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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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Papal twist in Parliament work debate
Catholic Social Teaching was invoked by both sides of politics in Federal Parliament yesterday, with Papal quotes flying across the dispatch boxes.
The Age, described "devout Catholic" Labor backbencher John Murphy as quoting the late Pope John Paul II as saying Australia's industrial relations system had "helped to defend the rights of workers and promote their wellbeing while at the same time taking into account the needs and future of the whole community".
But Prime Minister John Howard later hit back with his own paraphrasing of Pope John Paul II after some advice from the Catholics on his front bench.
"The late Pope John Paul II, writing in Laborem Exercens in 1981, said, 'The primary responsibility of government is to create the conditions under which everyone who wants a job can get one'," he said.
Stung by criticism from several top church leaders, Mr Howard said he agreed with them that relationships were more important than money.
"(But) greater flexibility will provide greater opportunity to balance work and family responsibilities," he said.
Family First senator Steve Fielding railed about the lack of penalty rate guarantees, despite assurances from the Prime Minister last month.
"Australian workers have been conned by the Prime Minister," he said.
But business leader Peter Hendy, from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, slammed church leaders who have been critical of the changes.
After Sydney's Anglican archbishop, the Uniting Church president and the Catholic Church's employment relations commission all expressed concerns about the impact of the changes on family life, Mr Hendy said the churches were ignoring the direct correlation between poverty and unemployment.
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Papal twist in work debate (The Age 12/10/05)
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Laborem Exercens
ARCHIVE
Govt IR detail fails to ease Commission's concern (CathNews 11/10/05)
Church body open to national industrial relations system (CathNews 12/9/05)
Church body slams IR policy proposals (CathNews 9/9/05)
Bishop urges Govt to tread softly on IR (CathNews 2/9/05)
Minister says full employment is Catholic "first principle" (CathNews 19/8/05)
Remote area voice sees PM ´off target´ on IR (CathNews 12/8/05)
Commission answers PM´s denial of existence of Catholic position (CathNews 10/8/05)
PM dismisses voice of Church (CathNews 8/8/05)
Melbourne Archbishop coordinating IR response (CathNews 3/8/05)
Minister tells churches to stay out of IR fight (CathNews 11/7/05)
Pell voices wages concerns (CathNews 4/7/05)
Canberra bishop speaks out on job insecurity fears (CathNews 1/7/04)
Church leaders worried about Howard IR changes (CathNews 29/6/05)
Bishop hits back at Minister´s claims on IR reforms 1/6/05)
Catholic body seeks meeting with Minister over workplace laws (CathNews 30/5/05)
MORE STORIES
PM rejects attacks on IR changes (Seven News/Australian Associated Press 11/10/05)
Govt defends IR changes (ABC TV 7:30 Report 11/10/05)
Churches concerned about IR changes (ABC Radio AM 11/10/05)
Churches' IR concerns unfounded: Andrews (ABC News 11/10/05)
Howard defends IR policy after criticism from church groups (ABC Radio PM 11/10/05)
John Ryan (Radio National Breakfast 11/10/05)
Debate intensifies over social impact of IR changes (ABC Radio The World Today 11/10/05)
Editorial: A time for meddling prelates (Sydney Morning Herald 12/10/05)
PM has conned workers: Family First MP (The Age 12/10/05)
PM denies IR hurts families (The Australian 12/10/05)
IR changes worries Catholic Church (The Courier-Mail/Australian Associated Press 11/10/05)
12 Oct 2005
