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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.
- www.parra.catholic.edu.au
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Church joins fray in Timor
The Church in East Timor has held talks with the country's former UN ambassador, Jose Luis Guterres, who is today challenging Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri for his job at a national congress of the ruling Fretilin party.
The Australian reports that Mr Alkatiri, a Muslim prime minister in a staunchly Catholic country, said he would resign if he were voted out.
But fears are growing that a leadership spill could be the trigger for renewed political violence and instability involving pro- and anti-government supporters.
Fretilin, the former political front of armed resistance to Indonesian occupation, won 57.4 per cent of the vote in the 2001 elections and holds 55 seats in the country's 88-seat assembly, but is heavily factionalised.
Almost 600 disgruntled soldiers scattered into the mountains in the wake of bloody riots last month that left at least five killed, dozens injured and more than 60 houses destroyed or damaged, including Government Palace.
Other groups have expressed sympathy to their plight, including 15 heavily armed military police led by an Australian-trained army major, Alfredo Reinaldo.
Last Saturday, the revered Bishop of Baucau, Basilio do Nascimento, held talks with Mr Guterres, a Fretilin political moderate.
Although the church has not publicly endorsed any candidate, its loathing of the Alkatiri-led Government is well known. Mr Guterres's moderate credentials are likely to find favour with conservative clergy.
The church is also angry at a decision to drop criminal trials involving pro-Jakarta militia atrocities committed during the 1999 independence vote.
SOURCE
Church joins fray in Timor (The Australian 17/5/06)
ARCHIVE
Diocese prepares to aid fleeing East Timor refugees (CathNews 11/5/06)
East Timor Catholic leaders appeal for calm after riot (CathNews 5/5/06)
Thousands shelter in Catholic centres after East Timor riots (CathNews 3/5/06)
West Timor bishop tells Govt it's time to act on refugees (CathNews 13/3/03)
MORE STORIES
Thousands of Dili residents yet to return home (ABC News 16/5/06)
Tight security for East Timor congress (Sydney Morning Herald/Australian Associated Press 16/5/06)
Timor leadership challenge goes to party (The Age 17/5/06)
17 May 2006
