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Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of other Orthodox and Anglican churches accompanied Pope Benedict in lighting a candle to launch the Year of St Paul.
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Volunteers refuse WYD powers
Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service volunteers will not seek "authorised person" status while assisting with WYD in order to avoid "negative interactions with people".
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Vietnam up, US down on WYD numbers
A record number of Vietnamese pilgrims will attend World Youth Day this year but US numbers are down - and 50 Angola pilgrims are stranded in Sydney instead of Adelaide because tour organisers thought the SA capital was only an hour way.
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Celebrate the living spirit: Bishops urge
Australia's bishops have urged Catholics to "celebrate the Living Spirit" to mark Aboriginal and Torres Islander Sunday this weekend.
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Korean priests in Mass protest against US beef
Two hundred South Korean priests have celebrated a street Mass in Seoul to protest an unpopular government decision to resume beef imports from the US.
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Bees for Benedict
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has presented Pope Benedict with two new specially made three wheeled vehicles.
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Feature - Walking away from what they do not know
"People who leave the Church are not leaving because they are rejecting the teachings of John Paul II or Pope Benedict. Most do so because they go to Catholic schools and they think that the kind of warm secular humanism with Christian gloss that they get in Catholic schools is in fact the Catholic faith and it hasn't captured their imagination, their love or their intellect so they are walking away from something that they do not know." - The Catholic Herald
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Featured Website - First Things
First Things is a monthly ecumenical journal concerned with the creation of a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society." It is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life in the United States of America.
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Film Review - Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is essentially a martial arts comedy and is a total action movie. It has striking effects and action sequences and a particularly impressive concluding fantasy sequence which brings DreamWorks to a new level of technological sophistication. There is a strong cultural feel about the movie and it heavily draws on Chinese culture to bring authenticity to its fantasy. - Peter Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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Opinion - God is without circumference
His challenge was to see the beauty in every face, even when the owner of that face had long given up on it. Surely, that is to love others as Jesus did—Jesus the One who never gives up on us. If we are to love as Jesus loved, we need to be forgiving people. Forgiving people are bridge-builders and reconcilers. - Fr Chris Gleeson, Madonna
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OPINION
Beyond knowledge to wisdomI believe this is one of the crisis points for contemporary Christianity. Put bluntly, its representatives do not seem wise. Yes, those representatives can give you any amount of information, some of them can even speak knowledgeably of Christian teachings. Wisdom is another thing altogether. - Fr Michael Whelan [More] - Aquinas Academy
FEATURE
Connected across bordersIt is time for leaders of nations to see their national interests as connected with the interests of people on the other side of the globe. We have reached the point where human existence is at stake and our destiny is inextricably linked. If we are to overcome this crisis of climate change we need to think beyond the confines of national states. - Just Comment [More] - Edmund Rice Centre
FEATURED CATHOLIC WEBSITE
Catholic Education Diocese of ParramattaReturning to our education theme, we shine the spotlight on arguably the most innovative Catholic education website in the country. In addition to all the standard features of any CEO site, Parramatta's includes some interactive opinion polls and a competition for students to attempt to ''Become the Executive Director for the day''. The site is also well regarded for its RE and curriculum resources.
- www.parra.catholic.edu.au
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PM dismisses voice of Church
Prime Minister John Howard has challenged the idea that the Church can hold a position on particular social issues, asserting that there's "no such thing as a Catholic or an Anglican view on anything. It depends on individuals".
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Mr Howard has dismissed the concerns of two of Australia's leading religious leaders that the Government's workplace changes will hurt families.
The Catholic and Anglican Archbishops of Sydney - Cardinal George Pell and Archbishop Peter Jensen - said at the weekend that proposed changes to the industrial relations system could erode minimum wages, cut weekend family time, and restrict collective bargaining.
But Mr Howard said their views do not reflect the opinions of the wider Catholic and Anglican communities.
"I believe that there'll be a range of views inside the ranks of practising Catholics on this issue, and Anglicans, as there are on every other issue," he told ABC TV's Insiders program.
The Government plans to introduce a single national industrial relations system, change the way minimum wages are set and scrap unfair dismissal laws for some businesses. Individual contracts will also be encouraged under the system with fewer minimum standards, prompting fears workers' basic rights will be stripped.
SOURCE
Pell, Jensen don't speak for community: PM (Sydney Morning Herald/Australian Associated Press 8/8/05)
ARCHIVE
Melbourne Archbishop coordinating IR response (CathNews 3/8/05)
Minister tells churches to stay out of IR fight (CathNews 11/7/05)
Pell voices wages concerns (CathNews 4/7/05)
Canberra bishop speaks out on job insecurity fears (CathNews 1/7/04)
Church leaders worried about Howard IR changes (CathNews 29/6/05)
Bishop hits back at Minister's claims on IR reforms 1/6/05)
Catholic body seeks meeting with Minister over workplace laws (CathNews 30/5/05)
MORE STORIES
IR reforms are govt power play: Labor (Seven News/Australian Associated Press 6/8/05)
Church backlash on IR a sign: minister (Townsville Bulletin/Australian Associated Press 7/8/05)
Conference to discuss extending counter-terrorism laws: PM (ABC TV Insiders 7/8/05)
Howard offers award option (Herald-Sun 8/8/05)
Melodies for Maria (Herald-Sun 8/8/05)
Government 'hopelessly out of touch' on IR (Sydney Morning Herald/Australian Associated Press 7/8/05)
IR protest picnic draws thousands (Sydney Morning Herald 8/8/05)
Labor hope IR will deliver 2007 win (Sunday Mail/Australian Associated Press 7/8/05)
Job reforms 'bigger worry' than terror raid (The Advertiser 8/8/05)
Howard's long service leave axe still high (The Age 8/8/05)
Unions plan national day of protest (The Age 8/8/05)
Kevin Rudd: PM fails in IR moral crusade (The Australian 8/8/05)
Howard rejects church leaders' IR claims (The Courier Mail 8/8/05)
Labor hope IR will deliver 2007 win (Sunday Mail/Australian Associated Press 7/8/05)
Community rallies against industrial relation changes (Ballarat Courier 31/7/05)
8 Aug 2005
