Friday, 29 August 2008

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Darwin Council looks beyond Lord's Prayer 
 

Published: 29 August 2008

Darwin City Council is considering an alderman's proposal to scrap the Lord's Prayer from its meetings and to rotate prayers from a roster of religious groups.
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News - International 

"Clockwork Orange" attack on Italian friars 
 

Published: 29 August 2008

An Italian friar is fighting for his life and three colleagues are in hospital after a brutal "Clockwork Orange" style attack on their isolated monastery.
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Pray for St Mary's: Bathersby 
 

Published: 29 August 2008

Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby says he is praying for St Mary's parish and has called on the whole archdiocese to pray for the parish.
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ACU feeding hungry students


Published: 29 August 2008

With the rising cost of living hitting hard, the Australian Catholic University has launched a system of food handouts for needy students.
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News - International 

Young woman crawled to Mass


Published: 29 August 2008

Mozambican nuns have obtained a wheelchair for a disabled young African woman who crawled four kilometres to Mass every Sunday despite not having any legs.
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33 charges for ex-St Stan's priest

Published: 28 August 2008
A former priest at Bathurst's St Stanislaus College has been charged with 33 offences including sexual assault dating back to the 1970s while the school is under fire over a recent newsletter article apparently referring students to a pornographic magazine.  
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US bishops slam House Speaker

Published: 28 August 2008

American bishops have accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic, of misrepresenting the Church's longstanding opposition to abortion and of twisting Church teachings.

 
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News - International

Dead Sea Scrolls going online

Published: 29 August 2008
Israeli scientists are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls in order to make the ancient documents available online.

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Opinion - Reflecting on humility

In sharp contrast to the deep, interior joy stemming from humility, pride produces in us nothing but unrest and dissatisfaction. Pride leads a person to orient everything around one’s own ego and to judge events from a subjective point of view: whether something is pleasant or not, whether it provides an advantage or requires effort. - OpusDei.org.au


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Feature - Hope on pain and suffering

The pain and suffering, physical and mental, that are part of everyone's life are the strongest weapons in the armoury of the atheist thinkers who on both sides of the Atlantic are unleashing a denunciation of religious faith. They talk about the "virus" of belief and of themselves as "doctors". It is a dangerous metaphor that has been pressed into service in recent history with terrible results. - John Wilkins, The Catholic Herald


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Featured Website - Australian Catholic Historical Society

The Australian Catholic Historical Society is one of the keepers of Australia's Catholic heritage. It is Sydney based, but judging by its existing programs and events, it takes a whole of country approach. The Society has held monthly meetings since its formation in 1940.


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Film Review - Welcome to the Sticks

Only Titanic has taken more money at the French box office than this comedy and it is poised to become the most successful French film ever released in France. This is a comedy that is directed at exposing French prejudices among communities that live in separate regions of France. - Peter W. Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting


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