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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.
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Vatican condemns Iran's anti-Israel comment
The Vatican on Friday condemned the call by Iran's president to "wipe Israel off the map", saying it was "particularly serious and unacceptable", adding an appeal for a halt to renewed violence in the region.
"The Holy See at this time reaffirms the right, for both Israelis and Palestinians, to live in peace and security, each in their own sovereign state," it said in a statement, signed by Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
Reuters reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, cheered by thousands of supporters, signalled on Friday he stood by his call earlier in the week for Israel to be eliminated.
Israel said it would request an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council over the comments and has warned that it will not be restrained in its hunt for Palestinian militants after a suicide blast this week.
The Vatican condemned the renewed violence, pointing to the bombing this week that killed five Israelis in the city of Hadera and "subsequent retaliation". Israel's air strike in Gaza on Thursday killed eight Palestinians.
A Palestinian militant was killed in another air strike in Gaza on Friday.
"The serious incidents in recent days in the Holy Land very much worry the Holy See which, joining the entire international community, expresses its firm condemnation of the acts of violence," it said.
It cited "the terrorist attack in Hadera and subsequent retaliation, from whatever side they come from".
"They should avoid carrying out acts or making decisions that create divisions or death and should work with courage and determination to create the minimum conditions necessary to resume dialogue," Navarro-Valls said.
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Vatican condemns anti-Israel comment (TVNZ One News/Reuters 29/10/05)
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31 Oct 2005
