News
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22-Oct-2007
The Vatican will support Iran’s nuclear energy program – as long as it serves a “peaceful purpose” an official has said.
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22-Oct-2007
Australia is in desperate need of a new Pentecost, Auxiliary bishop of
Sydney Julian Porteous says, and World Youth Day is the perfect
platform to make it come to fruition.
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22-Oct-2007
The Vatican Press, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, has announced that it will begin selling the Roman Missal of 1962.
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22-Oct-2007
The Italian Monsignor suspended from his job in the Roman Curia after
he acknowledged homosexual relations in an anonymous television
interview, has revealed he has a list of active homosexuals in the
Vatican.
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22-Oct-2007
Pope Benedict has called on all leaders of all religions to denounce
faith as a vehicle of hatred at an inter-faith gathering in Naples on
Sunday.
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22-Oct-2007
The largest cruiser in Australia will bring to shore World Youth Day’s
guest of honour Pope Benedict, who will be welcomed by a harbour full
of ships and pilgrims.
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22-Oct-2007
As the World Youth Day Cross and Icon was scheduled to reach the
Victorian Diocese of Ballarat, Bishop Peter Connors issued a pastoral
letter in which he strongly encouraged the participation of the whole
diocese.
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22-Oct-2007
As the World Youth Day Cross and Icon was scheduled to reach the
Victorian Diocese of Ballarat, Bishop Peter Connors issued a pastoral
letter in which he strongly encouraged the participation of the whole
diocese.
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22-Oct-2007
Randwick Racecourse will host World Youth Day – an “inevitable” and
disappointing outcome - Randwick Trainers Association has confirmed.
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22-Oct-2007
The Christian Brothers' international Promoter of Eco-justice, Br Moy
Hitchen, has told the congregation's provinces that they must measure
the amount of carbon emissions produced by their activities, and pay to
offset them.
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22-Oct-2007
Following Cardinal George Pell's reassertion this week of his
skepticism towards climate change, The Climate Institute has renewed
its call to Christian churches to sign an interfaith Call to Action
directed towards the Federal Government.
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22-Oct-2007
Sydney Archbishop George Pell has come under attack from Anglican Bishop George Browning over his stance on climate change.
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22-Oct-2007
A German woman has confessed to stealing nearly half a million dollars from church collection boxes over the past nine years.
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22-Oct-2007
Two Sydney Catholic schools have set up the Benenson Society, to enable
Catholics to continue to campaign for human rights after they have left
Amnesty International due to Amnesty's decision to promote abortion
rights.
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22-Oct-2007
On the 1600th anniversary of St John Chrysostom's death, Sydney
Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous referred to his "fearless preaching of
the truth, even when it stirred anger from the highest in the land".
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22-Oct-2007
Australian Loreto Provincial Leader Sr Christine Burke has said the
election is a time for those who are not politicians to engage in the
political process and to take seriously their responsibility as
citizens.
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22-Oct-2007
Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Iraq have been released and are in good health after being held for a $1 million ransom.
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22-Oct-2007
The Australian Catholic Students Association (ACSA) has unveiled its bi-monthly online journal New Springtime, which is produced in collaboration with the Australian Catholic Young Adults Network.
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22-Oct-2007
Australian Catholic Univeristy Professor Tracey McDonald has a
uncovered a disturbing picture of the poor treatment of elderly
Australians whilst undergoing treatment in the hospital system.
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22-Oct-2007
The promise of a $600 million injection to help slash waiting lists in
Australia's ailing public hospitals, by future Prime Minister hopeful
Kevin Rudd, is "very similar" to the scheme Catholic Health Australia
has been calling out for.
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22-Oct-2007
The solution to the country’s ailing health system is simply a matter of money, Catholic Health Australia believes.
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22-Oct-2007
A United Nations official is blaming the Church for worsening the spread of AIDS in Latin America due to its anti-condom stance.
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22-Oct-2007
Catholic Health Australia CEO Francis Sullivan said yesterday that both
the Coalition and Labor must introduce a two fold voucher system to
reduce waiting lists keep pressure off public hospitals
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News - National
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22-Oct-2007
Two Australians have been ordained as deacons in a special ceremony held at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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22-Oct-2007
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has said that if the ACT
Legislative Assembly can support the conservation of frogs, it should
also be able to support unborn babies.
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News - International
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22-Oct-2007
Preparations for the biggest mass beatification are underway to honour 498 Catholics killed during the Spanish Civil War.
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22-Oct-2007
A priest in the Philippines has been excommunicated for breaking the seal of confession.
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Religion
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22-Oct-2007
The road to sainthood for Mary MacKillop may be one step closer as a second miracle has been revealed.
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22-Oct-2007
A new book discrediting Padre Pio as a saint, claims the Italian priest
used acid to “create” the stigmata on his hand, feet and sides.
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22-Oct-2007
A second Australian saint could be on the cards as supporters of Catholic pioneer Caroline Chisholm push for her beatification.
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Regulars
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22-Oct-2007
It is possible that Australia's first cardinal - Patrick Moran
(1830-1911), was responsible behind the scenes for the definition
settled upon by the First Vatican Council for the dogma of papal
infallibility in 1870. It was not as a scholar, though, that Moran made
his deepest mark. Moran always maintained a high profile and was never
afraid of a fight, content to be hated by his opponents. - James Baxter, reviewing Philip Ayres' recent biography
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22-Oct-2007
Professor Franz Magnis-Suseno SJ, who lectures in philosophy at the
Catholic University of Jakarta, says Muslims who are included in
philosophical debate "see Islam in a different light.. We need people
who can think critically and all-embracingly." He believes philosophy
can help counter the irrational fear in many Muslims that Christianity
and the western world are superior.
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22-Oct-2007
If you ask pre-marriage educators Frank and Beatrice Doughty the recipe
for a long and happy marriage they'll readily offer up some of the key
ingredients: loving one another, being good friends, spending time
together, affirming your partner and recognising that neither of you is
perfect. The Doughtys, who this year celebrate 46 years of marriage,
will be among those couples who will renew their marriage vows at the
annual Celebrating the Journey Mass this Sunday at St Patrick's
Cathedral, Parramatta.
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22-Oct-2007
An expert on the Catholic Church in China says that the pastoral letter
Pope Benedict XVI issued to the Catholic Church in China in June has
opened a new page of Church history on the mainland of China. Fr Jerome
Heyndrickx of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium applauds the
letter for clearly answering important pastoral questions that have
long perplexed mainland Catholics.
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22-Oct-2007
An ocean away from family and friends, some US seminarians at the
Pontifical North American College in Rome are bridging the divide with
online communities and digital means of communication such as Skype,
instant messaging, Facebook, MySpace and more. "We need to integrate
ourselves into these online communities and in a sense baptize the way
these things work," said Jacob Bertrand, 23, of San Diego.
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22-Oct-2007
Catholics are big avoiders of certain churches. If you ask people why
they go to Mass at St Joseph’s two miles away rather than Sacred Heart
around the corner, they may say that it’s because the liturgy is more
dignified (or informal). But the most common response is something
along the lines of: “Well, I know Fr Gerry at Sacred Heart does his
best, but Fr Michael at St Joe’s is so much more welcoming.” - Damian Thompson
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22-Oct-2007
In the era of email, text messaging and blogging, taking a month, let
alone a year, to compose a statement, or an invitation, or dialogue,
seems remarkable to many people. But last week's invitation to
theological dialogue addressed to Christians by 138 widely represented
Muslim scholars, is so important, being the first such statement since
Vatican II's call to interfaith dialogue more than 40 years ago.
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22-Oct-2007
The reflections of Dorothy Day, an enduring influence on US
Catholicism, suggest what that more might be. In her life, with its
mixture of intellectual enquiry, hospitality to the poorest of people
and protest against injustice, pacifism had a central place. She used
many arguments to justify it. But her emphasis on it remained constant
and costly. - Andrew Hamilton SJ
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22-Oct-2007
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once defined a blessing as "a visible, perceptible,
effective, proximity of God." He is right, but what does that mean? To
bless someone, literally, means to speak well of him or her. More
deeply, that means to see someone’s energy, and honour it as a source
of joy and delight, rather than as an intrusion or a threat. This can
be very hard to do. - Ron Rolheiser
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22-Oct-2007
Sexual purity, along with obedience, were given extraordinary salience.
Hence the tremendous and disproportionate fuss that clergy made in
nineteenth-century France about banning dancing, cleaning up folk
festivals, and the like. Young people were refused Communion, or
absolution, unless they gave these things up altogether. The Vatican’s
present position seems to want to retain the most rigid moralism in the
sexual field. - Charles Taylor
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