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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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Pope urges leaders to live up to UN plan
Pope Benedict XVI has appealed to world leaders to fulfill the commitments of the Millennium Development Goals and to put an end to poverty and hunger. 
Zenit reports that the Holy Father used Sunday's Angelus address to mention the UN summit that begins tomorrow in New York. He said the event will address "important topics concerning world peace, respect for human rights, the promotion of development and the reinforcement of the United Nations".
The UN General Assembly will review the implementation of the commitments of the Millennium Summit of the year 2000, as well as UN reform.
"My fervent hope is that the political leaders gathered there will find suitable solutions to achieve the great objectives fixed beforehand, in a spirit of concord and generous solidarity," the Holy Father said after praying the midday Angelus with crowds gathered today at the papal summer residence.
Benedict XVI wished the leaders "success in implementing effective concrete measures to respond to the most urgent problems posed by extreme poverty, sickness and famine, which afflict so many peoples."
The Holy Father also announced that Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, will attend the meeting as his representative.
SOURCE
Pontiff Urges Leaders to Live Up to UN Plan (Zenit 11/9/05)
LINKS (not necessarily endorsed by Church Resources)
The MDGs Summit
Millennium Development Goals (UN)
Millennium Development Goals (World Bank)
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations
ARCHIVE
Vatican says more aid needed to achieve Millennium Goals (CathNews 25/11/04)
MORE UN CONFERENCE STORIES
Millennium Goals: Appeal for ‘Generous Solidarity’ (Vatican Radio English Features 12/9/05, audio - requires Real Player)
Caritas says “no more excuses” to world leaders on poverty (Caritas Internationalis 12/9/05)
Caritas Says UN World Summit Has Moral & Ethical Duty to Focus on Poverty (Caritas Internationalis 12/9/05)
Pope encourages world leaders meeting in NYC to seek solutions to world violence, poverty, sickness, hunger (Catholic News Agency 12/9/05)
Irish bishops urge government to reach aid target by 2010 (Catholic News Agency 12/9/05)
Caritas Campaigns for Poverty to Top Summit Agenda (Zenit 11/9/05)
MORE POPE STORIES
On Sept. 11, pope pays homage to all victims of terrorism (Catholic News Service 12/9/05)
Celebration of Eucharist, unites us to Christ's cross, says Pope (Catholic News Agency 12/9/05)
Pope encourages world leaders meeting in NYC to seek solutions to world violence, poverty, sickness, hunger (Catholic News Agency 12/9/05)
Plans underway for papal trip to Turkey (Catholic World News 12/9/05)
Sign of Cross Is a Visible "Yes" to Christ, Says Pope (Zenit 11/9/05)
Pontiff Urges Leaders to Live Up to UN Plan (Zenit 11/9/05)
Benedict XVI Talks Peace on 9/11 Anniversary (Zenit 11/9/05)
On the Eucharist and the Cross (Zenit 11/9/05)
13 Sep 2005
