News - National
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12-May-2011
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has stated its support for Pope Benedict's removal of the Bishop of Toowoomba, according to a report in The Australian and a letter from its president, Archbishop Philip Wilson.
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11-May-2011
Catholic schools and teachers have welcomed the additional $200m resources for students allocated in the Budget, the Director of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Melbourne said in a statement.
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10-May-2011
Catholic Social Services lauded the Federal Budget for 2011-12 as containing "many positive measures", while Caritas Australia said it commends the support it promises for the world's most vulnerable communities, according to media statements.
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09-May-2011
Malaysia's poor human rights record and refusal to sign the Refugee Convention raise "deep fears" for the newly-announced asylum seeker deportation deal, according to a statement by the Edmund Rice Centre.
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08-May-2011
A funding deal struck by the Howard government, which provides half of the nation's private schools with more money than they are entitled to receive, was intended as a "stepping stone" and not a long-term arrangement, the Australian reports.
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05-May-2011
The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference will today begin its Spring plenary assembly, reports Vatican Radio.
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09-May-2011
A Melbourne priest has challenged people to forgive Osama bin Laden, including him in a "We Remember" tribute to those who have died recently in a parish newsletter, reports the Herald Sun.
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08-May-2011
The Archdiocese of Melbourne is defrocking every priest convicted of sexual offences against children, reports the Age.
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11-May-2011
A former NSW MP will head a new Catholic Education Foundation, which aims to make a Catholic education accessible to all Catholic families regardless of their financial circumstances, reports the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader.
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10-May-2011
A former pastor of St Stanislaus College in Bathurst, NSW has been sentenced to 15 months' jail after pleading guilty to four counts of gross indecency, reports the Central Western Daily.
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09-May-2011
A Sydney jury has cleared a former headmaster of St Stanislaus College in Bathurst, NSW, who was accused of sexually abusing four boys, said an AAP report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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05-May-2011
Brisbane's Archbishop John Bathersby has expressed deep concern at some of the "vitriolic" correspondence he has received following the forced retirement of Toowoomba Bishop William Morris, reports the Courier-Mail.
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08-May-2011
Suicide prevention advocate Mary Victor O'Reeri said a young Aboriginal person dies by suicide almost every week in WA's Kimberley region, and a priest in the area says most people don't ask for help, reports the ABC.
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12-May-2011
The Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn has advocated a thorough review of the community's approach to prostitution, including a legislative overhaul, plus education campaigns to change the behaviour of men who go to brothels, in its submission to an ACT Government Committee.
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News - International
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11-May-2011
The Vatican said it will release on Monday the text of a letter to bishops' conferences around the world related to policies and guidelines for dealing with cases of abuse, said a report in the Catholic Herald.
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11-May-2011
An internal report leaked to the Australian media "offers a unique glimpse into the workings of the Vatican's disciplinary process" and indicates the Vatican had tried since late 2006 to get Toowoomba's Bishop Bill Morris "to correct his abuses of Church doctrine and liturgy", said the Catholic News Agency.
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10-May-2011
Toowoomba's retired bishop, William Morris, said he would like to make public a copy of the Vatican written report on his diocese, reports the National Catholic Reporter.
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10-May-2011
The Vatican will shortly circulate a letter to bishops worldwide with guidance on combatting child sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, said an AFP report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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09-May-2011
More than 340,000 young people from more than 170 countries have signed up to participate in World Youth Day Madrid, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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09-May-2011
Nations and individuals have a duty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enact policies to deal with the impacts of climate change, said a Vatican-sponsored working group, reports the Catholic News Service.
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08-May-2011
The general assembly of Caritas Internationalis later this month looms as a defining moment for the confederation, with the Vatican insisting on greater control over Caritas operations, reports the Catholic News Service.
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11-May-2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to return to movies was the last straw for wife Maria Shriver, who had struggled about ending her 25-year marriage to former Californian governor, said a report by the Telegraph in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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10-May-2011
In a move to become more ecological, the Archdiocese of Montreal in Canada will source its communion wine from local producers rather than from California, which is about 4,000 kilometres away, the Montreal Gazette reports.
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08-May-2011
More than half of the ordination class of 2011 in the United States are 25-34 years old, showing a consistent trend of younger men becoming priests, reports Zenit.
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11-May-2011
The head of the Irish church's child protection watchdog said he considered resigning over his irritation at a lack of church co-operation, reports the Catholic News Service.
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10-May-2011
Pope Benedict has appointed the Vatican's deputy secretary of state as the new head the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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09-May-2011
Pope Benedict was rowed across Venice's spectacular Grand Canal in a luxury gondola on Sunday, with his four "gondoliers" fighting off fierce competition for the honour, said a report on ninemsn.com.au.
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12-May-2011
The Malaysian Prime Minister has met church leaders in a bid to ease tensions stoked by a report in a government-linked newspaper that minority Christians wanted to replace Islam as the official religion, said an AFP report in the West Australian.
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08-May-2011
Eight Egyptians were killed, and a church set on fire, after violence erupted between Muslims and Christians in Cairo, said an AFP report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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12-May-2011
A total of 17 "underground" churches in China have signed a petition appealing to China's lawmakers to provide legal protection of religious freedom, said Reuters and AFP reports in The West Australian.
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Regulars
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12-May-2011
Since 2004, Christians in Iraq have suffered severe persecution: threats, kidnapping and even death itself. Here is an interview with Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (pictured), the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, in northern Iraq, reports Aid to the Church in Need.
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11-May-2011
Suffering is part of the history and the very being of the Haitian people, says Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Lafontant. A year after the 2010 earthquake, the bishop spoke with the television program Where God Weeps of the Catholic Radio and Television Network, reports Zenit.
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10-May-2011
Good Samaritan Sister, Liz Wiemers, admits that living and working in a remote Aboriginal community can be tough at times, but overwhelmingly, it’s a rich and life-giving experience, reports The Good Oil. “I derive enormous life and energy from my ministry.'
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09-May-2011
Robert Schuman, an architect of the European Union, has a day named after him but the 20-year-campaign to make him a saint has hit a stumbling block: his advocates are looking for a miracle, reports the EUobserver.
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08-May-2011
Charlie Cox, the English actor who plays St Josemaria Escrivá in the upcoming film There Be Dragons, talks to Busted Halo about forgiveness, Opus Dei and how playing a saint has affected him.
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12-May-2011
Caritas Internationalis is about to mark its 60th anniversary. The website carries a rich array of stories and other material looking back on its work, its plan to celebrate the anniversary and future projects.
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11-May-2011
Bali drug mule Scott Rush has had his appeal against the death sentence upheld. Father Tim Harris is the family's Catholic parish priest in Surfers Paradise and has been their backbone since 2005. Here he speaks on ABC radio about his response, and that of the family, to Rush's successful appeal.
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10-May-2011
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed that May 15 shall be observed as the International Day of Families. The theme for 2011 is "Confronting family poverty".
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09-May-2011
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences international in scope, multi-racial in composition, and non-sectarian in its choice of members. The Academy's website has extensive background informtion on its history and development, and contains access to its publications.
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08-May-2011
Sunday Nights, the ABC local radio program hosted by John Cleary, held a discussion last night with Bishop Morris, the recently-retired bishop of Toowomba, Fr Paul Collins and others on Bp Morris's departure from the church.
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12-May-2011
This French documentary film tracks four babies from birth to one year old. The regions span four different cultures from around the world. The images of babies at play, and tentatively interacting with those around them, are fun-filled and joyous.
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11-May-2011
Mrs Carey’s Concert is a fly-on-the-wall documentary about inspirational teaching at one of Sydney’s premier girls’ schools. Every two years, staff and students at Methodist Ladies’ College rally behind Mrs Karen Carey of the Music Department, in preparation for a concert at the Opera House in which the whole school participates.
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10-May-2011
Set in Jerusalem in 2002, The Human Resources Manager focuses on a bakery’s human resources manager who is summoned by his employer, after news breaks that one of the victims of a recent suicide attack was an immigrant worker who worked for the bakery. This is a road movie of pathos; unpredictable and moving.
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12-May-2011
The debate over the Federal Government's proposed carbon tax has polarised over the past couple of months making it difficult for the facts and reason to be heard, writes Sr Annette Cunliffe (pictured), in the CRA newsletter.
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11-May-2011
When Pope Benedict XVI used the word "infallible" in reference to the ban on women's ordination in a recent letter informing an Australian bishop he'd been sacked, it marked the latest chapter of a long-simmering debate in Catholicism: Exactly where should the boundaries of infallible teaching be drawn, writes John Allen in NCR.
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10-May-2011
The federal Budget ought to be a reflection of the social contract between the Government and the people; it provides an account of our national socio-economic priorities, and a map of our collective moral commitments, write Paul O'Callaghan, Martin Laverty and Jack de Groot in ABC Unleashed.
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09-May-2011
The beatification of John Paul II was a cause of rejoicing not only for those who are inspired by the example of his personal sanctity, but also for those who believe that there is much to be learned from his thought, writes Carson Holloway in ABC Online.
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08-May-2011
Despite having nothing to do with Bin Laden’s death, Pakistani Christians are now extremely fearful of a backlash. If the Taliban attack their churches and properties, it would come as no surprise, writes Nasir Saeed in the Catholic Herald.
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09-May-2011
SBS television tonight presents a documentary titled The Bible Unearthed, in which Professor Israel Finkelstein and historian Neil Silberman compare the discoveries made by archaeology with biblical texts to test the historical veracity of the Old Testament.
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08-May-2011
A Multicultural Mass will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral tomorrow night to honour migrants' contribution to the Australian Church. The Mass coincides with the visit of the President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Persons, Archbishop Antonio Vegliò (pictured) and Mons Gabriele Bentoglio.
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