News - National
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20-Oct-2011
Australian bishops are preparing to release a joint statement on the diocese of Toowoomba, as early as this weekend, the Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge, said, in a report by the Catholic News Agency.
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20-Oct-2011
Sydney's Cardinal George Pell said Pope Benedict's willingness to open the Domus Australia was a reflection of his belief that the Catholic Church in Australia was doing a good job tackling the problems of an increasingly secular Western world, reports the Australian.
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20-Oct-2011
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) chief executive, Martin Laverty, has expressed optimism that both sides of politics supported the Productivity Commission's (PC) aged care reform package, reports the Australian Ageing Agenda.
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20-Oct-2011
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he will not wind back the clock on abortion law should he become prime minister, and argues his personal evolution has been in a ''reassuring'' direction for progressives, reports the Age.
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19-Oct-2011
The ABC's managing director, Mark Scott, has defended the public broadcaster's coverage of same-sex marriage during a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra this week, reports GNN.
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17-Oct-2011
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia will continue its push for a major overhaul of the support payment system during Anti-Poverty Week 2011, the organisation said in a statement.
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17-Oct-2011
Judith Rolevink took four months and said countless prayers to Saint Mary of the Cross before she was happy with the image she had sculpted of Australia's first saint, which was unveiled yesterday, said a report on ninemsn.com.au.
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16-Oct-2011
Anglican Primate Phillip Aspinall has given his personal support to Adelaide's Archbishop Philip Wilson and vicar-general Monsignor David Cappo, over the sexual abuse affair involving the Traditional Anglican Communion's Archbishop John Hepworth, reports the Australian.
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17-Oct-2011
Supporters of South Melbourne priest Father Bob Maguire have begun bombarding the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne with letters and emails pleading for him to be kept on as a parish priest, reports the Herald Sun.
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16-Oct-2011
The integrity of police checks for school employees is under doubt after a teacher on child exploitation charges was allowed to work as a cleaner at a Catholic school in Melbourne, reports the Herald Sun.
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19-Oct-2011
The Sisters of St Joseph celebrated the first anniversary of the canonisation of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, with congregational leader Sr Anne Derwin saying it was "somehow important to just reconnect with this time last year and the joy it brought to so many people", reports the Catholic Weekly.
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16-Oct-2011
The first anniversary of the canonisation of St Mary MacKillop will be marked today with a special unveiling of a new statue of the saint at Mary MacKillop Place, according to a media release sent on behalf of the Sisters of St Joseph.
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18-Oct-2011
St Vincent de Paul is set to cut back on its spending in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn after dipping into its cash reserves by more than $900,000 in the past year, reports the Catholic Voice.
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News - International
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19-Oct-2011
The Vatican has prepared a document on reform of the global financial system and the potential role of a public regulatory authority, reports the Catholic News Service.
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19-Oct-2011
European rabbis have urged the Vatican to suspend unity talks with the Society of St Pius X until the movement pledged to fight what they called anti-Semitism in its ranks, said a Reuters report in the West Australian.
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18-Oct-2011
For the first time, Pope Benedict has invited atheists, in addition to representatives of all faiths, to a religious peace gathering in Assisi due to take place on October 27, said a VIS report in the Independent Catholic News.
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18-Oct-2011
Following a review of Regnum Christi, the lay movement affiliated with the Legionaries of Christ, changes will be made in the way its consecrated lay men and women are overseen, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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17-Oct-2011
Pope Benedict says he has called for a "Year of Faith," starting in October 2012, in response to a "profound crisis of faith that has affected many people" and left them searching for answers, reports the Catholic News Service..
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19-Oct-2011
The number of sisters in the majority of religious communities of women in the United States has been declined fairly rapidly over the past five years, dropping from 60,642 in 2007 to 46,451 today, said the National Catholic Reporter.
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18-Oct-2011
American actress Susan Sarandon has been slammed for calling the Pope a Nazi, in remarks made while talking about the film Dead Man Walking, said an AAP report in the Courier Mail.
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20-Oct-2011
In an address to Pope Benedict during the Ad Limina visit, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson, has announced that the Church in Australia will celebrate a Year of Grace.
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20-Oct-2011
Pope Benedict XVI has urged the Church in Australia to evangelise all Australians, not simply reaching out to those who are Catholic, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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19-Oct-2011
The Pope has spoken fondly of his visit to Australia as he inaugurated the Domus Australia pilgrim centre, said an AFP report on news.com.au.
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18-Oct-2011
EU bishops have welcomed the Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that decided destructive research on human embryo cannot be patented, reports the Independent Catholic News.
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18-Oct-2011
Australian bishops have had a special meeting with top Vatican officials to discuss the case of Bishop William Morris, who was removed from office by the Pope, said the National Catholic Reporter.
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17-Oct-2011
Most of Australia's bishops gathered in Rome Monday to celebrate the opening of Domus Australia, reports the Australian. Cardinal George Pell said he believed it should encourage many Australian tourists to focus on the religious aspects of Rome.
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17-Oct-2011
The Church in Ireland has launched a new app for young men who are thinking of joining the priesthood, designed to help users reflect on whether the clerical life is for them, said an AFP report on Google News.
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16-Oct-2011
After winning the world's biggest cycling race, Cadel Evans has placed one of his cherished Tour champion's yellow jerseys in the hands of a priest as a donation in a small church near Lake Como in Italy, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
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16-Oct-2011
Pope Benedict was wheeled up the main aisle of St Peter's Basilica on a mobile platform at a ceremony on Sunday to spare him the unnecessary fatigue of walking, but the Vatican said there was no concern for his overall health, said a Reuters report in the West Australian.
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16-Oct-2011
A thief in a British church was caught on video making the sign of the cross before helping to steal a 116-year-old religious artefact from it, said a report on news.com.au.
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Regulars
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20-Oct-2011
Religious leaders gather in Assisi next week to mark the first Day of Prayer for Peace, convened there by John Paul II 25 years ago. Kevin McDonald, an interfaith specialist, reflects on one of the most important religious events of modern times – and the current challenges of dialogue, in the Tablet.
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19-Oct-2011
"Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to eternal life." These words of Pope Leo XIII fittingly describe Fr Damonn Sypher's voyage from an "uneducated Protestant" to Catholic priest, reports the Catholic Leader.
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18-Oct-2011
As Silvio Berlusconi grapples with the greatest crisis the Italian republic has ever seen, a member of his extended family has gone on a long retreat to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reports the Catholic Herald.
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17-Oct-2011
Setting up Catholic schools was a priority in the nineteenth century. Today, more and more non-Catholics attend these institutions. Is this welcome, or does it dilute their ethos? reports the Tablet.
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16-Oct-2011
The recent opening of a new Aboriginal Studies Centre has strengthened St Ignatius’ College Riverview’s commitment to the education of young Indigenous men and the promotion of Indigenous culture to the wider community, reports Province Express.
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20-Oct-2011
The October edition of this website for Catholic educators is now available.
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19-Oct-2011
Fr Peter Steele SJ, from Newman College, distinguished poet, priest, scholar, educator - is a major Australian cultural figure. This Encounter program pays tribute to a man whose figure of poetry as 'the mind in love' points to the motif that ties the strands of his life together. It also includes a poignant reflection on his battle with cancer.
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18-Oct-2011
Catholic Education Melbourne has a new website, with more information and videos. Containing a broader focus on Catholic education across the Archdiocese, the site has a fresh new design, new content and improved navigation.
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17-Oct-2011
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Media Blog has a list of interesting and timely blogs on issues of contemporary relevance, from faith to politics and beyond.
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16-Oct-2011
Dr Jane Wright, teacher at Loreto College Marryatville in South Australia, has won the prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools. The Loreto website has a story about the award and a video interview with Dr Wright (pictured).
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20-Oct-2011
While Gil (Owen Wilson) is walking back to his Paris hotel alone at night, a group of party-goers appears and urges him to step into their antique car. The car transports him back to the Golden Age of the 1920s. This Woody Allen film is very enjoyable and delightful rerturn to form.
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16-Oct-2011
Red State defies easy pigeon-holing as to what genre the film is. It shifts from time to time, which may prove disconcerting to the unwary and the unwilling, but when it is all put together, it comes out as a smart movie whether we liked it or not.
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20-Oct-2011
Something that is hard to name happened the day the Pope addressed parliamentarians in London last year: it was as if the message that the Pope had come to bring - a call for reason and the public square to open to faith - actually occurred, even before he arrived, writes Austen Ivereigh (pictured) on the ABC website.
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19-Oct-2011
Somewhere down the line, historians may point to Sunday, October 9, 2011, as the date when the Arab Spring began to give way to a deadly winter, especially for the Christians of the Middle East, writes John Allen in NCR Online.
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18-Oct-2011
The story is an old one and I've told it before, but never has it felt so ominous as it does right now. It happened this way: About 15 or 20 years ago, I gave a series of conferences in a parish in Canada, writes Joan Chittister in NCR Online.
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17-Oct-2011
Twelve months on from canonisation, our Australian people are still coming to terms with what it means to have a canonised Australian saint, writes Sr Noelene Quinane RSJ, in the Canberra-Goulburn newsletter.
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16-Oct-2011
Anti-Poverty Week, which began yesterday, gives us a chance to stop and think about poverty at home, in our street and in the wider world; really wherever we find our neighbour, writes Graham West in The Good Oil.
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19-Oct-2011
Tomorrow night and Saturday, Jesuit Social services will host a National Justice Symposium in Melbourne. Friday evening's keynote speaker will be Frank Vincent QC. The symposium will be facilitated by Frank Brennan SJ AO.
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18-Oct-2011
As part of Anti-Povety Week, St Vincent de Paul will host a forum on Friday titled Human Rights & Poverty: State of the Nation. The guest speaker is Dr Cassandra Goldie (pictured), Executive Officer Australian Council of Social Services, who will be joined by a panel of respondents.
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17-Oct-2011
Tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI will officially open Domus Australia in Rome. The opening will be streamed live on the Archdiocese of Sydney website Xt3. The link for this is xt3.com/domus.
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