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The number of tourists to Australia in World Youth Day month, July 2008, jumped by 47,000 compared with the same month last year, figures show.
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NSW parents lobby to keep free student travel
The New South Wales Catholic Education Commission has confirmed that it has called on parents of children in Catholic schools to lobby for the scrapping of a new travel levy for students.
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Qld, Vic school teachers in new abuse cases
A former Catholic College Bendigo staff member has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two young boys twenty years ago while a Darling Downs Catholic school teacher has been charged with seven counts of rape.
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Catholic Healthcare pilots squalor phone hotline
Catholic Healthcare is to launch a Sydney telephone hotline to coordinate responses to people living in domestic squalor.
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Poland's Wyszynski proposed Wojtyla
Cardinal Stefan Wyszinski declined to be nominated as pope during a 1978 conclave, proposing instead his compatriot Karol Wojtyla, the late Polish primate's journal reveals.
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Vatican denounces Congo "massacre of the poor"
Describing recents events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a "massacre of the poor", Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi called for world support to end the violence and assist refugees.
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Feature - A positive legacy comes from grief
David and Samantha Meyn of East Maitland have gained wisdom beyond their years after losing their son Harrison, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 6, in July 2006. Oscar, now 7 and Campbell, 3, speak often of their older brother and love to draw attention to the photos displayed at home. - Tracey Edstein, Aurora
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Featured Website - Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
The western Sydney based Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education is the organisation behind the documentary on Australia's treatment of asylum seekers, A Well Founded Fear, which airs on SBS TV tonight. The Centre is a ministry of the Christian Brothers and has a history of advocacy and campaigning on social justice issues.
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Radio - The Rhythm Divine: The Rapping Priest
Fr Stan Fortuna is a Catholic priest and a founding member of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, an order established in the heart of the South Bronx in 1987. But he is also a musician known worldwide as "the rapping priest". Even after 20 years it's not a title he's totally comfortable with.
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Opinion - A moment in history for Anglicans and Catholics
2008 has been a year of potentially historic breakthroughs between Anglican Christians and the Chair of Peter. Many Catholics have noted with great interest the growing number of Anglicans who have approached the possibility of coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. - Deacon Keith Fournier, Catholic Online
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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
FEATURED CATHOLIC WEBSITE
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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Activists maintain fight for death row Indonesian Catholics
Indonesian human rights and church activists will continue fighting to save three Catholics sentenced to death for their role in sectarian violence and whose execution is thought to be imminent.
AsiaNews.it reports that the three inmates, Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu, have been condemned to death for the massacre of Muslims during interreligious clashes in Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2000 which left over 1,000 people dead.
Despite the decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court against reopening the case which human rights and church groups claim would exonerate the three men, activists vowed to continue fighting against the death sentences.
At a media conference held on Thursday in Jakarta, a number of human rights activists voiced their deepest concern over the inflexibility shown by the Attorney General Office and the Supreme Court.
"Both are more concerned with the letter of the law and fail to consider one of its fundamental aspects, namely respect for humanity and human rights," the groups said.
According to Papang Hidayat from the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence the death penalty is a violation of a person's human rights, which should guarantee every citizen the right to life.
Representatives from two legal aid agencies agree. "Our legal system, which gives prosecutors the right to enforce death penalties, is a legacy of the old Dutch criminal code. The spirit of colonialism has no right to exist any more," they said at the media conference.
The last hope now for the three Catholics sentenced to death lies with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has not yet responded to a second appeal for pardon made a few weeks ago by the families and attorneys of Fabianus Tibo and his two co-accused.
Last month, Benedict XVI sent an envoy, Bishop Joseph Suwatan, to comfort the three men.
SOURCE
Human rights activists are not giving up on three Indonesian Catholics (AsiaNews.it 7/4/06)
ARCHIVE
Second clemency plea for death row Indonesian Catholics (CathNews 28/3/06)
Pope sends envoy to death row Indonesians (CathNews 22/3/06)
Indonesian bishop concerned about resurgence of violence in Poso (CathNews 16/8/02)
MORE STORIES
Court Upholds Death Sentence for 3 Catholics (Zenit 6/4/06)
Second appeal to reopen case of three Catholics sentenced to death rejected (AsiaNews.it 6/4/06)
AG: death sentence of three Indonesian Catholics is irrevocable (AsiaNews.it 5/4/06)
Execution of 3 Catholics Postponed (Zenit 2/4/06)
Second clemency request for Catholics sentenced to death over Poso violence (AsiaNews.it 27/3/06)
10 Apr 2006
