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1. Concern over number of US WYD pilgrims 

   News - National

   Friday, 13 March 2020

   The number of World Youth Day pilgrims who are expected to arrive from the United States has dramatically dropped from 37,000 to 20,000.
   

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2. Priest too frail to face abuse charges, lawyer argues 

   News - National

   Tuesday, 07 September 2010

   It would be "inappropriate" to try an elderly priest suffering from dementia over charges of indecently assaulting two boys more than 50 years ago, his lawyer told a Sydney court.
   

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3. WA singer produces Mary MacKillop songs CD 

   News - National

   Tuesday, 07 September 2010

   A parishioner from Western Australia has produced a CD with a Josephite sister with music to be used for liturgies and Masses that celebrate Mary MacKillop's canonisation.
   

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4. Catholic healthcare group in talks about new Wollongong uni precinct 

   News - National

   Tuesday, 07 September 2010

   The University of Wollongong has held talks with the St Vincent's and Mater Health Sydney group over running a proposed $300 million private hospital and a health and medical precinct.
   

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5. Decision this month on NSW ethics classes trial 

   News - National

   Tuesday, 07 September 2010

   An independent evaluator of NSW's trial ethics classes is wading through submissions and will deliver her report later this month.
   

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6. College kids from Hobart safe after NZ quake 

   News - National

   Monday, 06 September 2010

   Students from two Hobart Catholic colleges are continuing their holiday in New Zealand after experiencing the shock earthquake that hit Christchurch.
   

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7. Concerns over Blake Prize entry of boy on cardinal's lap 

   News - National

   Monday, 06 September 2010

   Concerns have been raised that the Blake Prize entry by artist Rodney Pople, called Cardinal with Altar Boy, could cause "a Bill Henson-type debacle" over sexually explicit art.
   

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8. Have a heart for refugees: NT bishop 

   News - National

   Monday, 06 September 2010

   Darwin's Bishop Eugene Hurley said Australia needs to remember its "great history of being big-hearted people" in the treatment and view of asylum seekers, after locals called for men who broke out of a detention centre to be sent "back to where they came from".
   

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9. Same-sex adoption bill passes NSW lower house 

   News - National

   Friday, 03 September 2010

   A NSW bill to allow same-sex couples equal rights as heterosexual couples under adoption law passed narrowly in the Legislative Assembly yesterday.
   

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10. Church backs White Balloon Day for Child Protection Week 

    News - National

    Friday, 03 September 2010

    The Church is backing this year's White Balloon Day campaign against child sexual assault by advocacy group Bravehearts.

    
    

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