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Pontifical Council on Christian Unity head, Cardinal Walter Kasper, has warned the Anglican church that it "must clarify its identity" and make "difficult decisions" ahead of its forthcoming Lambeth Conference.
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Quarantine for Indigenous welfare cards undermines responsibility: CSSA
Quarantining welfare payments in indigenous communities fails to address the real issues putting children at risk and undermines people's sense of responsibility, according to Catholic Social Services Australia Executive Director, Frank Quinlan.
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Baby dies in car outside Toowoomba school
A five month old girl died yesterday after the child's mother left her in the family car while she collected her other children from a Toowoomba Catholic school.
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Latin back on menu at Vatican website
The Vatican website has introduced a section in Latin which will publish the official original editions of pontifical documents.
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Abuse victims plan protest for pope
Support groups for victims of clerical abuse are joining together to hold protests during Pope Benedict's Australian visit.
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ACU seeks student volunteers
Australian Catholic University has announced that starting in 2009 it will base its selection of students on their involvement in cultural, sporting and religious activities including volunteering as well as on academic performance.
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Hart slams Vic government over Catholic school funding
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has attacked the Victorian government for its failure to increase funding for Catholic schools while boosting support for public schools by $1.3 billion and raising state teachers' annual salaries by $5,000.
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Priests and sisters among Burma dead
At least two priests and several sisters are among the ten of thousands of Burmese killed by Cyclone Nargis, a Salesian priest says, with many churches and related projects also badly damaged.
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Feature - Woodstock and worship renew chance for improved relations
Since Pope John Paul II launched World Youth Day 22 years ago, it has become the Olympic Games of world religion, the largest and most complex spiritual event held on a recurring basis across the globe. One part worship and one part Woodstock, the youth oriented festival is designed to offer a rocking rebuttal to impressions that Catholicism is sliding toward oblivion. - John Allen, Sydney Morning Herald
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Featured Website - Rosary in the street
May is a month of devotion to Our Lady often best expressed through the Rosary. This website is encouraging people not just to pray the Rosary in their homes, but to take the pray with others to the street.
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Television Review - No limits
A television program devoted to showcasing people living with a disability is indeed a rare find in our commercialised world and its quest for perfection. No Limits looks at living life to the fullest with a disability, featuring stories about workshops on UN dignity and rights of people with disabilities, disability standards in education, disability legislation and much more.
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Opinion - Respect the key to youth violence
Without other standards of human flourishing to counteract those communicated on billboards and in advertising, the young members of some communities are deprived of all sources of self-esteem and respect. Unable to hope for those signs of success which the consumerist environment holds up for our emulation, young men in particular can be without resources to resist the message given them that they are failures, nonentities, nothing. - Thinking Faith
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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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Synod told of Eucharist as 'pulsating heart' of Timor mission
As one of the auditors at the Synod in Rome, Sr Rita Burley has told the assembled bishops that the people of Bazertete, East Timor, "live the painful consequences of war" sustained by the Eucharist.
Sr Burley, Superior General of the Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the UK, spoke late last week on the link between the Eucharist and mission in developing countries.
"There is no true celebration or adoration of the Eucharist that does not lead to mission," she said. "Our desire is to be women and communities of compassion and communion, at the service of true life . ... We do this in many ways depending on local need and culture; the Eucharist is always the pulsating heart of our mission."
She said that he sisters working in East Timor "offer the healing presence of Eucharistic adoration, support humanitarian and educational projects and spend themselves listening to the pain and accompanying the people along the arduous road to peace and reconciliation".
Sr Burley was one of a number of auditors, or guest participants. Others included Leonardo Casco, President Of The "Alianza Para La Familia," Honduras, Br. Marc Hayet, General Director Of The Little Brothers Of Jesus, France, And Andrea Riccardi, Founder Of The Sant'egidio Community, Italy.
Representing interfaith dialogue was Alexei V. Judin, Professor of Church History and Inter-Faith Dialogue in thee Russian Federation, Russian State University for the Humanities, St. Thomas College, Moscow, Russia. Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun S.D.B. Of Hong Kong was there to speak on the Church in China.
SOURCE
Sixteenth Congregation (Independent Catholic News 14/10/05)
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ARCHIVE
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
Synod Fathers meet in language groups (Vatican Information Service 13/10/05)
Rising stars: Synod a good spot to watch ecclesial careers (Catholic News Service 14/10/05)
Immigrants also include priests and religious, says Archbishop, must be offered dignity and sense of belonging (Catholic News Agency 14/10/05)
Sandro Magister: The Synod: The Eucharist Determines the State of the Church’s Health (L'Espresso 16/10/05)
Ethiopian archbishop reports on life of Catholic minority (Catholic World News 14/10/05)
Synod enters 2nd phase (Friday update) (Catholic World News 14/10/05)
Archbishop Denis Hart: The Eucharist Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church. The Synod of Bishops, Rome, 2-23 October, 2005 (Kairos Catholic Journal 16-23/10/05)
Outreach to Latin Mass Catholics proposed for final message (National Catholic Reporter 16/10/05)
Priests, marriage, divorce emerge as Synod priorities (The Tablet 15/10/05)
Editorial: Celibacy and the priesthood (The Tablet 15/10/05)
Synod Of Bishops (Vatican Radio English Features 14/10/05, audio - requires Real Player)
Non-Catholic Delegates Agree: Future Hinges on Eucharist (Zenit 13/10/05)
Tridentine Mass "Not a Priority," Says Cardinal Arinze (Zenit 13/10/05)
Supreme Knight Extols an Anthropology of Love (Zenit 13/10/05)
Synod's Working Groups Present Proposals to Assembly (Zenit 13/10/05)
Synodal Auditors Say Eucharist Is Heart of Charity (Zenit 13/10/05)
17 Oct 2005
