Perspectives
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13-Apr-2012
Upcoming commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago will put the spotlight on a young Irish priest whose photographs are some of the only surviving images of life onboard the liner on its first and last voyage, reports the Catholic News Service.
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13-Apr-2012
John 20:19-31
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21
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13-Apr-2012
The notion of surrender has little appeal to a post-modern sensibility, perhaps suggesting capitulation and weakness. Yet the word holds real strength and potency, writes Patty Fawkner SGS in The Good Oil.
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13-Apr-2012
The second instalment of James Martin's pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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13-Apr-2012
I was interested then to see Lawrence Krauss's name on the list of speakers for this week's Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne. This prompted me to buy his book A Universe from Nothing: Why there is something rather than nothing. While an engaging account of developing ideas in modern physics, it is peppered with disparaging remarks about theologians and philosophers, writes Neil Ormerod in ABC Online.
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13-Apr-2012
The ACU beefs up its research with a new appointment, a former prominent stockbroker becomes a developer of Catholic property, plans for a new school in Cairns and Tony Abbott (pictured) explains why having a gay sister will not affect his policy on same-sex marriage.
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13-Apr-2012
Doubts over whether a New York Times story about an abortionist was invented, Hugo Chavez begs Jesus to save his life, Japanese bishops remain neutral on nuclear power, and a graphic novel (pictured) addresses Christian beliefs and stories.
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13-Apr-2012
Summing up the life of Father Gerry Iverson, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson drew on second-century Christian writer Irenaeus of Lyons: "The glory of God is a human being fully alive." It was an apt description of Iverson, a priest ordained in 1960, just two years before Vatican II. Fr Iverson became a lifelong advocate of the conciliar reforms, and valued his involvement in the National Council of Priests, writes Peter Confeggi.
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13-Apr-2012
Academic, and scion of Croatia’s most noble family, Dr Peter Frankopan stated his determination to restore the Byzantine emperor Alexios I to the bold and rightful position from which French and Italian chroniclers airbrushed him: as a figure who was crucial in galvanising a moribund 11th-century Europe to expand its horizons. "After more than 900 years in the gloom, Alexios should once again take centre stage in the history of the First Crusade," Frankopan asserts.
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13-Apr-2012
For 30 of the past 50 years, John Dobson has been the parish priest in Caloundra, guiding the 13 faith communities in this region. He has accompanied the faithful in good times and in bad; he buried their parents, married them, and baptised their children. He has challenged and supported them as he has broken open the word here at the pulpit and broken the bread at the altar, writes Fr Frank Brennan SJ in Eureka Street.
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