http://www.cathnews.com CathNews http://www.cathnews.com http://www.cathnews.com/_sharedimg/img_cathnews_logo_rss.jpg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CathNews Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:44 +1100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:44 +1100 UK-based barrister Geoffrey Robertson says the church must be pressured to abandon canon law, and that the Vatican should be treated as a kind of "rogue state". http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23213 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23213 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke says a "hard-hitting" pro-euthanasia ad campaign will soon appear on television screens and billboards across the country. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23200 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23200 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Thousands of faithful in Brisbane gathered last week to be blessed with the relics of beloved Italian mystic, St Pio of Pietrelcina. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23212 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23212 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin plans to speak with Darwin's Bishop Eugene Hurley, who has said the Government is failing to make sure asylum seeker children go to school, and has reneged on its promises by continuing to detain them. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23211 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23211 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Pope Benedict said the life of medieval nun St Hildegard of Bingen demonstrated that "women make a special contribution to theology". http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23208 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23208 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The solution to the problem of clerical sex abuse lies in a spirit of penitence and conversion, rather than a radical change of church structures, said Pope Benedict. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23209 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23209 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Catholic leaders worldwide and US officials are protesting against a plan to publicly burn the Koran on September 11. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23197 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23197 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT A Vatican official said European Christians must return to practising their faith and have more children - or their population numbers will be overtaken by Muslims. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23210 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23210 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT On his trip to Britain, Pope Benedict will meet an Anglican clergywoman who is a campaigner for women bishops. He is also planning to meet victims of clerical abuse. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23199 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23199 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT There is a profound ignorance among Catholics about the role of fertility with intimacy in the communication between spouses preparing for marriage in the Church, says Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23179 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23179 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Jesus the Christ econference begins on September 16, to be led by Fr Gerald O'Collins, who will share his insights into the life and ministry of Christ. The econference website has a full range of details. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23194 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23194 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Geoffrey Robertson has made a serious error in his argument that Catholic Church's claims to statehood are bogus. The error is central to the the argument and so his whole case appears to crumble, writes Austen Ivereigh. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23204 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23204 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Media columnist Mia Freedman is among the speakers at the iconnect conference, which aims to boost parent-power in the digital age, to be held this weekend at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23206 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23206 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT