News - National
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07-Jul-2011
A review of Australia's human cloning and embryo regulations has found that human cloning for reproduction should remain illegal, but a large majority of the review committee recommends all types of stem cells be allowed in research, reports the Herald Sun.
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06-Jul-2011
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Australian Government's response to an independent aid review, saying it is encouraged to see a commitment to the poor at the heart of public policy, the organisation says in a release.
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05-Jul-2011
President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson, has called for support for an appeal by Caritas Australia for the Republic of South Sudan, which will emerge as the world's newest state on Saturday Archbishop Wilson wrote in a letter released by Caritas.
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04-Jul-2011
The national union representing 68,000 non-government school workers has split from the ACTU, accusing it of discriminating against "our tens of thousands of members in Catholic and independent schools" by favouring state-run schools, reports The Australian.
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30-Jun-2011
The vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, Professor Greg Craven, has called for a renewed age of Catholic public intellectualism to promote and defend Church values and teaching, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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30-Jun-2011
Thousands of faithful in Sydney and Brisbane marched in the respective cities' processions marking Corpus Christi early this week, report the Catholic Weekly and the Catholic Leader.
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06-Jul-2011
The Diocese of Sandhurst in Victoria could hear about its new bishop soon, the diocese's administrator has told the Bendigo Advertiser.
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06-Jul-2011
Sean Wight not only helped make the AFL's Irish experiment successful, he changed the game, mourners at St James Catholic Church in Brighton, Victoria were told, reports the Age.
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05-Jul-2011
A plan to replace the burnt-out historic St Joseph's church in Collingwood, Victoria, with a playground for the neighbouring St Joseph's Primary School is facing fierce community opposition, reports the Melbourne Leader.
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05-Jul-2011
A coalition of Victoria's child and family welfare agencies has called for reform of the welfare sector to improve outcomes for the young, the MacKillop Family Services said in a media release.
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04-Jul-2011
Father Bob Maguire said a letter he wrote stating he would retire on February 1 next year was done because he was "pressured" into it, reports the Age.
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03-Jul-2011
South Melbourne's Father Bob Maguire has been named Victorian of the Year for public and community service, reports the ABC.
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05-Jul-2011
A Sydney author has accused a group of Catholics dubbed the "temple police" of trying to block the sale of his book, a new, controversial biography of the University of Sydney's first chaplain, reports the Inner West Courier.
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04-Jul-2011
Loquacious and erudite former judge of the NSW Court of Appeal and old boy of St Ignatius College, Riverview, Roddy Meagher, died on Sunday night, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. He was 79.
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04-Jul-2011
The two latest paintings by a NSW artist, part of a 32-piece collection commissioned by the Church for the Domus Australia Chapel in Rome, have just been shipped to its destination, reports the Hills Shire Times.
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03-Jul-2011
Mass in some far west Catholic parishes in the Wilcannia-Forbes diocese in NSW may only be celebrated every second Sunday, because of the shortage of priests, reports the ABC.
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03-Jul-2011
The Church in Adelaide is setting up a site for online donations to Catholic charities, as more people tap into cyberspace and churches move to reach them, Adelaide Catholic Archdiocese Catholic Charities chairwoman Cathy Whewell said in a report on AdelaideNow from the Advertiser.
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06-Jul-2011
Northern Territory Bishop Eugene Hurley says detention centres are "factories for mental illness" because of the lengthy delays in processing the refugee status of detainees, the ABC reports.
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News - International
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06-Jul-2011
The ordinations of 20 new priests for the traditionalist Society of St Pius X are "illegitimate," the Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi told Catholic News Service.
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05-Jul-2011
The Vatican will display 100 select documents from its Secret Archives at an unprecedented exhibit next year, including previously unpublished papers on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, said an AP report in the Washington Post.
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04-Jul-2011
The Holy See has released a statement denouncing the unsanctioned episcopal ordination of Father Paul Lei Shiyin in China's Leshan diocese, reports ucanews.com.
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03-Jul-2011
Pope Benedict XVI's first tweet has catapulted the Vatican's presence on Twitter to new heights, adding some 50,000 followers to the English-language account, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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07-Jul-2011
Pope Benedict has accepted the resignation of the cardinal heading the Vatican's financial policy department, a move being seen as a further attempt by the Holy See to comply with international rules on money laundering, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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06-Jul-2011
The number of abortions have dropped since Spain reformed its abortion legislation last year, and women are terminating their pregnancies earlier than under the previous legislation, reports the Telegraph.co.uk.
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05-Jul-2011
The Irish Government has threatened to send in the bailiffs after only two of 18 religious orders responsible for child abuse moved to breach a compensation shortfall of up to $505 million, Kerryman.ie reports.
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03-Jul-2011
An Italian woman who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in July 2005 said she recovered from the disease through the intercession of the wartime pontiff, Pope Pius XII, said an AP report in USA Today.
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07-Jul-2011
The Church in Myanmar has slapped a ban on four dioceses from sending delegates to upcoming World Youth Day celebrations in Madrid after several youths sought political asylum at the last gathering in Australia in 2008, reports ucanews.com.
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04-Jul-2011
Malaysia's Prime Minister will make a private visit to the Vatican to meet Pope Benedict, and establishing diplomatic links is expected to be among the subjects discussed, according to a Malaysian Insider report on ucanews.com and an AP report in the Washington Post.
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03-Jul-2011
The bishop of Tripoli, Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, has become the unlikely source of international controversy for persisting in criticism of the NATO-led campaign in Libya, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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07-Jul-2011
The Holy See has excommunicated Father Paul Lei Shiyin of Leshan in China, who was ordained a bishop without papal mandate last week, reports ucanews.com.
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Regulars
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07-Jul-2011
Fifty years ago a line of homeless men snaked round Whitmore Square, some waiting hours for a warm bed and a meal in Adelaide’s only men’s night shelter. Since then, the Vincentian Centre has helped keep 50,000 men off Adelaide’s streets at night, reports the Southern Cross.
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06-Jul-2011
Friendly-faced Abby Johnson makes no apologies about demanding people of faith stand up for the life of the unborn. The American pro-life advocate was in Brisbane late last month to encourage exactly that, reports the Catholic Leader.
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05-Jul-2011
In the 40 years since it was developed, the all-natural Billings Method has helped millions of women conceive, reports the Herald Sun.
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04-Jul-2011
Debbie Warrier talks to Irish philosopher Fr Bob Purcell about his upcoming book From Big Bang to Big Mystery: Human Origins in the light of Creation and Evolution, in which he explores where human beings come from and trace the material part of our origins from the Big Bang through to evolution, reports the Record.
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03-Jul-2011
Dr Thomas Hilgers recalls what inspired him to found the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction and develop methods of treating a wide range of gynecological issues in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church, reports Zenit.
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07-Jul-2011
On July 4, composer Arvo Pärt (pictured) performed his Vater unser (Our Father) for Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in the Vatican celebrating the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. This website has an audio recording of the first half of the performance.
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06-Jul-2011
Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) has relaunched its website, with a wider range of articles, links, videos and a refreshed design.
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05-Jul-2011
The British Museum's Treasures of Heaven exhibition features over 150 objects from more than 40 institutions. The museum website has a rich array of photos and information on the exhibition, including a video tour.
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04-Jul-2011
El Colacho or Baby Jumping is a traditional Spanish practice dating back to 1620. The practice involves men dressed as the Devil jumping over babies born during the previous 12 months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street - to cleanse the newborns of original sin.
This website has striking photos of the festival.
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03-Jul-2011
NAIDOC stands for the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee and this week, July 3-10, is NAIDOC Week. The NAIDOC website has links and information about activities taking place all around the country.
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07-Jul-2011
This film focuses on an Israeli bakery’s human resources manager who has to accompany a former employee's body back to her home country for burial after she was killed in a recent suicide attack.
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06-Jul-2011
Lots of Irish films these days – and lots of blarney. This one has quite some unhappiness now rather than happy ever afters. It takes place over one day and shows us two weddings. Sally Hawkins is the bride for the migrant. Tom Riley is going through the second time around with his marriage.
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04-Jul-2011
This film aims at gentle comedy about two men, who go on a tour of the country’s finest restaurants in the UK. This is a scenic road-trip movie, which leaves you with a whole lot of insights about the nature of comedy, male friendship, and the complexity of human relationships.
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05-Jul-2011
The authors of God's Century insist that "over the past four decades religion’s influence on politics has reversed its decline and become more powerful on every continent and across every world religion", writes John Battle in Thinking Faith.
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07-Jul-2011
My brother Tuc died recently from kidney cancer. Tuc was not my biological brother, but adopted me as his brother 12 years ago. He was a refugee from Vietnam; a strong Catholic, proud father and great worker for the Vietnamese community through the St Vincent de Paul Society, writes Kerry Murphy in Province Express, in an article first published in Eureka Street.
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06-Jul-2011
After reading Douglas Noll’s challenging new book, Elusive Peace, I have concluded that much of that failure for today's Middle-East conflict must be blamed on people of faith who have been bogged down protecting their exclusivist religious turf, writes Bill Tammeus in NCR Online.
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05-Jul-2011
One of the myths about school funding is that government schools deserve priority funding as, compared to non-government schools, they are free and open to all students. But the reality is that in Sydney and Melbourne selective secondary schools only enrol those students who meet entry requirements, writes Kevin Donnelly in The Drum on ABC Online.
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04-Jul-2011
Seriously ill people do not need euthanasia. We need better provision of palliative care aimed at managing symptoms and maximising function. Rather than help to die, the cause of dignity would be more greatly helped if more was done to help people live more fully with the dying process, writes Nicholas Tonti-Filippini in the Age.
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03-Jul-2011
Travel writing in relation to the Catholic world has been weighed down by bias. Augustus Hare's guidebooks to Rome included rants against the House of Savoy,a nostalgia for the papal monarchy and contempt for “Roman Catholic idolatry” which made for an intriguing mix. Modern writers are equally prejudiced, but not in a good way, writes Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in the Catholic Herald.
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03-Jul-2011
Professor Margaret Somerville, founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, Toronto, Canada, will speak on "A contemporary reflection on the case against euthanasia" on Wednesday at a breakfast briefing organised by Catholic Social Services Victoria.
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