News - National
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24-Sep-2010
A voluntary euthanasia bill has been defeated in the Western Australia parliament by 24 votes to 11, after two days of debate.
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23-Sep-2010
Australia Post has announced the October 18 release of a new commemorative stamp series to mark of the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.
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23-Sep-2010
Cardinal George Pell has described a new biography of St Mary's Cathedral architect William Wardell as a tribute to his "irreplaceable contribution to the colonies of NSW and Victoria".
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22-Sep-2010
An array of pilgrim photographers, pilgrim bloggers, social media, and reflections from Australia's leading Churchmen will lead Cathnews'special coverage of the canonisation of Mary Mackillop next month.
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20-Sep-2010
Julia Gillard is "happy to discuss" a proposal by Greens leader, Bob Brown to reverse a Northern Territory legislation that prohibits euthanasia. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said it should not be treated as a pressing concern.
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17-Sep-2010
Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), Caritas Australia and Australian Catholic University (ACU) have established the Catholic Alliance for International Development (CAID).
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20-Sep-2010
A former priest who allegedly abused children was never interviewed by Australian police about the allegations, and now lives in Japan, where local authorities were also unaware of the allegations.
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20-Sep-2010
Thousands of Victorian Catholics are preparing to go on pilgrimage to Rome for Mary MacKillop's canonisation - or taking part in huge celebrations at home.
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23-Sep-2010
NSW MPs will get a conscience vote on euthanasia, while a leading Catholic advocate has labelled the idea a "corrupting quick fix".
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22-Sep-2010
The NSW Greens are set to introduce a bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia in the state, while Premier Kristina Keneally urged Federal MPs to be cautious about euthanasia laws.
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22-Sep-2010
A baby born in detention to refugee parents, was baptised this month in Sydney's St Canice's parish by the Director of Jesuit Refugee Service.
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22-Sep-2010
A 24-year-old man who robbed a NSW priest of the congregation's weekend offerings has been sentenced to jail by a the Wagga District Court.
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21-Sep-2010
The community of St Vincent's parish in Sydney's Redfern is to send off three Aboriginal members to Rome to attend Mary MacKillop's canonisation.
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20-Sep-2010
The highlighting of regional attractions related to Mary MacKillop is expected to draw an influx of visitors to the south-west of Australia.
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21-Sep-2010
Broome's Bishop Christopher Saunders has warned against increasing numbers at the Curtin Detention Centre in the forthcoming wet season, calling it the worst time to consider an expansion.
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24-Sep-2010
A Legislative Assembly committee will examine future options for Canberra's Calvary Public Hospital, saying the ACT Government has thus far poorly handled a process of trying to buy the hospital from the Little Company of Mary.
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21-Sep-2010
Queanbeyan parish priest Fr Mietek Markowicz was found dead in Sydney yesterday. The cause of his death is unclear as the results of an autopsy have not yet been released.
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News - International
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23-Sep-2010
Pope Benedict XVI has said that the importance of faith in public life is a priority for the entire Western world.
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21-Sep-2010
The Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and President of the Pax Christi movement in the US has called for an end to the war in Afghanistan, saying America's involvement has led to greater violence and less security for Afghan people.
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24-Sep-2010
The probe of the Vatican Bank by Italian investigators was the result of a misunderstanding, says Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
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23-Sep-2010
Northern Ireland's deputy first minister has said the Pope could visit Ireland in 2012.
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23-Sep-2010
Two Ducati Multistrada motorcycles have been presented to the Pope for use in his Vatican City official security motorcade.
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22-Sep-2010
A reliquary containing a lock of Blessed Mary MacKillop's hair has been unveiled at the the Caravita Oratory in the centre of Rome by Australian Ambassador to the Holy See Tim Fischer and Sister Maria Casey.
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22-Sep-2010
Two Belgian bishops have questioned the mandatory nature of clerical celibacy in debates sparked by revelations of pervasive sexual abuse within the Church in their country.
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22-Sep-2010
Italian prosecutors have launched an inquiry into Vatican Bank chairman Ettore Gotti Tedeschi and another top executive for allegedly violating laws against money laundering. The Vatican said it is "perplexed and astonished".
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21-Sep-2010
Pope Benedict has succeeded in presenting himself as a lovable, elderly figure, and a far cry from his harder image as Cardinal Ratzinger, the British media has reported.
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21-Sep-2010
Pope Benedict has drawn upon the "remarkable and moving" example of late pontiff Pope John Paul II as a model for the aged, infirm and suffering.
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20-Sep-2010
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Pope Benedict XVI during his state visit had made people "sit up and think".
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20-Sep-2010
At the end of his trip to Britain, Pope Benedict called upon local bishops to be generous in welcoming Anglicans who want to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
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17-Sep-2010
Monaco's Prince Albert II will marry his South African fiancee in the public square in front of his palace next July, in order to host as many guests as possible, before hosting a Catholic religious ceremony the next day.
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17-Sep-2010
As he began his visit to Britain, Pope Benedict acknowledged that the Church failed to act quickly enough on paedophile priests.
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Regulars
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24-Sep-2010
The Xavier Social Justice Network held its annual Daring to be Different Q and A Panel last week, exploring the issue of asylum seekers and inviting the perspectives of advocates and refugees.
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23-Sep-2010
He's tall, American and originally reluctant to accept the role of of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in Rome.
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22-Sep-2010
A book has been released that analyzes and thoroughly explains for the first time, with documents never before seen, why the Church did not stop the spread of contraception in the early twentieth century.
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21-Sep-2010
When former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched Mercy, Mater and Me, the autobiography of long-time friend and former Mater Hospital administrator Mercy Sister Angela Mary Doyle, he was in a self-revelatory mood.
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20-Sep-2010
Rome still hesitates over the beatification of Oscar Romero yet the "sister Church" in England has already, in its own way, "canonised" him.
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24-Sep-2010
This website of the British Jesuits has a rich array of reading about the impact of the Pope's recent trip to the UK. It includes articles by people who met the Pontiff, reflecting on the impact of his visit.
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23-Sep-2010
A new website and smartphone App has been launched, giving a real time, comprehensive birds-eye view of what is happening on the West Bank in Israel.
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22-Sep-2010
After all the build-up, here is the Youtube video footage of Susan Boyle's performance for the Pope in Glasgow during his British visit.
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21-Sep-2010
This ABC Local Overnights program features an interview with Sr Margaret O'Sullivan, Provincial Leader in Ireland for the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. She discusses the life of Mary MacKillop and the importance of her becoming a saint.
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20-Sep-2010
Mary Mackillop's own website is a rich portal to everything you need to know about the woman, her life and times, achievements, and now, her canonisation. Visitors are also invited to contribute to a blog asking what Mary Mackillop means to them.
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24-Sep-2010
This is a welcome sequel. Michael Douglas (looking ever more like his father as he ages) relishes the chance to be Gordon Gecko again, and the screenplay does not fail him.
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23-Sep-2010
Made in Sweden, this is a film of the second book in Stieg Larsson’s extraordinarily popular “Millennium” Trilogy. This film is quality crime-cinema, though not up to the standard of the first movie.
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22-Sep-2010
I had a smile on my face most of the time watching The Other Guys. It is funny, immediately forgettable, but reminds us that when Will Ferrell is good, he can be very good.
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21-Sep-2010
Easy A will be a popular movie for teens. Its pace is quick and the direction is snappy. Many of its social messages are sound but unfortunately, this makes you think less carefully about its distortions of relationships.
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20-Sep-2010
Omid Djalili is an English comedian who portrays a Muslim minicab manager in London. One day finds he was adopted and is actually Jewish. This film preaches a serious message through comedy.
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24-Sep-2010
Classical teachings on abortion, premarital sex, divorce, and especially contraception are thought by many to reek of old-fashioned ideas of sex at best and, at worst, patriarchal views of women, writes Erika Bachiochi in the book Women, Sex and the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching
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23-Sep-2010
Cardinal Newman was one of the most notable Victorians. He is not only an historical figure, says his biographer Roderick Strange, but a man for our time.
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22-Sep-2010
There is little in Tony Blair's memoir to explain his embrace of Catholicism, leading a writer in the Guardian to muse: "It is as if Lenin had written an autobiography without mentioning Marx."
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21-Sep-2010
The euthanasia debate is a feature of those societies where the dominant notion of personhood is individualistic and the dominant 'virtue' is the individual's right to choose, writes John Kleinsman, director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre.
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20-Sep-2010
The faithful fear, and secularists cheer, the idea that the end of Christianity is nigh. But global demographic patterns paint a very different future, writes Eric Kaufman.
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