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14-Feb-2008
Many people mistakenly assume this Christmas classic has been around
for years and that it is of European origin. But it was written in 1962
during the Cuban Missile Crisis, as a powerful plea for peace by a man
who had experienced the horrors of war.
- American Catholic
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13-Dec-2007
Bishop Pat Power has said that in the lead-up to next year's Beijing
Olympics, China must appreciate that its human rights violations are
being noticed overseas.
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14-Dec-2007
Pope Benedict has appealed to all people in power to replace violence with dialogue in an effort to restore hope.
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14-Dec-2007
The Catholic health system is in “pretty good shape”, according to
Francis Sullivan, who, after 14 years as head of Catholic Health
Australia, will take up a five-year contract as secretary-general of
the Australian Medical Association (AMA) in February.
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12-Dec-2007
World Youth Day organisers are providing parents, grandparents,
teachers and friends with the opportunity to make a Christmas
contribution to their young relatives or friends aspirations to attend
next July's event.
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12-Dec-2007
Pope Benedict's encyclical Spe Salvi assumes
the fragmentation of hope in today's world will not be addressed simply
by the secular world adding God to its limited hopes. Instead it
involves the nurturing of a Christian imagination that overcomes the
breach between divine and human. - Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ
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14-Dec-2007
Catholic kids are staying at home longer than those who attended public
and independent schools, prefering to focus on saving money and
education, a new study has found.
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14-Dec-2007
The Church has distanced itself from the $41 million payout to the racing industry for World Youth Day.
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13-Dec-2007
Special police powers similar to those during the APEC summit will be
imposed in Sydney to protect Pope Benedict during his visit for World
Youth Day.
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12-Dec-2007
The Young Christian Workers have launched a web survey designed to
provide input into the organisation of a major youth forum at next
year's World Youth Day.
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10-Dec-2007
Irish ecologist Fr Sean McDonagh has written from the UN climate change
meeting in Bali that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's signing of the Kyoto
protocol was an early highlight of the meeting.
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14-Dec-2007
A priest who can’t afford to pay his parking fine has been ordered to
recite psalms every day for three months as “punishment” for his
traffic offence.
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14-Dec-2007
Australia must consider the needs of low-lying Pacific Island nations
who are under threat rather than just focus on the science of climate
change, the Edmund Rice Centre says.
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News - National
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11-Dec-2007
The Christian Brothers have taken a further step in making social
justice the primary focus of their mission, with the handing of formal
responsibility for their education mission to Edmund Rice Education
Australia.
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12-Dec-2007
A discussion paper titled Confronting the Death Penalty: People, politics and principle will be launched next week in the parish of the parents of Bali 9 death row inmate Scott Rush.
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10-Dec-2007
Sydney Archdiocese Life Office director Dr Brigid McKenna, has rejected
claims that new sperm and egg donor legislation in NSW will pose a
“huge incursion” on privacy.
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11-Dec-2007
St Michael the Archangel has been restored to his preeminent position
overlooking the old Catholic section of Sydney's Rookwood cemetery
after being struck by lightning 12 years ago.
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13-Dec-2007
Tasmania's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission has said restorative
justice is a more appropriate way of dealing with inappropriate
behaviour than sanctions based on retribution.
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News - International
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13-Dec-2007
Pope Benedict has said that attacking the institution of the family
harms the entire community, as the family is the foundation for
society.
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13-Dec-2007
Officials are pessimistic about the outcome of today's meeting to finalise legal and financial status of the Church in Israel.
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12-Dec-2007
Acknowledging problems within the ranks of the clergy, the Vatican's
Congregation for the Clergy has said that prayer may not be the only
solution, but it is the best starting point.
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11-Dec-2007
Following a rocky start, last week's positive meeting between the Pope
and the ecumenical head of the Russian Orthodox Church has produced
“great feelings of hope”.
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11-Dec-2007
Archbishop Francis Carroll is part of a high level delegation of
leaders from the National Council of Churches in Australia nearing the
end of a nine-day visit to Palestine and Israel.
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13-Dec-2007
The Portuguese priest who gave solace to the McCann family after the
‘disappearance’ of their daughter Madeleine has stripped his church of
all traces of the girl.
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10-Dec-2007
A rare sketch of St Peter’s Basilica drawn by Michelangelo has been discovered by the Vatican.
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13-Dec-2007
The world’s oldest Chinese priest has died only a few week shy of his 111th birthday.
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11-Dec-2007
A parish priest in the western outskirts of Jakarta has been prevented
from celebrating mass by Indonesian authorities who have bowed to
pressure from Muslim extremists agitating for the closure of his
church.
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13-Dec-2007
A Brazilian Bishop who has been on a hunger strike for over three weeks
has continued his protest despite a court ruling halting construction
or the river diversion.
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11-Dec-2007
An Argentinian Bishop has said "greater equality and social justice" -
not sterilisation programs - will counter the poverty attributed to
overpopulation.
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Religion
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12-Dec-2007
Gruesome photographs of aborted foetuses are often distorted for
greater impact. These images undoubtedly tell stories about the
gruesome reality of abortion, but these pictures and associated
websites also tell another story – about the people who promulgate
them. - Joanna Jepson
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11-Dec-2007
Melbourne Sister of Mercy Cathy Solano has just completed two years as
Education Co-ordinator for the Diocese of El Obeid in central Sudan.
The area has been traumatised by a 21-year civil war, and she
experienced many black periods of doubt, but overwhelmingly it was “an
anger fuelled by hope”.
- Institute of the Sisters of Mercy
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11-Dec-2007
In their letter A Common Word,
the Muslim leaders asked all readers to recognise that Christianity and
Islam are both based on the foundation of love of God and love of
neighbour. Dialogue between different religions is not about coming to
an agreement on doctrinal issues. The first step in dialogue is always
respect. And respect can lead to love.
- Bishop Kevin Manning
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10-Dec-2007
Celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our
Lady of Lourdes began on Saturday with 20,000 faithful attending, and
over 400 priests presiding.
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10-Dec-2007
Pope Benedict has said children and adolescents are being deceived by
"false models of happiness" pushed by adults who "lead them down the
dead-end streets of consumerism".
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10-Dec-2007
The Dalai Lama has expressed his disappointment at not having met the Pope during his ten day visit of Italy.
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Regulars
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14-Dec-2007
In Jamaica the children left behind by emigrants are called "Barrel
Children." Regularly, throughout the year they receive barrels of food
and clothing from absent parents around the world. These barrels are
symbols of love, affection and care, an effort to bridge gaps of loss
and loneliness. - Fr Bobby Gilmore
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12-Dec-2007
Adelaide resident David Norman and soccer superstar David Beckham have
a lot more in common than a first name and a “very sharp haircut”.
Beckham is one of the many celebrities worldwide who have championed
innovative British street magazine The Big Issue.
- Southern Cross
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14-Dec-2007
Commemorations such as Father’s Day, World AIDS Day and Refugee Week
are not found in any liturgical calendars. While these special days or
causes should certainly find a place in our prayers, they do not
determine the character of the celebration as official feasts and
seasons do. The simplest method for liturgy planners to find out the
official status of such observances is to refer to the Ordo. - Elizabeth Harrington, The Liturgical Commission (Archdiocese of Brisbane)
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