For Branko Culina, legend of Australian football, SBS commentator and new coach of Sydney FC, faith, family and football intersect. "When I was a young kid coming through, we Croatians were brought up on football and church," he says.
Mission at home
15-Oct-2007
World Mission Sunday takes place this Sunday. Today fewer Australian missionaries working overseas. There are many vibrant Christian communities that are fruits of the former missionaries’ love, care and hard work and the mysterious power of
A National response to mental health and homelessness will be high on the agenda at "Breaking the Cycle", a Conference organised by the St Vincent de Paul Society, on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th October in Sydney. The two-day conference
Qld allows cloning research by close margin
15-Oct-2007
The Catholic Labor Member for Indooroopilly in the Queensland Parliament has expressed sadness following last week's vote in favour of allowing research on cloned humans. Ronan Lee spoke against the Research Involving Human Embryos & Prohibition
Fr Frank Brennan has defended the right of churches to speak on political matters following last week's attack from Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott. The Jesuit lawyer and human rights advocate Fr Frank Brennan was speaking to the Institute of
Pope names 23 new cardinals
15-Oct-2007
Pope Benedict has named 23 new cardinals - the newest additions to the Pontiffs select group of closest aides. The newly appointed cardinals include an Iraqi, two Americans and others from around the world in choices he said “reflects the
AJC blocks media from WYD event
15-Oct-2007
The tense relationship between the Australian Jockey Club and the Archdiocese of Sydney took a turn for the worse yesterday after a media lockout spoiled an event aimed at promoting World Youth Day. More then 200 WYD representatives – including
Men suffer from abortion too
15-Oct-2007
Dr Theresa Burke is the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries, an organisation which runs weekend retreats for those suffering emotional trauma caused by an abortion. Many believe that men are peripheral figures in the decision making process,
Echoes of Calwell in Sudanese refugee cut
15-Oct-2007
There is a stark similarity between the words of post-war Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell and those which current Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews spoke last week, in explanation of the recent cut in acceptance of refugees from Sudan. Both give
$2.5 million boost for homeless service
15-Oct-2007
St Mary's House of Welcome will receive a $2.5million injection form the Federal Governnment. The welfare agency, established by the Daughters of Charity in Fitzroy Melbourne over 45 years ago, helps the homeless, disadvantaged and marginalised
Australian anti-trafficking work on show in Rome
15-Oct-2007
Australia's best practices in the work against trafficking in persons (TIP) is being presented to an international gathering of women Religious, in Rome this week by Brisbane Good Samaritan Sr Pauline Coll SGS. Pathways, the electronic newsletter of
Group shares pre-election lobbying secrets
15-Oct-2007
NetAct, a lobby group based at the Sydney office of Catholic Religious Australia, has released its Federal Election 2007 Kit. Titled Voting for our Values not only helps Catholics decide on their vote, but also gives detailed pointers on how to lobby a
Pope encourages hope in second encyclical
15-Oct-2007
Pope Benedict XVI has completed his second encyclical, a meditation on Christian hope, Vatican sources have said. The text, tentatively titled "Spe Salvi" ("Saved by Hope") comes from St. Paul's letter to the Romans, in which he
Bishop Julian Porteous, auxiliary bishop of Sydney believes a new pastoral plan is just what the pastoral and apostolic works needs to make a "fresh start." Bishop Julian told the Catholic Weekly that the document, Starting a Fresh with
Joan Chittister visits New Zealand
15-Oct-2007
The Sophia Network of Catholic Women welcomed Archbishop John Dew’s sanctioning Sr Joan’s visit to the Archdiocese. Joan chastises the decisionmakers in the church for their emphasis on masculine images of God, when there are many feminine
Church vote?
15-Oct-2007
The conflict that defines the 21st Century is rather one of religious fundamentalism. It might be a crude oversimplification to say that East versus West has in effect become Middle East versus West, but that is nonetheless how the equation has been
Brides shun churches as venue
15-Oct-2007
Most girls dream of walking down the aisle of a beautful candelit church, adorned with flowers, to the sound of organ music and complete with confetti on the church steps. However, these dreams are being replaced by a wedding at a beach, garden or
The Columban Missionaries say the biotech industry which promotes GM food as a solution to global hunger is trying to get GM food crops into Australia. In a statement for World Food Day today, the Sydney-based Columban Centre for Peace, Ecology and
The Broome Diocese has hit out at the Prime Minister over the "posturing" that is intended to have Australians "believe that he is now on the same road to Reconciliation as people like Pat Dodson". Br Shane Wood of the Diocesan
Vatican delegation arrive for WYD
15-Oct-2007
A five-person Vatican delegation is in Sydney this week to review preparations for World Youth Day 2008. Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko leads the delegation from the Pontifical Council for the Laity (PCL), the body that oversees World Youth Day
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