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01-Nov-2012
This weekend, CathNews continues our special coverage to mark the 50th anniversary of Vatican II. Tomorrow's edition of CathNews Perspectives will include a feature on how the Council ended the male monopoly on theology, how John XXIII's intervention rescued Dei Verbum, a book review on the legacy and other news items. In these special editions, CathNews Perspectives will be delivered on Saturday mornings instead of the regular Friday afternoon timeslot.
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News
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01-Nov-2012
Catholic bishop has warned people flocking to cemeteries to observe All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day this week to be on their guard against fake priests seeking money, reports Ucanews.
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31-Oct-2012
The Vatican has announced that it is giving the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) more time to decide whether it will accept its conditions for readmission to full ecclesial communion with Rome, reports The Tablet.
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29-Oct-2012
The head of the Vatican department for missionary work has issued a message to millions of Catholics and the Communist government in China, expressing hope for a fruitful dialogue, reports Ucanews.
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29-Oct-2012
Members of the Synod of Bishops have recommended the Vatican establish a commission to monitor religious freedom, develop guidelines for training evangelizers and ensure there is a church in every diocese where confession is always available, reports the Catholic News Service.
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28-Oct-2012
The synod of bishops on the New Evangelisation has released a message that emphasises hope in the face of an increasingly secular culture, because Christ promises salvation, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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28-Oct-2012
Bishops in the English-speaking world have been too accommodating in their proclamation of Church teaching, according to the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell, reports The Tablet.
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25-Oct-2012
The youngest of six cardinals announced this week is widely lauded for his theological gifts and his humility, reports the Catholic News Service.
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01-Nov-2012
Catholic Charities agencies along the East Coast are working to assess the damage left by Hurricane Sandy and respond to the needs of those left in its wake, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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31-Oct-2012
Philippine bishops have reactivated a virtual cemetery, Undas Online, to cater to the demand for Day of the Dead, in honour of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day, today and tomorrow, reports Ucanews.
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31-Oct-2012
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his concern for everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy and encouraged all those working to rebuild from the disaster, reports the Catholic News Service on NCR Online. The Secretary-General of Caritas Cuba said it will take years for the eastern section of the country to recover from Hurricane Sandy, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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30-Oct-2012
Kevin Hickey, executive director of Catholic Charities, said teams had been set up to establish relief services along the US east coast to cope with Hurricane Sandy, reports the Catholic News Service. A Virgin Mary (pictured) is all that remains from a home which was destroyed in the Breezy Point neighbourhood of New York.
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29-Oct-2012
Catholics from across the country have converged on Penola in South Australia for the official opening and blessing of the convent, reports the ABC.
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25-Oct-2012
The Sisters of Mercy, located behind the former Star of the Sea school on the Gold Coast in Queensland, have emerged as the buyer of the former Commonwealth Bank building at Southport, reports goldcoast.com.au.
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01-Nov-2012
The Society of Jesus in Uruguay has expressed “deep regret” over statements made to reporters by local priest Father Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Faus, who voiced support for the legalisation of abortion, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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29-Oct-2012
The world's biggest group of clergy abuse survivors, SNAP, plans to ask the Salesian religious order to change the name of its website, which has the same acronym, reports The Age.
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28-Oct-2012
Liberal theologian professor Hans Küng has announced that he will withdraw from the "big stage" when he turns 85 next March, reports The Tablet.
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28-Oct-2012
Church groups need to recruit young women to perform voluntary work traditionally done by older women, leaders say, according to a report on AdelaideNow.
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01-Nov-2012
Bishops and priests in mainland China are pessimistic that their government will respond to a Vatican senior official’s invitation to enter into a new dialogue, reports Ucanews.
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30-Oct-2012
Two bishops and a monk have been voted into the final round of Egypt's elections for the choice of the Coptic Church’s new pope, due next Sunday in St. Mark’s Cathedral, in Cairo’s Abbasiya neighbourhood, reports Vatican Insider.
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29-Oct-2012
A reward has been offered to help uncover the identity of the administrator of an anti-Semitic, homophobic German website, kreuz.net, which is not recognised by the country’s bishops’ conference, reports Vatican Insider.
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28-Oct-2012
Three people have been killed in an explosion during mass at a Catholic church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, according to an AAP report on SBS.
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31-Oct-2012
A new campaign website set up by the diocese of Parramatta is responding to the State government’s decision to slash $1.7 billion in education funding over the next four years, said the executive director of schools, Greg Whitby, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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30-Oct-2012
The executive director of the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Mike Byrne, says his sector faces an overall decrease of 11 per cent next year, reports The Australian.
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29-Oct-2012
The Seoul archdiocese has launched online confirmation classes in which faithful can prepare for the sacrament in just two days, reports Ucanews.
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30-Oct-2012
A man in the US has lost his leg and is suing a church after a crucifix he prayed to every day fell on him, reports Ninemsn.
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31-Oct-2012
The Vatican says it may consider limiting the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel in an effort to preserve the frescoes, reports the ABC.
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31-Oct-2012
A new movie based on the real-life story of a 15-year-old boy who became a source of joy to those around him – despite dying from cancer – recently debuted at the Vatican, reports the Catholic News Agency.
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30-Oct-2012
Poland's Supreme Court has opened the way for a blasphemy verdict against a rock musician who tore up a Bible on stage, a case that has pitted deep Catholic traditions against a new desire for free expression, reports Reuters on Yahoo7.
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30-Oct-2012
The Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano has ran not one but five articles about the new James Bond film, according to a Reuters report on Yahoo7.
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28-Oct-2012
Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi has told the Associated Press that the Church cannot revoke the papal knighthood of British entertainer Jimmy Savile because the honour dies with the individual, reports Bigpond News.
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Regulars
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01-Nov-2012
For the people of Sitio Ronggot in the Philippines, typhoons and their lasting effects are a distressing part of everyday life. Communities living in this region experience up to twenty typhoons a year varying in severity and intensity, which have a devastating impact upon on their makeshift homes and their sources of food and income, reports Catholic Mission Australia.
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31-Oct-2012
The caricature of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman resting on the wall of Marist Brother Frank McGrath's room watches over everything he does. The English cardinal inspires Br Frank in his work and in his faith, reports The Catholic Leader.
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30-Oct-2012
A member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, Sr Paula Jean Miller teaches theology at the University of St Thomas in Houston, Texas, and directs its Living Learning Centre. She is among 29 women named to the synod, ten as “experts” and 19 as “observers.” At the halfway point, she discussed the voice of women at the meeting, and the broader question of the role of women in the New Evangelisation, in an interview with John Allen of NCR Online.
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29-Oct-2012
In a wide-ranging interview wth Vatican Insider at Domus Australia during the Synod in Rome, Cardinal Pell discusses Christian-Muslim relations, China as “the great new mission field”, Catholics who take communion even if they practice birth control or are divorced and remarried, and the qualities required for a bishop.
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28-Oct-2012
She dreamed a dream, and it came true. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the Les Miserables number 'I Dreamed a Dream' on a TV talent show, reports news.com.au.
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01-Nov-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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31-Oct-2012
The Catholic Writers Guild says it is aiming for a "rebirth of Catholic Arts and Letters".
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30-Oct-2012
Food meets faith at the Catholic Foodie, according to website creator and podcaster Jeff Young.
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29-Oct-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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28-Oct-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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01-Nov-2012
This subtitled French film tells the story of a very wealthy Parisian who becomes a quadriplegic after a tragic paragliding accident. He comes to be looked after caringly by a Senegalese immigrant. Films about unusual attachments routinely tap into stories about the growing affection of someone who is well off in life for someone, far less fortunate than themselves, who they choose to help. This film reverses the plot, and is immensely rewarding for doing so.
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31-Oct-2012
The action of this film, a story about Prohibition days and moonshine smuggling, takes place in 1930 and stays in a small town, on the roads and local bridges and at the still. Chicago takes an interest and some gangsters come down to throw their weight around.
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30-Oct-2012
Perhaps it is not so surprising that many younger reviewers (thirty plus or minus) have not been impressed at all by The Words. Older reviewers have liked it. Yes, it is a film for older audiences who are interested in a more literate plot, even if it relies on some familiar devices, complexity of character, and arresting moral issues to chew on.
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29-Oct-2012
The plight of the hostages trapped in the US Embasssy in Tehran from 1979-81 was a strong political focus at the time – and was considered one of the reasons why Jimmy Carter was not re-elected as president. However, there was a story behind the headlines, a story that still seems far-fetched, but which was released for the public only in 1997 by President Clinton. Argo is that story.
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28-Oct-2012
In this, the second of a six-part series, Bettany Hughes (pictured) travels across the Mediterranean and the Near East, where she encounters fearsome goddesses who controlled life and death. She ends up in modern day India, where the Goddess is still a powerful force for thousands of Hindus.
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01-Nov-2012
The deeper truth masked by all the religious ranting is that Christians are targeted in greater numbers than any other faith group on Earth. About 200 million church members face discrimination or persecution: it just isn't fashionable to say so. I set out to write a chronicle of anti-Christian persecution on several continents, and the results of my research are even more disquieting than I expected, writes Rupert Shortt in The Canberra Times.
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31-Oct-2012
Having once spent a long evening over dinner with Cardinal Peter Turkson, I do not believe him to be a prejudiced man nor a man with an instinctive dislike of Islam. However, the very idea that this great West African prelate might even have contemplated using a video at the current synod which linked population decline to the suggestion of a putative invasion of the west by an Islamic horde is shocking for two reasons, writes Francis Davis in The Catholic Herald.
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30-Oct-2012
What future does the church have? As an American nun said to John Paul II: ''You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube''. The Vatican II vision is still ''out there''. Catholics have grasped the possibility of the church as a local community based on Jesus' message of love, co-operation, tolerance and service to others, writes Paul Collins in The Brisbane Times.
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29-Oct-2012
It is heartening to hear the story, related by Thaddeus Baklinski on LifeSiteNews, about a Russian priest who has saved 2,000 babies from abortion. It seems that Fr Alexis Tarasov, an Orthodox priest in the Volgograd region of Russia, has been praised for his rescue work by the Russian Ministry of Health, writes Francis Phillips in The Catholic Herald.
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28-Oct-2012
I want to consider a troubling possibility: that Western societies today safeguard true freedom in the public square for only a certain kind of religion - namely, a heavily privatised religion - and that this narrowing of religious liberty weakens the social order which serves and supports all citizens, says Ryan Messore, President-elect of Campion College in this edited version of the 14th annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, delivered last Wednesday, and published on the ABC website.
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