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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
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 committed to good relations with Jews
Pope Benedict XVI assured the world's Jews yesterday that he and the Vatican are irrevocably committed to good Catholic-Jewish relations and to never forgetting the Holocaust.
Reuters reports that the Holy Father spoke for the 40th anniversary celebrations of a Second Vatican Council document called "Nostra Aetate" (In Our Time) that revolutionized relations by repudiating the concept of continuing collective Jewish guilt for the death of Christ.
"This anniversary gives us abundant reason to express gratitude to almighty God ..." he said in a message to Catholic and Jewish leaders commemorating the anniversary in Rome.
The Pope, who visited a synagogue in his native Germany last August, praised those who had worked courageously to foster reconciliation and better understanding between Christians and Jews "despite a complex and often painful history."
He cited the "tragic experience of the Shoah," using the Hebrew word for the Holocaust in which the Nazis killed some six million Jews.
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Pope says committed to good relations with Jews (Reuters 27/10/05)
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Nostra Aetate
MORE POPE STORIES
May Christians and Jews make their friendship stronger, says Pope (AsiaNews.it 27/10/05)
Church conference in Germany underscores importance of Pope in today's world (Catholic News Agency 27/10/05)
Pope lauds progress in Catholic-Jewish ties (Catholic World News 27/10/05)
Benedict Recalls John Paul As Moral Voice (Leading the Charge 27/10/05)
Benedict XVI General Audience - text (26/10/05)
Jesus' Love Brings Solace and Responsibility, Says Pope (Zenit 26/10/05)
Prayers Asked for Victims of Natural Disasters (Zenit 26/10/05)
Pope Greets Organizers of '06 World Cup (Zenit 26/10/05)
Comment on Philippians 2:6-11 (Zenit 26/10/05)
MORE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE STORIES
Meeting commemorating 40th anniversary "Nostra Aetate" (Vatican Information Service 27/10/05)
Pope says committed to good relations with Jews (Reuters 27/10/05)
May Christians and Jews make their friendship stronger, says Pope (AsiaNews.it 27/10/05)
Historic document on inter-religious relations turns 40, experts gather to discuss future prospects (Catholic News Agency 27/10/05)
Delhi Archdiocese Holds Inter-religious Prayer Meet For Quake Victims (Catholic Bishops Conference of India 27/10/05)
Pope lauds progress in Catholic-Jewish ties (Catholic World News 27/10/05)
3 Faiths, 40 Years On (Vatican Radio English Features 27/10/05, audio - requires Real Player)
On Jewish-Catholic Ties and the Role of John XXIII (Zenit 26/10/05)
28 Oct 2005
