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12-Feb-2008
In a complete about-face, the retired Archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell has withdrawn an appeal in which he sought to stop the release of documents on the archdiocese's handling of sex abuse cases.
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News
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14-Feb-2008
Catholic Education Commission (NSW) has contested the claim that Catholic schools are being overpaid through government funding.
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14-Feb-2008
Two Melbourne Catholic schools have banned Valentine's Day gifts from being delivered by admirers to the school for fear some students may feel left out.
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News - National
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15-Feb-2008
AFL legend Kevin Sheedy will be the official celebrity ambassador for the Melbourne Days in the Dioceses billeting program.
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15-Feb-2008
Indigenous Australians isolated from the mainland on Tiwi Islands will be sharing their traditions and faith with other World Youth Day pilgrims after being partnered by three Sydney Catholic schools to attend the massive event.
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14-Feb-2008
Australia's Catholic Bishops, Catholic agencies and religious orders have whole heartedly thrown their support behind the Federal Government and affirmed the historic and long-awaited apology made yesterday to the Stolen Generations.
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13-Feb-2008
Catholic parishes are being invited to celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 7 March with the assistance of a kit to help parishioners pray for all women who contribute to the Church.
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12-Feb-2008
Revelations that half of the country's Catholic and private schools are set to receive $2.7billion in overpayments over the next four year has prompted the Federal Government to will review the controversial funding model inherited from the Howard government.
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13-Feb-2008
Victorian Catholic school teachers are set to discuss whether they will go on strike next month - alongside their government school counterparts - in a sign of solidarity against the state government's 3.25 per cent wage rise offer.
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13-Feb-2008
In the lead up to World Youth Day celebrations, a group of young people will meet this weekend to focus on the meaning of the event and the spirit of Australia's only saint.
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14-Feb-2008
The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of Newcatle have joined forces to battle the NSW State government against selling parts of the state's power grid.
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13-Feb-2008
A 72-year-old former priest has been found guilty of sexual abuse in a Launceston court.
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15-Feb-2008
Christian pacifists, known as the Pine Gap Four, were taken into custody in the Northern Territory on Wednesday to serve short sentences for not paying fines imposed last year.
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News - International
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12-Feb-2008
More than 55,000 people descended into Lourdes for an outdoor mass to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Our Lady's apparitions and to celebrate the World Day of the Sick.
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14-Feb-2008
Abortion is playing a pivotal role in the upcoming Italian elections with front-runner former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calling for a moratorium on abortions while a prominent journalist announced he would run on an anti-abortion ticket.
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13-Feb-2008
A "spiritual oasis" which some have billed as Europe's only centre dedicated to performing exorcisms is being planned to be built in Poland.
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13-Feb-2008
Bishops in the Philippines have urged to for "communal action" after details emerged exposing government corruption.
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12-Feb-2008
Shot East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta is "out of danger" and recovering in a Darwin hospital.
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15-Feb-2008
A cosmetic line which received complaints about being “disrespectful” to Jesus, has been taken off the shelves in Singapore.
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15-Feb-2008
A Catholic priest in Algeria has been sentenced to a year in prison for praying with Christians in Cameroon.
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Religion
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15-Feb-2008
Pope Benedict has decided to fast-track Fatima visionary Sr Lucia’s road to sainthood waiving the obligatory five year waiting period to start the canonisation process.
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14-Feb-2008
The Vatican is set to release new guidelines tightening the restriction for candidates who are proposed for sainthood.
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12-Feb-2008
The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta, Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, has died in Rome.
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Regulars
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15-Feb-2008
Lent is not a period of guilt laden introspection, but a joyful walk towards the great season of Easter, a progression in the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. - Elizabeth Harrington
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14-Feb-2008
I thank God for old age. I feel blessed in my old age, more blessed than in other stages of my life. In some ways I am more peaceful as I have always worried. Now I am not asked to do so many things, I haven't much cause to worry. - Fr Keith Gorman - The Far East
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15-Feb-2008
Leading into World Youth Day in Sydney this year, the Marist Brothers of the Sydney Province have taken the opportunity to host a gathering of Marist young people. This four day festival (9-13 July) is being organised in cooperation with the General Council of the Marist Brothers in Rome and will be the first time that young Marists from all over the world have joined each other in such an experience.
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14-Feb-2008
The Catholic Church in Tasmania is represented in totality by the Archdiocese of Hobart. This site has a very good history of the local Church and a strong sense of community. It is very informative and well structured. Due to the special place of Tasmania in the early life of Australia, the archdiocese's archives are especially sought after. - Archdiocese of Hobart
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14-Feb-2008
National launch of new environmental education music CD Turn Down the Heat. The evening will feature the artists from the CD together with presentations on the implications of climate change for our Pacific & Torres Strait Island neighbours. The CD is a project of the Edmund Rice Centre and Catholic Education Office, Wollongong.
7pm Fri 15 Feb, Revesby Workers' Club Auditorium, Brett St, Revesby (Sydney)
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15-Feb-2008
Sacrifices will have to be made in the quest for power in order to keep this country together. There is so much suffering, some of which has been expressed in the media and some not. The immediate priority is to bring the country together. This country is falling apart. - Fr Elias Omondi [More] - Thinking Faith
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14-Feb-2008
The Left has awoken more to Jesus, even as the Right, particularly the Evangelical Right, has awoken more to justice. As a result we are beginning to find more common ground because both sides are moving to higher ground. - Fr Ron Rolheiser - ronrolheiser.com
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Information
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15-Feb-2008
Look out for a fresh new design for CathNews as today's bulletin will be the last in this format.
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