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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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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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Caritas exposes continued pain for PNG disaster victims
Caritas Australia has highlighted a little-publicised disaster that occurred on Australia's doorstep one year ago this week, and is continuing to cause suffering for its victims.
A media release yesterday from the Catholic aid and development organisation says the volcanic eruption on Manam Island in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea forced the evacuation of close to 10,000 people. The emergency caused a humanitarian crisis, the long-term scale of which is rarely seen in the Pacific region.
But Caritas points out that the news did not make headlines in Australia, and in fact few media outlets picked up the story at all.
"While there were fortunately no deaths directly as a result of the displacement, the islanders were left without their homes, a food source, health and education facilities and ability to sustain their lives," it says. "The first eruption only affected part of the island's population. However, while the world's eyes were focused on the Asian tsunami disaster, a second eruption caused the evacuation of the remainder of the population."
The devastation was so great that most of these people will never be able to return to their homes.
Caritas says that in the 12 months since then, life for the Manam Islanders has not been easy.
"Although a small number of people have been able to return to their homes on the island, the majority are living in three camps along the Madang North Coast Road at Mangem, Asuramba and Potsdam, all in the Bogia District area. The Government of PNG has provided some assistance as have a small number of other donors, including Caritas Australia. The bulk of assistance has been delivered by the local Catholic Church."
SOURCE
Caritas aids victims of the forgotten disaster (Caritas Australia 24/10/05)
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25 Oct 2005
