Perspectives
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09-Dec-2011
"The outward signs of Christianity's decline are strong. But most people still have a religious strand," says historian Geoffrey Blainey, in an interview about his new history of Christianity, reports the West Australian.
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09-Dec-2011
John1:6-8, 19-28
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.19
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09-Dec-2011
One of the reasons we need to pray is so that we don't lose heart. We all do sometimes. We lose heart whenever frustration, tiredness, fear, and helplessness in the face of life's humiliations conspire together to paralyse our energies, deaden our resiliency, drain our courage, and leave us feeling weak in depression, writes Ron Rolheiser.
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09-Dec-2011
A fixture in the Holy See Press Office, John Thavis (pictured) is now preparing to step down as the Rome Bureau Chief of Catholic News Service. Since 1983, the Minnesota native has covered the Vatican for CNS. In this interview, originally broadcast in 2007, Thavis shares his experiences covering two papacies.
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09-Dec-2011
Is Steve Jobs a saint or an exploiter? A wise life guru like Saint Ignatius of Loyola or an avaricious man, who could not have cared less about the poor - like the rich man in Luke’s Gospel? Despite being a Buddhist, Steve Jobs has become a central figure in Catholic debate. He has even caused the Society of Jesus to “bicker” over him, reports Vatican Insider.
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09-Dec-2011
Development conflict over a Canberra church, Diamond jubilee for a Newcastle Sister, a church burglary in Melbourne, and a Mass for the disabled at St Mary's in Sydney (pictured).
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09-Dec-2011
The Dalai Llama says everyone has the potential to be like Mother Teresa, Apple defends the iPhone's lack of abortion clinic advice, the Vatcian paper addresses SSPX concerns and a Gaudi exhibition in Rome (pictured) is popular.
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09-Dec-2011
A bishop active in the campaign against illegal drugs in the north or the Philippines died of a severe asthma attack after celebrating Mass last month.
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09-Dec-2011
The latest novel of New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh centres around a priest of the archdiocese of Boston, who is accused of sexually abusing a child during the height of the abuse scandal in 2002. It turns on deep water and the surge of fear that prevents many men and women from diving into either the swirl of the ocean surf or the unknown of a meaningful relationship.
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09-Dec-2011
Floating latrines and dung-burning stoves are what occupy most of 27-year-old Julian O’Shea’s time these days, reports Southern Cross.
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