News - National
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04-Mar-2011
While the national average shows that private, Catholic and public schools spend about the same amount of money on their students, there is a wide disparity in spending by individual schools, say reports in the Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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03-Mar-2011
Opposition MPs have strongly attacked the ban on Bibles and other holy books being handed out at citizenship ceremonies, with Tony Abbott describing it as outrageous, reports The Age.
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03-Mar-2011
Australian Anglo-Catholics want St Thomas Becket - who was martyred as Archbishop of Canterbury after having vexed King Henry II - as the patron of their Ordinariate, reports the Record.
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03-Mar-2011
The Reflection, an online Lenten program of lectures organised by the ACBC, is back by popular demand after its overwhelming success when launched last year, according to a media release.
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03-Mar-2011
Labor has withdrawn its stated support for a Greens bill giving greater autonomy to the territories. Instead it will join the Liberals in referring the legislation to a Senate committee for scrutiny, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
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02-Mar-2011
Labor is supporting a Greens bill that could see the territories enforcing their own laws on issues such as same-sex marriage and euthanasia, the Australian reports.
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02-Mar-2011
Traditionalist Anglicans who decline Pope Benedict XVI's offer of an Anglican ordinariate are wasting "time and spiritual energy" clinging to a "dangerous illusion", said the Vatican's delegate for the Australian ordinariate, reports the Catholic News Service.
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28-Feb-2011
A survey of Australian Catholic clergy by two academics has revealed that 90 pecent find their vocation fulfilling. But the results also showed varied, frank and sometimes unhappy views, said a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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25-Feb-2011
The Australian pilgrim centre in Rome, Domus Australia, will feature a portrait of the heroic Vietnamese prelate, Cardinal Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, in its chapel, said the Catholic Weekly.
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28-Feb-2011
Assertions that rich private schools in Melbourne are being overfunded demonstrate ignorance on how Catholic schools in Victoria are funded, said a Catholic education official, in a report in the Age.
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04-Mar-2011
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has committed to a $24 million arts hub project for the old King's School site in Parramatta, and sell 12 per cent of the land to the church for $5.5 million, said a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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02-Mar-2011
Gilroy Catholic College in Castle Hill, in Sydney's north-west, went into lockdown yesterday following a playground altercation between two students, reports the Hills News.
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25-Feb-2011
The number of seminarians in Sydney alone - more than 60 - is a testament to the interest in the priesthood among the young, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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01-Mar-2011
A dry zone policy in Adelaide has been described as racist, with welfare leaders saying it should be scrapped because it doesn't deal with the public-drinking issue, according to a report on AdelaideNow.
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28-Feb-2011
Priests will be the key teachers and explainers of the newly translated parts of the Mass in Australian parishes, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton told the Record.
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01-Mar-2011
Building a new public hospital in north Canberra would be cheaper than expanding Canberra and Calvary hospitals, the Canberra Times reports.
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News - International
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03-Mar-2011
Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ, explaining biblically and theologically in his new book why there is no scriptural basis for it, said an AP report in the Herald Sun.
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02-Mar-2011
The Knights of Columbus are collecting letters from the devotees of the late Pope John Paul II, which will be brought to his tomb during his beatification on May 1, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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02-Mar-2011
The film Of Gods and Men, about the lives of seven monks martyred in Algeria, has won the award for best film at the 36th annual Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris, Hollywood Reporter says.
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02-Mar-2011
Pope Benedict will not waive a requirement for a second miracle for Mother Teresa, according to former Missionaries of Charity head, Sister Nirmala, according to a report in the Times of India.
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01-Mar-2011
The Holy See has expressed "consternation and grief" over the bloody repression of protests in Libya, reports Zenit.
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28-Feb-2011
Victories for The King's Speech at today's Academy Awards could show a "new path" in film and signal a "return to the best tradition of English cinema," said the Catholic News Agency, based on a report in the L'Osservatore Romano.
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04-Mar-2011
Specially-trained guides are now available to offer unique tours of the Vatican Museums for the deaf and blind, initially for Italian speakers and signers, said a report by the Catholic News Agency.
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01-Mar-2011
Pro-life campaigners in England are outraged over a draft guidance by doctors that says women considering terminating their pregnancy should be told that abortion is generally safer than having the baby,said a report on News.com.au.
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01-Mar-2011
All Catholic schools and parishes in the Christchurch area, many of which were significantly damaged, will remain closed until inspected by safety officials and ruled safe for use, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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28-Feb-2011
A woman who was rescued from the rubble of Christchurch's earthquake tied the knot at the Christ the King Catholic Church on Friday, delivering a moment of joy amid the tragedy in Christchurch, said a report in the Age.
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28-Feb-2011
The apostolic vicar caring for Libya's 70,000 Catholics has approached Muslims to ask for protection during the unrest in the country, reports Zenit.
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04-Mar-2011
A Pakistani Catholic government minister shot dead by suspected extremists left a video prophecy of his assassination, but had vowed to fight to the death in defence of persecuted minorities, said an AFP report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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03-Mar-2011
The Vatican HAS condemned the killing of a Catholic government minister in Pakistan who had spoken out against anti-blasphemy laws, reports the Catholic News Service.
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01-Mar-2011
Sudanese government forces are reported to have denied Catholic Relief Services the right to operate in Western Darfur for allegedly distributing bibles, said a report on the AGI News On website.
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Regulars
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04-Mar-2011
Two Vietnamese deacons have overcome multiple hurdles on their way to the Diaoncate and priesthood in Perth, reports The Record.
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03-Mar-2011
A Vatican-appointed commission is studying the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje, but pilgrims keep arriving in the small town, reports the Catholic News Service.
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02-Mar-2011
The new Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, or YouCat for short, will be distributed free at the World Youth Day in Madrid in August to every one of the officially registered participants, reports Aid to the Church in Need.
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01-Mar-2011
Of Gods and Men, a French film about nine monks in Algeria who endured near siege conditions, has had astonishing success in its home country, drawing audiences usually reserved for Hollywood blockbusters, reports the Australian.
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28-Feb-2011
Although he grew up in a Catholic family, and had gone to Catholic schools, cricketer Justin Langer had never spent much time reading Scriptures outside of Mass or religion classes - until that fateful run chase against Pakistan, reports Australian Catholics.
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04-Mar-2011
The Reflection begins on Monday. The updated website for this year's series of meditations and explorations of the Gospel contains a rich array of lectures, information and visuals.
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03-Mar-2011
This is the website for Governance & Management Pty Ltd, which resources the boards of nonprofit organisations in Australia. The site is also home to information about the upcoming On Sacred Ground Conference - Lay Leadership in Catholic Human Service and Diocesan organisations, which will be held in September.
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02-Mar-2011
The annual Sisterhood Catholic Women’s Conference will be held in May in Collaroy in Sydney's northern beaches.
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01-Mar-2011
The 2011National Church Life Survey is conducted by an ecumenical body that aims to provide evidence-based results to help churches connect with the wider community.
Details, including a draft of the survey, are available on the website.
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28-Feb-2011
The Milk design website carries images and stories about new and innovative designs from all walks of life - including churches. This link highlights the Chapel in St Maria da Feira in Portugal (pictured), whose design is both beautiful and breathtaking.
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03-Mar-2011
Shelter has a very gentle sound about it. But, that is not the case for this psychological thriller which veers into what is often called 'supernatural' elements with some touches of horror.
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02-Mar-2011
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the final film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's trilogy, and those disappointed that the second film, The Girl Who Played with Fire, wasn’t as cutting edge or riveting as the highly successful first film, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, should be (mostly) happy with the result.
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04-Mar-2011
This week's Encounter explores how Catholic, Baptist and Buddhist peace activists are practising principles of non-violent protest, developed by Martin Luther King Jnr, in a way that's informed by their religious understanding.
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04-Mar-2011
Frank Cottrell Boyce (pictured, right), renowned English screenwriter of several films, including Hilary and Jackie and Welcome to Sarajevo, describes what it is like to be a Catholic in the film industry.
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03-Mar-2011
There is no doubt that people of every age, but most especially young people, are expressing their faith online. Social networking is an opportunity to bring the church back to its roots, writes Kate Childs Graham in NCR Online.
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02-Mar-2011
Reports of Christianity's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Christianity may be waning in western Europe, but it's on an impressive growth curve in other parts of the world, writes George Weigel in Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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01-Mar-2011
Don't be conned; private schools educate one in three students, but get just 20 per cent of government funding, writes Fr Chris Middleton, principal of St Aloysius College, in the Age.
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28-Feb-2011
There is outrage over the Vatican's extraordinary move to deny Lesley-Anne Knight, my successor as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis (the Church's international relief agency), approval to stand for another four-year term, writes Duncan MacLaren in Eureka Street.
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01-Mar-2011
Palms Australia is seeking volunteers willing to live in another country for 12 months, sharing skills to reduce poverty. Positions exist in education, health, administration, agriculture, trades and other professional or technical areas.
It is holding two information sessions in Sydney, on March 6 and 10.
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28-Feb-2011
Michael Northcott (pictured), Professor of Ethics in the School of Divinity at the university of Edinburgh, will speak at a two-day workshop in Melbourne starting Friday on Climate Change - The Call to Transformation.
The seminar, hosted by Ethos, will focus on Professor Northcott's work on the interface between theological ethics and the natural sciences.
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