http://www.cathnews.com a Service of Church Resources http://www.cathnews.com http://www.cathnews.com/_sharedimg/img_cathnews_logo_rss.jpg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CathNews Fri, 18 May 2012 08:13:14 +1100 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:13:14 +1100 Tony Blair has told a conference in London that a world without faith would be a disaster, reports the Catholic Herald. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31356 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31356 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Leaders of the Legionaries of Christ religious order knew that their most famous priest had fathered a child for many months before they acknowledged it this week, a top Vatican official told Reuters, reports Yahoo7. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31350 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31350 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Monsignor John Woods has been elected Diocesan Administrator of Canberra-Goulburn to lead the Archdiocese until the installation of a new archbishop following the appointment of Archbishop Mark Coleridge to Brisbane, the diocese said in a statement. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31354 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31354 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The Catholic Church's relationship to Judaism as taught by the Second Vatican Council and the interpretations and developments of that teaching by subsequent popes, "are binding on a Catholic," said the Vatican official responsible for relations with the Jews, reports the Catholic News Service. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31359 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31359 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The new Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge says the Church's greatest challenge is to become a more missionary Church "at a time when a certain institutional diminishment can tempt us to circle the wagons in some supposedly self-protective manoeuvre," reports The Catholic Leader. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31346 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31346 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 A 70-day prayer relay, that mirrors the journey of the Olympic Torch through over 1,000 communities across England, is to be launched today with a blessing ceremony in Cornwall, reports the Independent Catholic Herald. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31357 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31357 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Arguing that a promised “accommodation” to the Obama administration’s contraception mandate fails to address religious freedom concerns, attorneys for the US bishops suggest a possible lawsuit if the mandate is not rescinded, reports the Catholic News Agency. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31358 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31358 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Melbourne Catholic boy Brian Mannix isn’t taking to heart the harsh words levelled at him on Dancing with the Stars. ‘‘I suppose they’re being kind,’’ adds the ’80s rock legend, speaking at a studio around the corner from his family home, reports the Moonee Valley Weekly. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31355 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31355 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Families should always eat together, it matters more than most people think, writes Michelin-starred English chef Richard Corrigan in the Catholic Herald. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31360 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31360 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The Internet Archive is an online repository of public domain books and documents that are now available for reading or download in a variety of formats. It also contains an amazing variety of Catholic resources. - www.archive.org http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31266 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31266 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The famous cultural philosopher Marshall McLuhan was a committed Christian. Encounter, on ABC Radio National, examines how he came to his faith, whether it influenced his ideas, and asks if his work has any meaning for the Church today. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31362 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31362 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 For seven years I had the privilege of being the Pastoral Mission Co-ordinator for the Catholic community at the Seaford Ecumenical Mission in South Australia. My understanding, experience and appreciation of ecumenism makes me want to shout from the rooftop: “Yes, ecumenism does matter!” writes Sister Bernadina Sontrop SGS in The Good Oil. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31361 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31361 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100