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Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of other Orthodox and Anglican churches accompanied Pope Benedict in lighting a candle to launch the Year of St Paul.
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Volunteers refuse WYD powers
Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service volunteers will not seek "authorised person" status while assisting with WYD in order to avoid "negative interactions with people".
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Vietnam up, US down on WYD numbers
A record number of Vietnamese pilgrims will attend World Youth Day this year but US numbers are down - and 50 Angola pilgrims are stranded in Sydney instead of Adelaide because tour organisers thought the SA capital was only an hour way.
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Celebrate the living spirit: Bishops urge
Australia's bishops have urged Catholics to "celebrate the Living Spirit" to mark Aboriginal and Torres Islander Sunday this weekend.
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Korean priests in Mass protest against US beef
Two hundred South Korean priests have celebrated a street Mass in Seoul to protest an unpopular government decision to resume beef imports from the US.
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Bees for Benedict
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has presented Pope Benedict with two new specially made three wheeled vehicles.
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Feature - Walking away from what they do not know
"People who leave the Church are not leaving because they are rejecting the teachings of John Paul II or Pope Benedict. Most do so because they go to Catholic schools and they think that the kind of warm secular humanism with Christian gloss that they get in Catholic schools is in fact the Catholic faith and it hasn't captured their imagination, their love or their intellect so they are walking away from something that they do not know." - The Catholic Herald
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Featured Website - First Things
First Things is a monthly ecumenical journal concerned with the creation of a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society." It is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life in the United States of America.
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Film Review - Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is essentially a martial arts comedy and is a total action movie. It has striking effects and action sequences and a particularly impressive concluding fantasy sequence which brings DreamWorks to a new level of technological sophistication. There is a strong cultural feel about the movie and it heavily draws on Chinese culture to bring authenticity to its fantasy. - Peter Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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Opinion - God is without circumference
His challenge was to see the beauty in every face, even when the owner of that face had long given up on it. Surely, that is to love others as Jesus did—Jesus the One who never gives up on us. If we are to love as Jesus loved, we need to be forgiving people. Forgiving people are bridge-builders and reconcilers. - Fr Chris Gleeson, Madonna
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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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Cardinal backs limited condom use
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has publicly backed the use of condoms among married couples to prevent AIDS transmission.
The BBC reports that Cardinal Martini, one of the Church's most distinguished cardinals, said that in couples where one had HIV/AIDS, which could pass to the partner, the use of condoms was "a lesser evil".
The Catholic Church, which runs many hospitals and institutions to help AIDS victims, opposes the use of condoms and teaches that fidelity within heterosexual marriage, chastity and abstinence are the best way to stop the spread of AIDS.
Cardinal Martini, a Jesuit and former Archbishop of Milan, made the comments in an interview with the Italian weekly magazine l'Espresso.
In it he says that the fight against AIDS, which has caused more than three million deaths, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, must be pursued by all available means.
The Vatican has made no official comment on the article but according Reuters, it is planning to publish a statement on the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS.
According to reports, Cardinal Martini was a close runner-up in last year's papal election.
SOURCE
Cardinal backs limited condom use (BBC 21/4/06)
LINKS (not necessarily endorsed by Church Resources)
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. (catholic-hierarchy.org)
ARCHIVE
PNG bishops argue condoms OK for some (CathNews 30/3/06)
PNG Bishop objects to condom call (CathNews 15/3/06)
Martini says Church should be more democratic (CathNews 8/4/06)
MORE STORIES
Senior cardinal supports limited use of condoms (Reuters 21/4/06)
Vatican preparing statement on condoms and AIDS (Reuters 23/4/06)
Responses to the Martini question: National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly (americanpapist.com 21/4/06)
Cardinal condones condoms (ITN 23/4/06)
Dialogo sulla vita (L'Espresso 23/4/06)
Cardinnal Sinner (Sunday Herald-Sun 23/4/06)
John L. Allen: Condoms as a 'lesser evil' (National Catholic Reporter 21/4/06)
John L. Allen: Other Items: Advances in artificial reproduction( National Catholic Reporter 21/4/06)
PNG bishops say condoms okay for some (Sydney Morning Herald/Australian Associated Press 29/3/06)
Government Accused of Conducting a Policy of Indoctrination (The Universe 29/3/06)
Should HIV testing be mandatory? (BBC 22/3/06)
Church's credibility with minorities called important in AIDS work (Catholic News Service 21/3/06)
Burundi bishops require engaged couples to certify HIV status (Catholic World News 27/3/06)
Education is key to solving AIDs in Africa, says Jesuit expert (catholicireland.net 23/3/06)
Ugandan prelate rebukes government on condom campaign (Catholic World News 22/3/06)
From Africa to the Pacific South African Bishop Kevin Dowling in Melanesia on "choose life" campaign against AIDS (Fides 20/3/06)
Catholic Church told to 'get real' over condoms (ABC Radio PM 15/3/06)
Education is key to solving AIDs in Africa, says Jesuit expert (catholicireland.net 23/3/06)
24 Apr 2006
