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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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Irish Catholic leaders to face new abuse probe
The role of senior churchmen in dealing with allegations of child sex abuse in the Dublin Diocese will come under scrutiny in a new investigation. 
The Irish Independent reports that a statutory inquiry into child sex abuse in the country's largest diocese has been given a $A9.13 million budget for a major 18-month probe into victims' complaints and official cover-ups.
The Commission of Investigation, headed by Circuit Court Judge Yvonne Murphy, will examine cases in Dublin going back to 1975. But the Government has set its face against a "grand inquisition" which would cover the whole country.
A total of 67 priests of the Dublin archdiocese have allegations of abuse against them - three times the number of clerics the Ferns inquiry had to investigate.
The paper says that it seems certain that one aspect of the investigation will be the role of Cardinal Desmond Connell (79), who was the Archbishop of Dublin from 1988 until last year.
During his time in charge, there was a series of allegations against clergy in the Dublin area.
Dr Connell's successor, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has pledged his full co-operation with the new inquiry.
He said we could only begin to fully address the problem of child abuse when we established what happened in the past.
The terms of reference for the Dublin inquiry provide for examination of the nature of the response by the authorities to the complaints made by victims.
It will probe whether there is any evidence of attempts by archdiocesan or other authorities to "obstruct, prevent or interfere with" the proper investigation of complaints.
Pictured Right: Irish Times 9/11/05, page 10.
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Senior church leaders to face new probe (Irish Independent 9/11/05)
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Ratzinger replacement a sex abuse troubleshooter (CathNews 1/11/05)
Irish probe finds abuse cover-up in Catholic Church (CathNews 26/10/05)
NZ abuse claimant tells of deprivation (CathNews 5/8/05)
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Government announces inquiry into child sex abuse in Dublin diocese (catholicireland.net 9/11/05)
Irish government to probe abuse in Dublin archdiocese (Catholic World News 9/11/05)
Priests face abuse inquiry (Reuters/The Age 10/11/05)
Cabinet to give go ahead for sex abuse inquiry (Irish Times/eircom.net 8/11/05)
Nationwide church abuse inquiry ordered (Irish Examiner 7/11/05)
Bishops will publicly launch child protection policy next month (catholicireland.net 3/11/05)
Army chaplain banned from serving as Roman Catholic chaplain (Lexington Herald-Leader 2/11/05)
Former Catholic teacher bailed over sex abuse charges (Radio New Zealand 3/11/05)
Western Irish diocese stunned by involvement of 27 priests in scandal (Western People)
140 more priests are accused of sex abuse (Belfast Telegraph 1/11/05)
Child abuse: experts seek to curb ‘national epidemic´ (Catholic Weekly 6/11/05)
Irish bishops confer on abuse report (Catholic World News 2/11/05)
Man faces sexual abuse charges (Newstalk ZB 3/11/05)
Interview: Archbishop William Levada (Vatican Radio transcript 31/10/05)
Frank Purcell: Clerical sex abuse - again (Online Catholics 2/11/05)
Pope's aide experienced with abuse cases (Associated Press/Seattle Post Intelligencier 31/10/05)
Irish bishops hold special meeting on child protection (Independent Catholic News 1/11/05)
Pervert priests 'were let take out children' (Irish Independent 1/11/05)
Irish Prelates Discuss Child Protection (Zenit 31/10/05)
10 Nov 2005
