Saturday, 17 May 2008

News

Pope thanks "wives of Christ"

Published: 16 May 2008

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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News - National

Priest in supermarket trolley protest

Published: 15 May 2008

Melbourne parish priest, Fr Noel Brady, has launched a protest against unsightly supermarket trolleys left abandoned in streets for up to three months.
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News - International

US churches offer mortgage help

Published: 16 May 2008

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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US Coast Guard officer refuses aborted fetus vaccine

Published: 16 May 2008

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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News

Mail and penny drop for WYD

Published: 14 May 2008

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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Jesuits announce new provincial

Published: 15 May 2008

South-east Asia veteran, Fr Steve Curtin, will take over in July from Fr Mark Raper as the new provincial for the Australian Jesuits.
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Student union sanctions Newman Society over fetus photo

Published: 15 May 2008

The University of Queensland's Newman Society has been placed on "probation" by the student union for displaying a photo of an eight week fetus in the womb.
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News - National

Call to follow WA and reject cloning

Published: 16 May 2008

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."

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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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