Perspectives
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23-Sep-2011
With an economic crisis that never seems to end and financial markets ever more volatile, it is an appropriate time to take a second look at the economic theories of St Thomas Aquinas, writes Fr John Flynn LC.
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23-Sep-2011
Matthew 21:28-32
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, ‘What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.”
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23-Sep-2011
Port Pirie Bishop Greg O'Kelly talked to the ABC's Riverland Today program this week about society, the church, religion and faith.
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23-Sep-2011
Noted Australian human rights lawyer Fr Frank Brennan spoke on "A Jesuit Perspective on Making Human Rights and Religion Friends, Not Foes" at the University of Scranton in the US last week.
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23-Sep-2011
What impact does Catholic teaching have on AIDS in Africa asks Joe Heschmeyer. The data may surprise.
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23-Sep-2011
Three young Nigerian priests have been ordained for Brisbane. Male teacher numbers are falling in New South Wales over abuse and pay concerns.
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23-Sep-2011
An Indian archbishop says that his country must help re-evangelise Europe while a Filipino bishop has called mining deals an insult. In Europe, two Opus Dei members are on trial in France and Barcelona's Sagrada Familia now has a completion date.
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23-Sep-2011
Fr Jesús Silva, who responded to the problems of poor and neglected children in his native Galicia, by founding a self-governing Boys Town, whose children’s circus toured the world to great acclaim in the 1970s, died this month at the age of 78.
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23-Sep-2011
We all assume that we know what a leader is and what leadership entails. The Bible offers foundational stories of Moses, David and Solomon. But once you ask what leadership really is – position or function – clarity vanishes.
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23-Sep-2011
Children in Gaza City suffer poverty, exclusion and fear. Caritas Jerusalem believes recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations will pay peace dividends both sides of the border.
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