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Great Grace II conference: Paul VI 'guided Vatican II' 
 

Published: 22 May 2013

Pope Paul VI guided the Second Vatican Council to produce “a number of truly excellent documents and realignments of Church life in conformity with the Scriptures and the soundest tradition”, the Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, said at the start of the Great Grace Conference on Monday, reports The Catholic Weekly


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Bishop Mulkearns excused from Victorian abuse inquiry 
 

Published: 22 May 2013

Former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns has been excused from giving evidence to the Victorian government inquiry into institutionalised sexual abuse, reports The Ballarat Courier.


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Old Goulburn walls fall on lean times


Published: 22 May 2013

The passage of time and rampant growth are putting something of a lean on one of Goulburn’s historic walls. For nearly two weeks stonemasons have been patiently removing a section of brick wall on Bourke St, surrounding the former Trinity Catholic College campus (pictured), reports The Goulburn Post.


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Catholics split on proposed gay Boy Scouts change


Published: 22 May 2013

Paul Sefranek is a lifelong Roman Catholic and a long-serving volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America — two parts of his identity that have always been in harmony. Until now, reports the Religion News Service on NCR. As the BSA decides later today whether to allow openly gay boys into its program, Sefranek is among those who say the controversial move would cause him to quit the venerable Scouting program.


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French activist kills himself in Notre Dame in gay marriage protest


Published: 22 May 2013

A far-right writer and activist killed himself in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in an apparent protest against gay marriage, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity, reports AFP in The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Claims that Pope exorcised young boy from demons after Mass


Published: 21 May 2013

Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him, reports AP in The Sydney Morning Herald.

 
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Abuse victim praises church support services


Published: 21 May 2013

A Hunter Valley clergy abuse victim has praised the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese for being proactive in bolstering support for those affected by abuse, reports the ABC.

 
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Author finds Catholic themes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Published: 22 May 2013
Editor and author Joseph Pearce's new work, “Shakespeare on Love,” sees the Catholic presence in “Romeo and Juliet” and corrects popular interpretations of the play, which see the pair only as victims, reports the Catholic News Agency.

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Could social media make you a better person?

You often hear about the dangers of social media, including: narcissism, wasted time, envy of the lives of others, lack of integrity or the temptation to restart unhealthy relationships. Of course, these are all concerns, and you need to consider them in terms of what role social media has in your life. But I don’t think social media is dangerous. I think we are dangerous, write Adam and Christine Jeske in Ucanews.


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Church teaching doesn't change, but church laws can

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law, reports the Catholic News Service.


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Website - ebible

eBible is an online Bible website with many versions available and offering the capacity to highlight passages and make annotations. - eBible.com


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Snitch

Based on a true story, Snitch explores the lengths a father will go to save his son from prison-time. In a deal with the prosecution, Dwayne Johnson's character agrees to infiltrate a dangerous drug cartel.


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Cathblog - Living in a cocoon?

Senseless and carefully planned violence reported on locally and internationally are so foreign to my experience of life and of the people who surround me – family, friends and work colleagues, writes Damien F Brennan. I have reflected on whether I have lived my life in a cocoon; in a kind of Catholic sub-culture where even those who may present as particularly challenging would not cause a ripple in more robust organisations.


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