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A US Coast Guard officer who refused to be injected with a vaccine derived from the remains of an aborted child has won an exemption from the required vaccination.
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Pope thanks "wifes of Christ"
Pope Benedict yesterday thanked consecrated virgins for their "total gift" to Christ encouraging them to "always irradiate the dignity of being the wife of Christ."
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Mail and penny drop for WYD
Preparations for World Youth Day have stepped up a notch with a letter drop to half a million Sydney homes and the release of a commemorative colour coin of the Pope.
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Priest in supermarket trolley protest
Melbourne parish priest, Fr Noel Brady, has launched a protest against unsightly supermarket trolleys left abandond in streets for up to three months.
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Call to follow WA and reject cloning
Sydney archdiocese policy officer, Dr Brigid McKenna, has welcomed a decision by the Western Australian Legislative Council to reject cloning as a victory for "commonsense science and morality."
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US churches offer mortgage help
With US lenders threatening to repossess 650,000 homes in the first quarter of 2008, Catholic parishes are mobilising to offer assistance to mortgage distressed homeowners.
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Feature - A new dawn for Sorry Day
It is time for this country to build new relationships and to be open to future possibilities, we commit ourselves to deep, on-going dialogue with our indigenous sisters and brothers on further ways of moving forward. - Fr Mark Raper, Pathways
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Featured Website - Ron Rolheiser
This is the website of one of the best known Catholic priests in the western world. Fr Rolheiser is best known through his writings and lecturing on spirituality and prising open the Word in such a clear, beautiful and heart-inspiring style.
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Film Review - Shutter
Based on a 2004 Thai film of the same name, Shutter is an American/Japanese production. If you can take the shocks and violence of this genre, this film is worth the admission price for the cinematography alone. - Fr Richard Leonard, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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Opinion - Middle class creep in Irish Church
During the transformation of Irish society from a largely rural and agricultural economy to an industrialised one there occurred a failure of imagination in the Irish Church. - Fr Oliver Rafferty, The Catholic Herald
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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
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Synod final message rebuffs Latin Mass, priest shortage
In a rejection of the lone appeal in the Synod of Bishops for the pre-Vatican II rite of Mass, the synod's final message, set for approval today, contains no language on the subject.
The National Catholic Reporter's John Allen reports that instead, the message affirms that the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) "provided the necessary basis for a progressive and adequate liturgical reform." He obtained an advancecopy of the final draft, which was written primarily by Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec, Canada.
In response to concerns from some bishops that a section from the first draft of the message concerning divorced and civilly remarried Catholics was potentially ambiguous on the church's teaching on marriage, the language has been revised in several places.
Where the first draft, circulated on Saturday, referred to "irregular" family situations, the final text mentions situations that "do not conform to the commandment of the Lord." In stating that nobody wishes to exclude such Catholics from the church, the new text adds that the bishops "do not share choices they have made." A line that the suffering of divorced and remarried Catholics "can be transformed into a precious involvement in the Christian community" has been removed, and the new text invites the divorced and remarried to listen to the Word of God for their life of faith "and their conversion."
The lack of any reference to the old Mass appears to be a setback for Colombian Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, president of the "Ecclesia Dei Commission" set up to promote reconciliation with traditionalist Catholics, who had proposed during floor debate Oct. 15 that the final message contain a gesture of outreach to Catholics attached to the old Mass.
Castrillón Hoyos was the only participant to bring up the old Mass, which was defined as "not a priority" for the synod by Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in an Oct. 13 press conference.
A senior Vatican official taking part in the synod told the National Catholic Reporter that the lack of reference in the final message to the old Mass does not mean the bishops are opposed to it, merely that they didn't think it was as important as other subjects. There was general pressure, this official said, to make the message shorter, so many suggestions for specific points were not adopted.
The Synod of Bishops will produce two documents before its close on Sunday: a final message on behalf of the participants, addressed to the church and the world; and a set of propositions for the pope. In a break with past synod practice, Archbishop Roland Minnerath told the news agency I Media on Wednesday that the propositions will also be made public.
In past synods, the propositions were considered confidential recommendations to the pope, though they were generally published in full by media outlets shortly after the synods closed.
SOURCE
Final draft rebuffs Latin Mass; priest shortage, divorce squarely on church's pastoral agenda (National Catholic Reporter 20/10/05)
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ARCHIVE
Synod worried Catholics misunderstand Real Presence (CathNews 20/10/05)
Synod opts for major vocations push, not easing of celibacy (CathNews 19/10/05)
Synod takes time off to work on combining propositions (CathNews 18/10/05)
Synod told of Eucharist as 'pulsating heart' of Timor mission (CathNews 17/10/05)
Synod bishops seek middle ground solutions (CathNews 14/10/05)
Synod frank talk producing few breakthroughs (CathNews 13/10/05)
Pell call to preserve celibacy rule (CathNews 12/10/05)
Irish archbishop says Liturgy of Word can heal (CathNews 11/10/05)
Hobart Archbishop insists on credit for hardworking priests (CathNews 10/10/05)
Opus Dei head argues against giant masses (CathNews 7/10/05)
Oceania bishops plead case for married clergy (CathNews 7/10/05)
Kiwi bishop challenges Synod to review communion ban for divorced (CathNews 6/10/05)
Pope talks to Synod about collegiality (CathNews 5/10/05)
Pope opens Synod with Eucharist link to peaceful, just society (CathNews 4/10/05)
Aussie Synod expert stresses Eucharist values before rules (CathNews 29/9/05)
Two Australians on auditors list for October Synod (CathNews 27/9/05)
Synod tipped to stress Sunday Mass obligation (CathNews 28/9/05)
Pope names four mainland Chinese bishops to October synod (CathNews 9/9/05)
Synod threat to youth masses (CathNews 25/7/05)
MORE STORIES
Amendments to propositions, concert in honor of Pope (Vatican Information Service 20/10/05)
Synod reveals new leading lights (Catholic Leader 20/10/05)
Workers struggle to get aid to Pakistani victims of earthquake (Catholic News Service 19/10/05)
Cardinal says he hopes African issues make final list of propositions (Catholic News Service 19/10/05)
Women's voices heard through interventions of 12 synod auditors (National Catholic Reporter 17/10/05)
Draft propositions do not recommend changes in church discipline (National Catholic Reporter 18/10/05)
Gregory: Little change expected but synod took honest talk of pastoral realities (National Catholic Reporter 19/10/05)
Romanian-rite bishop gets applause (The Universe 20/10/05)
Cardinal addressed Holy Communion issue at Synod (The Universe 20/10/05)
Amendments Made to Draft of Synod Propositions (Zenit 19/10/05)
African Cardinal Views the Vocation Shortage (Zenit 19/10/05)
Film on St. Peter Shown at Synod (Zenit 19/10/05)
21 Oct 2005
