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17-May-2012
Tony Blair has told a conference in London that a world without faith would be a disaster, reports the Catholic Herald.
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15-May-2012
Recently leaked documents reveal the correspondence between four bishops of the Society of St Pius X, which show disagreement over reconciliation efforts with the Vatican, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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16-May-2012
Benedict XVI will travel to Lebanon in September, to stop the exodus of minorities and build a bridge of peace toward Iran and Syria, reports Vatican Insider.
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14-May-2012
A secret document bishops sent to Pope Paul VI in 1978 highlighted the Church’s role during the Argentine dictatorship years and the disappearances of thousands of political opponents, according to an Argentine newspaper, reports Vatican Insider.
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14-May-2012
Monsignor Robert McGuckin has been appointed Bishop of Toowoomba, the ACBC said in a media statement last night. Until now, Monsignor McGuckin has been serving as Vicar General of the Diocese of Parramatta.
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14-May-2012
Pope Benedict has condemned the latest bombings in in the Syrian capital Damascus last week, which killed 55 people and injured more than 370. Vatican press office director Fr Federico Lombardi SJ, released the following communique, reports the Independent Catholic News.
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14-May-2012
Several hundred Anglican Australians are expected to convert to Roman Catholicism while keeping many of their Anglican practices next month after an invitation from Pope Benedict XVI, reports The Age.
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14-May-2012
Investigators attempting to resolve one of Italy's most enduring mysteries yesterday opened the tomb of a mobster in a Rome basilica for clues to the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl nearly 30 years ago, Reuters reports in a story published in The West Australian.
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13-May-2012
The leader of a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has spoken in unusually hopeful terms about a possible reconciliation with Rome, but acknowledged significant internal resistance to such a move, which he said might lead to the group splitting apart, reports The Catholic Herald.
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10-May-2012
Three of the four senior staff members at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome are stepping down from their posts after a Vatican investigation concluded Ireland’s seminaries are not doing enough to promote Catholic orthodoxy, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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16-May-2012
Leaders of the Legionaries of Christ religious order knew that their most famous priest had fathered a child for many months before they acknowledged it this week, a top Vatican official told Reuters, reports Yahoo7.
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15-May-2012
An American theologian from the Legion of Christ has admitted he had fathered a child several years ago, reports the Associated Press in a story published by Newsday.
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16-May-2012
The new personal ordinariate will be a “homecoming” for former Anglicans joining the Catholic Church later this year, reports The Catholic Weekly.
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16-May-2012
The new Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge says the Church's greatest challenge is to become a more missionary Church "at a time when a certain institutional diminishment can tempt us to circle the wagons in some supposedly self-protective manoeuvre," reports The Catholic Leader.
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13-May-2012
Benedict XVI has added Hildegard of Bingen to the Church’s formal list of saints and permitted Catholics worldwide to celebrate her feast day with a Mass and special readings, reports The Catholic Herald.
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10-May-2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will continue to oppose gay marriage in Australia despite US President Barack Obama publicly endorsing it in a national television interview, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
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10-May-2012
Archbishop Mark Coleridge will be installed today before 900 guests and 35 brother bishops as the sixth Archbishop of Brisbane, reports the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane in a media release.
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17-May-2012
A 70-day prayer relay, that mirrors the journey of the Olympic Torch through over 1,000 communities across England, is to be launched today with a blessing ceremony in Cornwall, reports the Independent Catholic Herald.
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17-May-2012
Arguing that a promised “accommodation” to the Obama administration’s contraception mandate fails to address religious freedom concerns, attorneys for the US bishops suggest a possible lawsuit if the mandate is not rescinded, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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15-May-2012
Bishop-elect McGuckin has been to Toowoomba before but today will make his first visit to the Garden City since his appointment. He says he is looking forward to building on the good work of his predecessors, reports The Toowoomba Chronicle.
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14-May-2012
A Roman Catholic cardinal and his top aides lied to their lawyer about shredding a key piece of evidence in the Philadelphia clergy-abuse scandal, the lawyer testified on Monday, in an AP report published in Newsday.
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13-May-2012
The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors - evidence that the scandal over the order's pedophile founder doesn't rest solely with him, according to the Associated Press in a report published in Newsday.
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13-May-2012
The Girl Scouts of the USA are facing an official inquiry by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, reports the Associated Press in an article published in the Long Island Press.
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13-May-2012
The Victorian Parliament's family and community development committee is visiting Europe, and work on the sex abuse inquiry will not begin until after they return later this week, reports the Herald Sun.
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13-May-2012
Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner will write to Prime Minister Julia Gillard to encourage her to support same-sex marriage, after an Australian pair became the first foreign same-sex couple to marry in the South American country, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
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16-May-2012
The producer of the popular The Journey of Moses Facebook game is venturing into historic territory by creating the first-ever video game based on the life of Jesus, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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15-May-2012
The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea will not comply with an order to make condoms available to teachers and students at its schools, reports Radio Australia.
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15-May-2012
The Catholic Regional College Sydenham has been protected from Victorian government to funding because the Catholic Education Office had provided the school with $100,000 to cover the cut this year, reports the Sunshine Star.
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10-May-2012
Catholic education officials have confirmed they will look at school safety in the wake of the alleged stabbing attack of a 14-year-old student, as Queensland Premier Campbell Newman urged all Catholic schools to ban knives, reports The Brisbane Times and SBS.
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10-May-2012
Catholic schools in Wales have been officially warned that they must give a "balanced perspective" when discussing same-sex marriage with their pupils, reports The Tablet.
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10-May-2012
A total of 180 students at an all-girls Catholic school in Papua New Guinea have been suspended over a three-week period for using mobile phones, reports Radio Australia.
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09-May-2012
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a school stabbing at a Catholic school in Caboolture in Brisbane yesterday, reports The Age.
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09-May-2012
Brisbane pro-life activist Graham Preston was arrested at his home last week and will spend eight months behind bars, reports The Catholic Leader.
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17-May-2012
Melbourne Catholic boy Brian Mannix isn’t taking to heart the harsh words levelled at him on Dancing with the Stars. ‘‘I suppose they’re being kind,’’ adds the ’80s rock legend, speaking at a studio around the corner from his family home, reports the Moonee Valley Weekly.
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16-May-2012
Italian fashion firm Benetton has agreed to make a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an advertisement that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips, according to the Vatican, Reuters reported on Yahoo7.
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15-May-2012
China’s first exhibition centre dedicated to Father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) has opened in Zhaoqing, the place where the Italian missionary first set foot on the mainland, reports Ucanews.
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Regulars
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17-May-2012
Families should always eat together, it matters more than most people think, writes Michelin-starred English chef Richard Corrigan in the Catholic Herald.
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16-May-2012
Some members of the Pontifical Academy for Life have written a letter accusing leaders of the dicastery of not following Catholic doctrine in the fields of life, sexuality and the family, Vatican Insider reports.
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15-May-2012
Ten years after widespread news coverage of sexual abuse by priests rocked the U.S. Catholic church, hierarchical response to the continuing crisis indicates the church has “lost its ability to be a self-correcting institution,” a leading Jesuit priest has told a symposium of experts on clergy abuse.
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14-May-2012
Being brought up in a football-mad family, I have always been in awe of Aussie Rules legend Kevin Sheedy and so it was with great delight that I accepted an invitation to hear him speak at the Catholic Secondary Principals Australia Conference in Canberra recently, writes Jenny Brinkworth in Southern Cross.
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14-May-2012
One of the disappointments of the post-Vatican II period has been the glacial pace of the growth in Catholic biblical literacy the Council hoped to inspire. Why the slow-down? Several reasons suggest themselves, writes George Weigel in Ethics and Public Policy Centre.
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13-May-2012
Too often religion is seen as an obstacle to peace when instead it should be regarded as part of the solution, says Dr Debbie Weissman, President of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ), reports The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney website.
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10-May-2012
More Than Gold, an umbrella group of 16 Christian denominations set up with the aim of helping the churches to engage more closely with the Olympics, has some innovative programs on its agenda, reports the Catholic News Service.
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17-May-2012
The Internet Archive is an online repository of public domain books and documents that are now available for reading or download in a variety of formats. It also contains an amazing variety of Catholic resources. - www.archive.org
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16-May-2012
The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Congregation, who celebrated the centenary of the formation of their Australian Province last year, also have projects in 27 countries.
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15-May-2012
Food meets faith at the Catholic Foodie, according to website creator and podcaster Jeff Young.
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14-May-2012
The Catholic Writers Guild says it is aiming for a "rebirth of Catholic Arts and Letters".
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13-May-2012
Being Catholic, which described itself as an e-journal for Catholic educators who come from both within and without the Catholic tradition, has relaunched its website with a clean fresh look.
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10-May-2012
Josephite missionary Sr Mary Noonan has launched a website that traces the stories of her 85 years of life from her birth in Tasmania to the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
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16-May-2012
Some audiences will find this comedy/parody a hoot, Tim Burton-style. On the one hand, it has no uplifting moral values to explore. On the other, it is an entertaining and often clever spoof.The danger is that some audiences will either take it too seriously or not seriously enough.
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14-May-2012
The physical, mental and sexual abuse of minors has become a key issue in many societies. Films have reflected this concern. The trend is developing in cultures beyond English-speaking countries where it has been a justice issue for more than a decade.
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13-May-2012
If you decided to go to see this drama because of the title, the trailer and the suggestion that this is a tale about four people living the high tourist’s life in Cambodia with something sinister happening, you would be only partly right. Most of the action takes place in Sydney and is the story of an ordinary family whose lives are disrupted by the events in Cambodia.
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10-May-2012
Irvine Welsh is famous for his books, especially about the world of drugs.Trainspotting became a cult film by Danny Boyle which was followed by Paul McGuigan’s The Acid House. A film version of Welsh’s novel Filth was set to follow Ecstasy, which is back in the drug world.
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17-May-2012
The famous cultural philosopher Marshall McLuhan was a committed Christian. Encounter, on ABC Radio National, examines how he came to his faith, whether it influenced his ideas, and asks if his work has any meaning for the Church today.
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15-May-2012
Any convert will tell you that adopting a new religion means adopting a new culture. But while some religions are happily tribal, others claim to embody truths "beyond" culture. Encounter, on ABC Radio National, examines the "culture shock" of conversion.
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17-May-2012
For seven years I had the privilege of being the Pastoral Mission Co-ordinator for the Catholic community at the Seaford Ecumenical Mission in South Australia. My understanding, experience and appreciation of ecumenism makes me want to shout from the rooftop: “Yes, ecumenism does matter!” writes Sister Bernadina Sontrop SGS in The Good Oil.
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16-May-2012
With an 85-year-old pope beginning to show his age, speculation about who might come next is always in the background, even if it’s on a low boil, writes John Allen in NCR Online. Here he offers a sort of “poll average” of the current state of thinking about likely papal candidates among Vatican-watchers.
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15-May-2012
When Catholic educators and prelates speak of the origin of Catholic universities, they locate it in the Middle Ages. Catholicism permeated medieval culture. Many universities held papal charters. Theology enjoyed an uncontested place among the disciplines. But would medieval universities satisfy the norms held up today to qualify as “authentically Catholic”, asks John O'Malley in America.
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13-May-2012
Some atheists have recognised the problematic, negative nature of their movement. For this reason, they have tried to turn it into a positive force by either claiming the rational source for moral truth or imitating religion, writes Joel Hodge in The Drum on ABC Online.
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10-May-2012
The US bishops intend a campaign of civil disobedience against aspects of the Obama Administration's health care plan. Many have been critical of this law on the ground that it might contribute to more abortions. The toxicity of the atmosphere should make us weary of adopting a similar campaign here, writes Fr Frank Brennan in Eureka Street.
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