Friday, 30 July 2010

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Four Xavier expelled suspended for shoplifting 
 

Published: 28 July 2010

Xavier College has expelled four students who played a leading part in a shoplifting binge during a school trip in New Zealand.
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News - National 

Churches hold election forums in Qld 
 

Published: 29 July 2010

Representatives of the Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Churches will host two election forums in the coming two weeks to enable Christians to hear party representatives' policies and views on important social and environmental issues.
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News - National 

Fifth Cath international education leadership conference 
 

Published: 29 July 2010

The fifth International Conference on Catholic Educational Leadership will be held in Sydney next week.
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News - National 

Education union wants private schools to disclose assets


Published: 29 July 2010

The Australian Education Union has demanded that the wealthiest private schools in Australia should disclose income generated from trusts and donations as well as what assets and capital they have.
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News - International 

Pope's children's book ignores women, says advocacy group


Published: 29 July 2010

A British religious advocacy group claims Pope Benedict has highlighted only male disciples his new children's book, The Friends of Jesus, saying it implied women are second-class citizens in the Christian religion.
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News - International 

Faithful asked to pay for UK papal events


Published: 29 July 2010

The British faithful wishing to attend the Pope's prayer vigil in London's Hyde Park or the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman will have to pay for the experience.
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Neuroscience suggests heterosexual monogamy is best


Published: 28 July 2010

Biblical sexual ethics were healthy and life-affirming, and neuroscientific studies suggest that "life-long heterosexual monogamy" is most likely to provide both sexual satisfaction.  
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Communion for dog in Toronto church draws complaints


Published: 28 July 2010

An Anglican church in Canada has become the focus of controversy after a vicar gave Holy Communion to an Alsatian-cross dog.  
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News - International

Vatican guards crack down on dress code

Published: 29 July 2010
The Vatican has been accused of hypocrisy after the Swiss Guards launched a crackdown on tourists wearing skimpy clothing.

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Opinion - The blurred line between sanity and insanity

My experience of working as a Chaplain in a mental hospital left many lasting impressions on me, writes Father Patrick O'Shea. In a world where the abnormal passes as normal and the normal as abnormal who can say who is sane and who is not?
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Feature - Ordination of bishops in China signals shift

Twice in the span of a few days, L'Osservatore Romano has given extensive coverage to two new episcopal consecrations in China. Both demonstrate a shift in the sequence of episcopal ordinations in that country.
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Featured website - Sebastian Guinness Gallery

Renowned American photographer David Lachapelle has talen a series of photos that display Jesus interacting in modern-day representations of Biblical events.
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TV program - Compass

In this episode, the 3rd in a series, leading British lawyer and committed Catholic Cherie Blair investigates Christianity over the last 100 years and explores its future prospects.
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CathBlog - The Vatican is not beyond scrutiny
by David Timbs

Bishop Kevin Dowling of South Africa has criticised Vatican officials for implying their views, opinions, directives and pronouncements are infallible when clearly they are not. He legitimately points to the sidelining of Bishops who are marginalised  as ‘rank-breakers’ because they have opinions at odds with those of the powerful, dogmatic, authoritarian officials of the Vatican.
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Gospel Verse for 30 July 2010
"A prophet is not without honor except in his own country..." [Matthew 13:57]

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