News - National
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27-Apr-2011
Attendance at Catholic parishes will be counted over four weekends, starting from the first weekend in May, to ascertain the practising population of Australia's Catholics, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said in a media release.
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28-Apr-2011
The retired Bishop of Wilcannia Forbes, Christopher Toohey, has apologised for behaviour "not consistent with that required of a good person" with some young adults in his early years of ministry, in a statement published on the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference website.
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28-Apr-2011
The Archdiocese of Sydney said it looks forward to a contining social policy that supports the family and especially mothers who wish to spend those vital early months with their babies, in response to a debate over the government's baby bonus.
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27-Apr-2011
The Commonwealth funding system is not transparent and needs an overhaul, said Dr Dan White, the head of Sydney's Catholic schools, in a report by the Sydney Morning Herald.
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News - International
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28-Apr-2011
A Catholic adoption charity in England is facing closure after losing its appeal against a law forcing them to place children with homosexual couples, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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28-Apr-2011
Three Catholic priests are candidates for election to the Vietnamese national assembly, the "highest organ of state power" under the nation's constitution, said a report on VietCatholic News.
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Regulars
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28-Apr-2011
Many youth from the southern hemisphere lament that by attending World Youth Day, they will miss out on important weeks of study at home. However, for some Australian university students this is about to change, with a new course being offered by the Broken Bay Institute (BBI) and the University of Newcastle, writes Beth Doherty, on the WYD Madrid website.
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28-Apr-2011
The beatification will be webcast on this site from 6pm this Sunday AEST, with documentaries about John Paul's life from 4pm.
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28-Apr-2011
The controversy about the beatification of Pope John Paul II is not about his virtue or his historical significance. It asks about his legacy to the Catholic Church, writes Andrew Hamilton in Eureka Street.
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28-Apr-2011
Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral will hold a day-long event on Sunday to celebrate the beatification of John Paul II.
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