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15-Aug-2012
The St Pius X school theatre in Newcastle will this week stage a spectacular called Aspire, showcasing the talent of 80 students from the region's 55 Catholic primary and high schools, reports The Newcastle Herald.
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16-Aug-2012
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has attempted to block a Vatican bid to create new web addresses ending in .catholic, arguing that it "cannot demonstrate that it possesses a monopoly over the term ‘Catholic'," reports The Tablet.
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13-Aug-2012
The Vatican has ordered the former butler of Pope Benedict XVI to stand trial for theft and leaking confidential papers in a scandal that has embroiled the Holy See, according to an AFP/Reuters report published by the ABC.
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15-Aug-2012
Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life parade to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalising abortion nationwide, died on Monday at age 86 from natural causes, reports the Catholic News Service.
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15-Aug-2012
The establishment of the John Paul II Australian Leaders Forum is an “important milestone for the Catholic Church in Australia”, the Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, said last week, reports The Catholic Weekly.
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14-Aug-2012
The Catholic Church in Brisbane says it supports an inquiry's suggestion that religious authorities should be required by law to report suspected child abuse, reports news.com.au
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12-Aug-2012
Leading US investment bank JP Morgan has announced that its Catholic ethical investment fund will close down in September, less than a year after it started, reports Vatican Insider.
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15-Aug-2012
Australia should lead the way in providing people on the margins with a place they can call home rather than just a bed for the night, said Dr John Falzon, the St Vincent de Paul Society’s national council CEO, reports The Catholic Weekly.
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13-Aug-2012
The first ever national conference for Catholics, focussing specifically on the “new evangelisation”, has been hailed as a “spirit-filled success”, according to a media release by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
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13-Aug-2012
A former South Australian police commissioner and a retired judge have been appointed as senior advisers to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into sex abuse by church officials and other staff from non government organisations, reports The Australian.
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13-Aug-2012
The social action arm of the Catholic bishops’ conference today appealed for aid to help victims of floods that have devastated much of Manila and neighboring provinces this week, reports Ucanews.
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16-Aug-2012
While the broader refugee debate continues, MacKillop Family Services is calling for the continuation of community care for the most vulnerable group - children, the group said in a media statement.
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16-Aug-2012
Cardinal Dolan of New York has defended his decision to invite President Barack Obama to a traditional fundraising dinner as being an effort to engage, not endorse, the president, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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15-Aug-2012
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious has begun talks with the archbishop tasked with its reform, but says it will not make fundamental changes to its expression of consecrated religious life, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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14-Aug-2012
A senior member of the Catholic Church in South Australia has warned the State's Premier that his backing of gay marriage will open the door to polygamy and "weaken the family as the basis of society," reports the Herald Sun.
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14-Aug-2012
The proposal by the Federal Government's expert panel on asylum seekers to use Nauru and Manus Island for offshore processing is "a very negative step," the Edmund Rice Centre said in a media release. The ERC response was one of several by Catholic groups who raised concerns at the Panel's proposals.
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14-Aug-2012
Stood-aside Speaker Peter Slipper has resigned from his role as chancellor of the Traditional Anglican Communion in the wake of allegations he sexually harassed a male adviser and misused taxpayer funds, reports The Australian.
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13-Aug-2012
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced it will sell some of its large real estate holdings, including the archbishop’s residence, to reduce operating costs in the face of a multi-million dollar deficit, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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12-Aug-2012
The organisation which represents the majority of US Catholic sisters said on Friday afternoon it would continue discussions with church officials regarding a Vatican-ordered takeover, but “will reconsider” if it “is forced to compromise the integrity of its mission,” reports NCR Online.
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12-Aug-2012
Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has announced that the outspoken pro-life Catholic Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin will be his running mate for the 2012 election, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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09-Aug-2012
A former Victorian sex crimes squad detective says many clergy abuse victims are too scared to make submissions to a State parliamentary inquiry, reports the ABC.
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15-Aug-2012
Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has called for greater awareness among Catholic Religious and laypeople about HIV/AIDS and its impact on the country, reports Ucanews.
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14-Aug-2012
The executive director of Catholic Education in Victoria said the state government's modelling showed more than 50 per cent of Victorian Catholic schools would lose funding if the Gonski reforms were adopted, The Age reports.
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12-Aug-2012
More than 120 clergy from across the Archdiocese of Melbourne gathered in Geelong last week for the annual Clergy Conference. The theme of this year’s conference was "The Parable in the Year of Grace", reports Kairos, and republished by the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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12-Aug-2012
Wild weather in Sydney on Friday blew a large sheet of metal roofing off the roof of St Paul's Catholic Church on Manly's Eastern Hill, in Sydney's northern beaches, reports the Manly Daily.
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16-Aug-2012
An official in the Indian Catholic Church has endorsed the idea that participants in sex-selective abortions should be charged with murder, according to a report by the Catholic News service published in The Catholic Leader.
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13-Aug-2012
Organisers of the Catholic comedy slam with TV comedian Stephen Colbert and New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan next month have announced a total media blackout of the event, reports NCR Online.
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09-Aug-2012
An orphan who grew up in Australia, but was raised by the Missionaries of Charity in Baghdad, is to compete in a sprint swimming event at the London Paralympics, reports the Catholic Herald.
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14-Aug-2012
A former Catholic nun in Kerala, India has run into legal trouble after the ghostwriter of her autobiography disowned the book, describing it as a pack of lies, reports Ucanews.
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12-Aug-2012
Archbishop Denis Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne, yesterday unveiled a statue of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first saint, on the grounds of St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, the Archdiocese announced in a statement.
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Regulars
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16-Aug-2012
Portraying St Mary MacKillop as kind, compassionate and hard-working was the objective of Adelaide sculptor Judith Rolevink in her latest work of art, reports The Southern Cross.
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15-Aug-2012
As a former Confessor for Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, American Msgr John Esseff recalls the day she was late for an appointment with Pope John Paul II in Rome because she was tending to a dying man on the street, reports The Catholic Weekly.
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14-Aug-2012
The ancient Christian community of Syria is caught in the crossfire of a civil war, causing many to flee to neighbouring countries. They leave behind them a nation whose strife will have a profound impact on the complexities of the entire Middle East, writes Trevor Mostyn in The Tablet.
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13-Aug-2012
CathNews film reviewer Fr Peter Malone MSC has for many years been as a welcomed, knowledgeable figure at some the world’s most prestigious film festivals. Peter’s background is not in cinema studies but in theology. His insight, however, reflects a universal and transparent approach to film, writes Mary Cass in Kairos, in an interview republiushed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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12-Aug-2012
Vatican Insider speaks to the Holy See’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lena, who says other countries have a higher money laundering risk rating than the Vatican.
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16-Aug-2012
Life Teen is an online website for Catholic teenagers. It includes videos, new books and mags of interest to teenagers, as well as a broad range of information about spirituality and becoming closer to Christ.
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15-Aug-2012
The Franciscans in the Holy Land, who have preserved Catholic sanctuaries in the area throughout the last 800 years, have a website offering more information about the sacred sites as well as pilgrimages to the region.
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14-Aug-2012
This website describes itself as "Not always happy but happy to be Catholic". It contains everything from book and film reviews to bible studies and prayers, favourite posts and superheroes.
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13-Aug-2012
Sacred Destinations is an ecumenical guide to more than 1,250 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious architecture and sacred art in over 60 countries around the world. In includes photo galleries plus detailed maps and lots of practical travel information.
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12-Aug-2012
Pro Bono Australia is a useful one-stop shop for information about the community sector. It publishes news, the Australian Directory of Not for Profit Organisations, and has space for NFPs to advertise for staff or find events.
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16-Aug-2012
Two businessmen (Dan Aykroyd, and John Lithgow), known in the movie as the Motch Brothers, look for a preferred candidate to represent their interests in a forthcoming election for a seat in Congress. They see an opportunity to oust the sitting congressman, Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) by arranging for an effeminate rival candidate, Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) to move against him,
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15-Aug-2012
A Jo Nesbo story. Sweden and Norway have been producing authors who have achieved world popularity, Stieg Larsson and the Millennium novels, Henning Menkel, with Wallander, and Norway’s Jo Nesbo. The film version of his Headhunters screened recently.
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13-Aug-2012
There was a spate of dancing films a couple of years ago, stories of groups, generally from poorer areas of big cities, going in for competitions, especially in the streets. There were rivalries, clashes, rehearsals and big finales. Just when it seemed they had quietened down, along comes Step Up, Miami Heat. In fact, it’s the fourth in the series.
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12-Aug-2012
It requires an initial commitment to stay to watch Cosmopolis, otherwise audiences might be making for the exit quick smart. The commitment is to David Cronenberg and his career and a film of talk and ideas rather than images and action.
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16-Aug-2012
Living in Valladolid, just north of Madrid, this last year has been an eye-opener for me with regard to fashion. One aspect that struck me most particularly was the way that locals dress more formally on a Sunday. Our society pays great attention to appearances. That’s why your Sunday best can be a subtle form of evangelisation, writes Ryan Service in The Catholic Herald.
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15-Aug-2012
As a chaplain with the RAAF I recently found myself in Afghanistan on a short-term deployment. Upon arrival I discovered that this is a rugged and harsh land, very grey and dusty. During my time there I looked for moments of God’s presence, moments of grace. There is a book with the title God of Surprises and I was certainly surprised at where I discovered God in this land, writes Fr John Healy in Kairos, in an article republished by the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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14-Aug-2012
There is no doubt Obama is pro-choice. He has said so many times. There is also no doubt Romney is running on what he calls a pro-life platform. But any honest analysis of the facts shows the situation is much more complicated than that, writes Nicholas Cafardi in NCR Online.
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13-Aug-2012
The US women religious have slowly come to imagine the hand of God in the very doctrinal assessment that has caused them so much anguish. They do not see themselves operating in opposition to the hierarchy, but rather as a timely, needed pastoral complementary, feminine voice within the church, writes Thomas Fox in NCR Online.
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12-Aug-2012
I remain opposed to the Malaysia solution to asylum seekers, favouring onshore processing only. If Parliament's preconditions for offshore processing are to be relaxed, the Malaysia solution will need to be improved and it will need to be augmented with a Nauru-type solution, writes Frank Brennan in Eureka Street.
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14-Aug-2012
American author Stephen Martin talks about his book The Messy Quest for Meaning, Five Catholic Practices for Finding Your Vocation in a conversation that can be downloaded and podcast from America magazine.
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