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18-Feb-2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson has recently returned from Rome where he met with a range of Vatican officials.
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18-Feb-2008
Gone are the days when men brought home the bacon and were the unquestioned head of the household. Today the role of dad can be anything men choose to make it and in this episode an eclectic group of dads come together to bare their souls about all things babies, bath-times and bedlam! A lively and profound addition to the great Australian values debate. - ABC TV, Sunday February 24, 10.05pm
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News - National
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21-Feb-2008
Sydney Bishop Anthony Fisher has denounced euthanasia saying suicidal people need support not "lethal injections".
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19-Feb-2008
Catholic Schools Week celebrations are set for both Victoria and New South Wales in the coming weeks.
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21-Feb-2008
Mary MacKillop is still in line to become Australia's first saint despite Pope Benedict's recent changes to the canonisation process imposing stricter guidelines.
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20-Feb-2008
Victorian Catholic school students face chaotic disruption as teachers plan industrial action over wage increases.
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18-Feb-2008
Sydney parish priests have been asked to reschedule morning Masses on the last day of World Youth Day so faithful can attend the final Mass which will be celebrated by the Pope
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20-Feb-2008
The Virgin Mary's anguish and pain watching her son die has been transformed into music and will have it's international premier in Sydney on Friday.
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21-Feb-2008
Brisbane's Mount Olivet Hospital at Kangaroo Point will undergo a name change in addition to a massive $140 million redevelopment which will feature refurbished aged care facilities, retirement living units and private practice rooms.
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19-Feb-2008
The Catholic Church has been blasted by Pagans who reject that the increase in exorcisms is due to people "dabbling" in paganism.
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20-Feb-2008
An Indigenous women's singing group from Tiwi Island will be making the exciting journey to Sydney to sing for the Pope during World Youth Day.
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19-Feb-2008
The World Youth Day Cross and Icon of our Lady paid an historic visit to the Parliament of Australia.
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News - International
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21-Feb-2008
The call for embryos to be given a clear legal status has been sounded by the Church in France following a court decision allowing parents to enter miscarried fetuses in the official register.
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20-Feb-2008
A partnership between Italian Bishops and an Italian Football team has ended in squabble over money.
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18-Feb-2008
A meal and a drink in Croatia may not cost you anything except for maybe a few Hail Mary's after a parish opened up a "prayer café" in an effort to bring youths back to church.
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19-Feb-2008
The Vatican has called for "prudence and moderation" after the province of Kosovo declared independence on Sunday.
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19-Feb-2008
Hong Kong's Catholic priests are overworked and struggling to cope with the pressures of "the world's busiest diocese."
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18-Feb-2008
Philippine Archbishop Oscar Cruz joined the chorus of growing public dissent over the Arroyo government's alleged corruption by calling the "national leadership beyond redemption" and urging the cabinet to resign.
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20-Feb-2008
Catholics are being urged to donate money to support Catholics in the Holy Land through the traditional Good Friday collection.
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18-Feb-2008
China will attempt to heal the rift with the Vatican by renewing efforts to engage in confidential discussions and persuade Pope Benedict to the country.
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Religion
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19-Feb-2008
New guidelines have been issued by the Vatican in an effort to impose tougher restrictions on the process of sainthood.
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21-Feb-2008
The participants from the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, including the four newly announced assistants to the new Superior General Fr Adolofo Nicolas, will meet with Pope Benedict at the Vatican today.
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18-Feb-2008
Priests are becoming less obedient and more worldly, a top Vatican Cardinal lamented, adding they are neglecting their duties under the pressures of secular values.
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20-Feb-2008
Newly elected head of the German Catholic Church has already stirred up controversy saying clerical celibacy is a "gift" but not necessarily essential.
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21-Feb-2008
The warrant which authorised the execution of Mary Queen of Scots has been bought by the Church of England for $150,00.
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Regulars
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18-Feb-2008
The association represents former students of Sacred Heart schools and colleges in Australia. Its website contains news and information on school reunions and other alumnae activities, in addition to an impressive section on spirituality. It also currently features details for members wishing to register in the Ignatian World Youth Day program, Magis08. Interested participants have until March 31 to do so.
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21-Feb-2008
Josephine Munro says the historic national apology delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on “Sorry Day”, February 13, has helped to heal “some of the scars” she has carried after enduring a “traumatic and racist” childhood. - The Catholic Weekly
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20-Feb-2008
Not wanting conflict to re-occur is not enough to prevent it. For sustainable peace, political and economic strategies must sit alongside understanding and healing. - Eureka Street
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19-Feb-2008
After many years of hearing shaming words, we do not need a judgmental Dad or Mum to put us down. We can do it all on our own! We can come to believe that we are lacking, that we are not good enough. We can sit in harsh judgement on ourselves. When we get to this stage we need the help of others. - John Martin CSsR, The Majellan
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18-Feb-2008
When the true horror of Darfur became clear to the world many foreign oil companies opted to leave Sudan, pressured by activists and governments in North America and Europe. China's state-owned oil companies felt no such pressure and quickly stepped into the breach. China soon became the single largest investor in Sudan, mainly in its oil sector. Military hardware followed, soon becoming a major export. - MercatorNet
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21-Feb-2008
Today's website belongs to the Virginia, USA based organisation ActiveParishioner.com which was established by a former Associate Director of that country's Bishops Conference. Its mission is to serve as an online Catholic information centre providing resources to help people bridge the gap between their Catholic faith and their daily lives.
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20-Feb-2008
This is the website of the Province of Mary Help of Christians of the Salesian of Don Bosco. The order has priests and brothers engaged in works across the globe that aim to educate and evangelise young people. The local province covers Australia, Samoa and Fiji. The site itself ranks up there with any religious order site in the country and its extensive resources are a treasure.
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19-Feb-2008
Madonna magazine is well over 100 years old and still going strong. One of the stable of Australian Jesuit publications, Madonna pitches itself as a magazine of prayer and spirituality for today's Christian. The website features the daily Scripture readings and an updated reflection. Numerous articles from popular Australian Catholic writers are also available online.
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19-Feb-2008
Rating: M
Opens: February 21
Stars: Nicole Kidman
Despite the many shades of emotions Kidman projects, I never felt anything for Margot. I didn't care when she was distressed or anxiously opening a bottle of white wine. Nor did I care what happened to her. I would have felt more satisfied had Margot's journey been more definitive instead of me leaving the film feeling ambivalent. - Urbancinefile
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20-Feb-2008
This Sunday, The Ark on ABC Radio National hosts the program The Gods of Freud. The founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, was accused by his detractors of developing a 'Jewish science'. In fact he was far more influenced by the Greco-Roman and Egyptian gods and goddesses that made up his considerable antiquities collection.
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21-Feb-2008
In a Church where chastity education is fostered among teens and young adults, there is a lack of understanding regarding how that message is perceived by someone whose boundaries have been violated since she was a child and whose ability to comprehend her own sacredness has been robbed from her. - Sr Bernadette M.Reis, BustedHalo
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20-Feb-2008
We struggle mightily to attune ourselves to real religion, to stop forming God in our own image and likeness. And that is why faith is often felt as a darkness rather than as a light, as a yearning rather than as a certainty, and as a feeling of painful absence rather than as a sense of joyful presence. - Fr Ron Rolheiser
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19-Feb-2008
The opportunity is for East Timor's fractured political elite to come to the realisation that unless they seek to genuinely overcome their deep differences, they will commit East Timor to a bleak future as, at best a fragile and at worst a failed, state. - Dennis Shoesmth, ABC Online
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18-Feb-2008
Too often people turn away from spiritual conversation. Their reasons are many. No time. Don't know how to pray. A child died. A love walked away forever. This forgetting that we share our lives with Jesus leads to heart-breaking loneliness. - Lasha Morningstar, Western Catholic Reporter
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21-Feb-2008
The Marist International Laity Conference will be held in Sydney on April 18-20 2008.
All Marists, Catholics and any person who would like to explore Mary's down-to-earth and practical spirituality are invited to attend. Keynote speakers include Anne Dooley (head of Marist Lay Partnership in Melbourne) and Fr Michael Whelan sm (head of the Acquinas Academy in Sydney).
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Information
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18-Feb-2008
Welcome to CathNews' first edition on our new website.
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