 Monday 10 November 2008
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has welcomed the strong personal
support for families expressed by Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm
Turnbull in his keynote address to the ACL National Conference in
Canberra.
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 Friday 7 November 2008
The auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, Iraq, wants the president-elect
of the United States to govern with the good of all peoples in mind.
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 Friday 7 November 2008
Six Indian prelates are expressing their admiration and pride for the
faithful of their communities, who have persevered in faith despite a
wave of anti-Christian violence.wave of anti-Christian violence.
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 Friday 7 November 2008
At the conclusion of the
Catholic-Muslim Forum which took place at the Vatican, the participants
issued a joint statement underscoring, among other themes, the
importance of the defense of life as a gift from God to each person,
religious freedom and the promotion of common moral values.
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 Friday 7 November 2008
The Catholic Church in China
is showing its gratitude for the concern extended to them by Pope
Benedict XVI following his Apostolic letter in 2007 and the recent day
of prayer for the Church in China.
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 Thursday 6 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging the president-elect of the United States to "build a world of peace, solidarity and justice."
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 Thursday 6 November 2008
Voters in South Dakota and
California rejected proposals that would have limited abortions, but
all propositions aimed at declaring marriage as between one man and one
woman passed, even in California, where an unprecedented amount of
money was spent by homosexual advocates to oppose the pro-marriage
Proposition 8.
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 Thursday 6 November 2008
Colin McGuckin, a professor of regenerative medicine at Newcastle
University and an expert on the use of adult stem cells, announced this
week he is leaving England for France because he can no longer work in
the U.K. due to the country’s “obsession” with embryonic stem cells and
the refusal to acknowledge his advances in research with adult stem
cells, which pose no ethical problems.
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 Wednesday 5 November 2008
According to his own testimony, Pope Pius XII, who declared the dogma of the Assumption, saw the "miracle of the sun" four times.
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 Wednesday 5 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Africa to give hope to
peoples that suffer violence and poverty, says a Vatican spokesman.
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 Wednesday 5 November 2008
Is history repeating
itself? Are we about to witness another genocide? The images have a
familiar look. Hundreds of thousands of people in the frontier region
of the Eastern Congo, close to the Rwandan border, are fleeing from the
rebels, who are obviously supported by the Rwandan government.
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 Monday 3 November 2008
A powerful new DVD, featuring the personal stories of two young women
faced with an unexpected pregnancy, has been launched as part of a
comprehensive strategy to explore alternatives and pastoral responses
to abortion.
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 Monday 3 November 2008
A Catholic Bishop last week called for a review of immigration
procedures following the Immigration Department’s decision to deny a
German doctor permanent residency because his son has Down Syndrome.
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 Monday 3 November 2008
Archbishop Celestino
Migliore, the apostolic nuncio leading the Holy See’s permanent
observer mission to the United Nations, on Thursday addressed the
global financial crisis, making a call for ethical responsibility and
the use of lending only for truly productive investments.
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 Monday 3 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is praying this month that the saints may become role models for Christians in their imitation of Christ.
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Monday 3 November 2008
Though many want the Vatican Secret Archives from the
pontificate of Pope Pius XII to reveal that Pope's efforts to save Jews, a
Vatican spokesman says the documents could not be opened for another
six of seven years.
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 Friday 31 October 2008
The call to live life in the Holy Spirit was a powerful and
unforgettable theme of the recent World Youth Day celebration and to
aid in this, a new booklet has been published to help guide Catholics
towards an authentic understanding of Catholic spirituality.
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Friday 31 October 2008
Deciding to study for the
priesthood requires a process of discernment, both for the would-be
priest and for the Church, and psychologists can sometimes offer
valuable assistance, says the Vatican.
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 Friday 31 October 2008
Police are still investigating the violent deaths of two Jesuit priests, killed Saturday and Monday in Moscow.
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 Thursday 30 October 2008
Caritas Australia’s local partners Caritas Congo and Caritas Goma are
responding to the needs of those displaced by the crisis in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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