why marriage is unique "as the union of one man and one woman". - www.marriageuniqueforareason.org
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30-Jun-2010
Over 15 years, Pixar, the revolutionary animation production house, has
given us 11 feature films including A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc, Finding
Nemo, Ratatouille and Up. These films have been as popular with adults
as they are with children. Among the most popular has been their Toy Story series, and Toy Story 3
does not disappoint. It is terrific. - Fr Richard Leonard SJ, Director of the Australian Catholic Film Office.
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02-Jul-2010
Jesuit Fr Steve Sinn, parish priest of St Canice's parish in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, has created a YouTube channel to host Gospel commentaries and other parish productions. - Catholic Parish of St Canice @ YouTube
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29-Jun-2010
An Audacious Aussie Dream tells the story of 80 years of the Family Care
Sisters, more commonly known as the Grey Sisters, who were founded at
Daylesford in Victoria on a stormy night in July 1930. - pathways
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02-Jul-2010
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lawsuit
that challenges the Vatican's immunity from prosecution in clerical sex
abuse cases. Jeffrey Lena is the California-based attorney currently representing the
Holy See in the Oregon case of Holy See vs John Doe. - Vatican Radio
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01-Jul-2010
Over the years as a Registered Nurse, I experienced a steady pattern of
women who shared their gut-wrenching stories of pain and sadness from
their choice at a young age to not have children. Some were sterilized
even before having even one child. - Jenn Giroux @ Human Life International
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30-Jun-2010
Most media commentators are relaxed about a de facto first couple. Why
not, they say, everyone's doing it. What's the big deal about living
together? They are right about the fact cohabitation - what some call
''marriage lite'' - is changing the social map. - Bettina Arndt @ The Age
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29-Jun-2010
Especially in the wake of the sexual abuse crisis, many Catholics in
Europe and the (United) States have come to see the push for good government in
the church, featuring greater accountability and transparency, in
roughly the same way that Catholics in the late 1960s saw aggiornamento —
something obviously to be desired, even if no two people define it
quite the same way. - John L. Allen Jr @ NCR Online
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28-Jun-2010
Romano Guardini asked: "Is not the liturgical act, and with it all that goes
under the name 'liturgy,' so bound up with the historical
background-antique or medieval or baroque-that it would be more honest
to give it up altogether? Would it not be better to admit that man in
this industrial and scientific age, with its new sociological structure,
is no longer capable of the liturgical act?" Guardini's remark
caused quite a stir. But there's no evidence that theologians or
liturgists ever took his concerns seriously. Let me say that I do. - Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput
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28-Jun-2010
The Madrid World Youth Day 2011 organising team has released this new video promo for the event which will take place from 16-21 August 2011. - www.madrid11.com
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