Perspectives
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19-Aug-2011
One of Blessed John Paul II’s most notable demonstrations was his unique contribution to Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. So how does the Jewish community view his beatification, asks Vatican Insider.
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19-Aug-2011
Matthew 16:13-20
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ 14
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19-Aug-2011
This disposable nature of our contemporary living stretches far before the electronic dimension of our lives. However, we must never lose sight of our intrinsic worth as the person that God made us to be, writes Fr Gerard Dowling in Kairos.
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19-Aug-2011
There aren’t too many nuns who are also water engineers. In a video report from Sean Dorney, the ABC’s Pacific Correspondent, find out how Good Samaritan Sister, Marella Rebgetz is helping to solve Kiribati’s critical water needs as a water engineer.
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19-Aug-2011
World Youth Day 2011 is an important moment in Pope Benedict XVI's campaign to remind Europe of its Christian roots and to call Europe to a nobler understanding of democracy, writes George Weigel on ABC Online.
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19-Aug-2011
Gay marriage was debated in Canberra, in NSW the former premier returned to the stage, a Catholic educator received recognition, and St Mary's choir (pictured) has been selected to sing in Rome.
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19-Aug-2011
An Irish priest suggests jointly-run schools, in Rome a cardinal said Vatican II was not a break in tradition, in America four bishops are suing Alabama over immigration laws and in China underground priests remain in custody.On a lighter note, Mozart has received a belated Papal honour.
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19-Aug-2011
Croatian-born Perth priest John Chokolich had an eventful life that included study at Rome's College of Propaganda Fide during World War II, when the streets were filled with crowds of Fascist sympathisers cheering the speeches of Mussolini.
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19-Aug-2011
A new study of the medieval Liturgy of the Hours focuses not on the Latin text, nor even the sumptuous illustrations, but the markings - the marginal glosses - that were made by the owners of the books or by scribes employed by the owners.
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19-Aug-2011
US priest Roy Bourgeois faces expulsion from his Maryknoll Order for his support of the ordination of women. Catholicculture.org says this attitude does not come from listening to God, but instead demonstrates "a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are determined mainly by conventional respectability."
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