Perspectives
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18-Nov-2011
Long before Occupy Wall Street, the Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia were quietly staging an occupation of their own. In recent years, this Roman Catholic order has become one of the most surprising groups of corporate activists around, reports the New York Times.
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18-Nov-2011
Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
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18-Nov-2011
The Feast of Christ the King brings to a close our liturgical year and invites us again to reflect on the place of Jesus Christ in our lives. The question for this time is: What is the kingdom all about, asks Brian Heenan, Bishop of Rockhampton.
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18-Nov-2011
In December 2000, a tiny band of American monks with faith and courage and not much else re-founded monastic life in Norcia, Italy at the birthplace of St Benedict. This documentary, filmed in the summer of 2011, takes you into the life of the Benedictine monks of Norcia.
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18-Nov-2011
The 21st century is unlikely to see a fundamental conflict of political ideology in the way the 20th century was dominated by it. But it might well see a clash of religious or cultural ideology, writes Tony Blair in NCR Online.
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18-Nov-2011
In Canberra a church faces an uncertain future, in Sydney tributes flowed for Fr Bill Robley and in Western Australia the new Bunbury Cathedral (pictured) has won a major building award.
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18-Nov-2011
The Bible is translated into Dutch slang, CAFOD will send a climate change convoy across Africa, Irish Orangemen protested outside the British PM's office, and the Pope and EU President discussed the debt crisis.
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18-Nov-2011
Bil Keane was creator of The Family Circus, the gentle, long-running comic syndicated in almost 1500 newspapers. He became a wry poet of the innocence of childhood.
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18-Nov-2011
The basic premise of Science and Religion: Are they compatible? was to put together in a debating chamber outspoken champions of theism and atheism. The outcome is highly readable, but more a relic from a bygone age.
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18-Nov-2011
Andrew Killey was planning to spread the Word of God from the altar. Instead he eventually chose to do it from behind the desk of Adelaide’s most successful advertising agency, reports Southern Cross.
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