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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: un: 128 1 - Sep 2015 - The Americas: Pope Francis’ challenge to American Catholics, AD2000 Report During his pastoral visit to the United States in September Pope Francis is addressing several different audiences. 2 - Mar 2015 - Challenging radical Islam, John A. Azumah Boko Haram in Nigeria parades hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls. 3 - Feb 2015 - Letters: The Church in China, Paul Simmons Mr Vrijmoed suggests that the cause of the lack of dialogue between Rome and the Chinese government is due to the Holy Sees diplomatic relations with Taiwan maintained after the UN withdrew its recognition of Taiwan in 1971. 4 - Dec 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Indias radical Hindus threat to Christians With the election of Narendra Modi of the Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as prime minister of India the countrys secular constitution has come under threat according to Father Ajay Kumar Singh a human rights activist in Kandhamal District in the East Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa). 5 - Nov 2014 - Letters: China and the Holy See, Francis Vrijmoed Referring to a recent report by Catholic News Agency: Pope Francis pursues a thaw in relations with mainland China it is my hope that some background information may be useful. 6 - Nov 2014 - Family: The global attack on religious belief and moral values, Alejandra Fabris I dont mean misinformation which would imply unintentional errors on the part of researchers and the producers of content but disinformation: the wilful distortion and obfuscating of facts rooted in observable reality and of truth built upon the innate structures of natural law. 7 - Sep 2014 - Letters: Fifth Commandment!, Richard Congram With the evil of the culture of death now all-pervasive its stench has become universal. 8 - Sep 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Popes August visit to South Korea Catholics in South Korea were hopeful the Popes August trip to the country would ease tensions with North Korea and work toward a long-awaited reconciliation with its northern adversary. 9 - Jul 2014 - Boko Haram: Christians and Muslims unite against Nigerian terrorists, CNA-EWTN REPORT Boko Harams April kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls has brought Nigerians as well as people across the world into solidarity with each other across religious divides one of the countrys Catholic archbishops has said. 10 - Mar 2014 - Holy See responds to unfounded UN Committee attack, Peter Westmore The report by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child attacking the Catholic Churchs actions in relation to sexual abuse of children repeatedly cites instances of child sexual abuse which occurred in Ireland decades ago without conceding that the Church had addressed these issues. 11 - Mar 2014 - Editorial: Lent 2014 and its practical application, Peter Westmore As this months front cover reminds us this years season of Lent commences with Ash Wednesday on 5 March and extends until Holy Saturday 19 April. 12 - Feb 2014 - Protecting the family: building the home, Carmen Pavia Carmen Pavia is Academic Director of Kenvale College Australias first private Hospitality College founded in 1971 on Christian principles. 13 - Dec 2013 - Books: HOLY SEE, UNHOLY ME by Tim Fischer, John Barich Tim Fischers account of his Ambassadorship to the Holy See HOLY SEE UNHOLY ME by Tim Fischer (Harper Collins 2013 paperback 320pp $32. 14 - Dec 2013 - Letters: Morality of contraception, John Ramsey According to UN figures at any given time there are 180 million women worldwide using abortifacient methods (i. 15 - Aug 2013 - Understanding Syria's religious war, Fr Paul Stenhouse Myriad articles in newspapers and journals TV and radio news items or in-depth analyses on Syria appear on millions of networks blogs and social communications media around the globe. 16 - Jul 2013 - Letters: Christian civil rights, Name and Address Supplied Freedom of religion is written into the laws of all Western democracies and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. 17 - May 2013 - Books: SAINTS, SACRILEGE AND SEDITION: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations, Michael Daniel What is often referred to as the Whig interpretation argued that by the time of the late medieval period the Catholic Church in England had become so corrupt moribund and despotic that it was easily swept aside at the time of the Protestant Reformation which was enthusiastically embraced by most English people because it stood for liberty and freedom. 18 - May 2013 - Order of Malta: 900 years young (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium) Pauperum., Damian Wyld Led by de Valette the knights remarkably kept up the fight for months until relief forces from Europe arrived and the Ottoman forces fled. 19 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Christian unity, Andrew Sholl Recently while leading a small group of people around the holy places of France some of us visited the magnificent romanesque Basilica of St Sernin at Toulouse in the south of that country. 20 - Jul 2012 - Religious Freedom: Prague's Cardinal Duka thanks Australians for helping religious prisoners, Peter Westmore Cardinal Dominik Duka the Archbishop of Prague has expressed his deep appreciation to Australians who supported religious and political prisoners in his country including himself during the Soviet era. 21 - Jun 2012 - Christendom: Hungary's new constitution a rebuke to secular Europe, Edward Pentin Hungarys Ambassador to the Holy See is rather perplexed by the negative reaction of some European figures and institutions to his countrys new Constitution - a document he sees as offering a possible impetus to a Christian renaissance in Europe. 22 - May 2012 - Obama imposes contraception document on UN, Babette Francis Every year the UNs Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) holds a session in New York in March on issues pertaining to womens equality and empowerment. 23 - Feb 2012 - Letters: Human right?, Arnold Jago Because the United Nations says so - in its 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 24 - Oct 2011 - World Youth Day 2011, Madrid: Australia's participation, Br Barry Coldrey World Youth Day Madrid 15-21 August 2011 has not long concluded having proved to be another stunning success with one million young adults cramming the ancient stronghold of Catholicism for the weeks celebration of faith with youthful fervour. 25 - Sep 2011 - Sacred Art: Catholic church statuary: a craft in danger, Christopher Akehurst A collection of unique moulds used by craftsmen for the manufacture of that enduring object of Catholic popular devotion the plaster holy statue is at risk of being lost forever. 26 - Sep 2011 - Glimpses of a new dawn in Russia, Babette Francis Have you ever watched a sunrise early in the morning on a cloudy somewhat rainy day when you have planned a picnic but there are only some tantalising glimpses of the sun? 27 - Aug 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Cardinal Pell: strong leadership needed In his homily at the Episcopal Ordination for Bishop Peter Comensoli as a new auxiliary bishop for Sydney on 8 June Cardinal George Pell said that if bishops dodge confrontation we should not be too surprised when others go missing too. 28 - Aug 2011 - The Carbon (dioxide) Tax: a religious perspective, Peter Finlayson That the alarmist measures are unnecessary and result from a systematic Greens-driven campaign is evident from the fact that science has yet not found a clear link between man-made CO2 and climate change. 29 - Jun 2011 - Redefining gender: an assault on human dignity, Babette Francis Every year in March the UN Commission on the Status of Women holds a conference in New York. 30 - May 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Rabbi Jacob Neusner Distinguished Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College in New York said the Pope aimed to unify theology and critical history in response to the failure of critical scholarship during the last century. 31 - Feb 2011 - Pope Benedict honours Catholic Women's League member Brenda Finlayson, AD2000 Report Brenda Finlayson Immediate Past Vice President General of the World Union of Catholic Womens Organisations and recently retired WUCWO Board Member Australia was the recent recipient of the Papal Honour of Dame in the (Pontifical Equestrian) Order of St Gregory the Great. 32 - Dec 2010 - Call to Holiness: Facing life issues in love and truth, Babette Francis The importance of truth can be highlighted in regard to four life issues: embryo experimentation the value of ultrasound in preventing abortions the increased risk of breast cancer caused by abortion and statistics on maternal mortality. 33 - Dec 2010 - News: The Church Around the World The future of Anglo-Catholics Pope Benedict XVI acting through the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus established the Anglican Ordinariate in October 2009 to help Anglicans who wish to become Catholic while preserving many of their unique traditions. 34 - Nov 2010 - Gendercide: how abortion targets baby girls, Peter Kavanagh There is similarly little interest or evidence of sympathy for the women who later kill themselves because of the guilt they feel over killing their daughters as in the case of many young women in rural China who are suiciding through drinking fertilisers. 35 - Nov 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Archbishop Hart responds to push for euthanasia On 7 October 2010 Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne released a statement in response to growing moves around Australia to reignite the euthanasia debate. 36 - Jul 2010 - Trends: The Church in 50 years: John Allen's predictions, Frank Mobbs John Allen begins by saying he is not interested in surface trends but rather in deep underlying trends. 37 - May 2010 - Reflection: Our prayers and God's silence: what Scripture says, Arthur Ballingall In our daily lives most manage this little word quite well and even when dire consequence follows bad decision one way or another humanity assembles sufficient understanding to start over again. 38 - Apr 2010 - Formation: Young Australian Catholics commit to promoting Judeo-Christian values, Richard Lyons The famous author Mark Twain once wrote There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. 39 - Mar 2010 - Secularism: Benedict to UK bishops: resist secularist threat, Michael Gilchrist The British Government has withdrawn controversial provisions of its Equality Bill that threatened to undermine religious freedom. 40 - Feb 2010 - Letters: Green religion, Deric Davidson Maurice Strong climate adviser to the UN Secretary General and President Obama was a key player in the IPCC. 41 - Feb 2010 - Letters: Climate change: facts, J. Holder Human caused global warming (AGW) is a manufactured scare story unsupported by real science. 42 - Feb 2010 - Letters: World government, Emidio Restall Man-made global warming caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions is the central doctrine of a new belief system whose aims include the formation of an unelected world government with sweeping powers. 43 - Dec 2009 - Books: 111 QUESTIONS ON ISLAM: Samir Khalil Samir SJ on Islam and the West, Michael E Daniel Understanding Islam: a timely book addresses key questions 111 QUESTIONS ON ISLAM: Samir Khalil Samir SJ on Islam and the West Edited and translated by Father Wafik Nasry SJ (Ignatius Press 2008 215pp $33. 44 - Dec 2009 - Marriage: A Biblical defence of marriage: Africans take the lead, Babette Francis Even a Cross in a park commemorating World War I veterans is being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union. 45 - Nov 2009 - Books: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Essays Catholic and Contemporary, by John Haldane, Tracey Rowland Available from Freedom Publishing) Professor John Haldane is a leading British philosopher and broadcaster and a member of a Scottish aristocratic family that has included Elizabeth Haldane the first female justice of the peace Lord Haldane the founder of the Territorial Army Admiral Adam Duncan the naval hero and compatriot to Lord Nelson and Andy Haldane the rock star. 46 - Nov 2009 - News: The Church Around the World Vatican concern at UN abuse of power Archbishop Celestino Migliore the Vaticans permanent observer at the United Nations in the course of his address to the General Assembly on 29 September warned against the UNs abuse of power. 47 - Aug 2009 - Human rights: Small victories for pro-lifers at the UN, Babette Francis At the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva in June a report by Yakin Erturk UNHRCs special rapporteur on violence against women linked bans on abortion with violence against women. 48 - Aug 2009 - News: The Church Around the World The surviving sections have been pieced together and were unified online on 6 July creating a unique opportunity for scholars to learn more about the ancient manuscript (see picture page 11). 49 - Jun 2009 - Sharia Law: Lights dim for Christians in Pakistan, Babette Francis Not long before Easter the UN Human Rights Council belying its stated purpose of protecting human rights passed a resolution banning criticism of religion specifically criticism of Islam. 50 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World They continued Instead of preventing the spread of the disease and without even guaranteeing complete security the condom heightens human selfishness worsens the problem and encourages people to let themselves be driven by their sexual instincts and divests sexuality of its religious and symbolic functions. 51 - May 2009 - Books: Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton, by Karl Schmude, Br Christian Moe As the author points out since their respective deaths Chesterton in 1936 Belloc after a long and sad decline in 1953 their fortunes have varied considerably. 52 - May 2009 - Dissent: Rebel South Brisbane priest: new cafeteria church launched, Michael Gilchrist On 21 February Archbishop Bathersby had removed Fr Kennedy from his position as administrator since he declined to rectify a long list of un-Catholic practices which the Archbishop had listed in a letter in August 2008. 53 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Church in China, Francis Vrijmoed In particular the article headed Cardinal Joseph Zen: Conscience of China by AD2000 publisher Peter Westmore (April 2008) is obviously an insult to the more than 70 orthodox Catholic bishops in mainland China as it is precisely Bishop Zen who through his biased anti-Chinese government opinions has blocked a reconciliation between the Catholic faithful in China still divided between an Open and an Underground Church notwithstanding the Holy Fathers efforts to bring these two groups of loyal Catholics together as stated in his letter to the Catholic Church in China of 27 May 2007. 54 - Feb 2009 - Fundamental flaws in Bishop Robinson's book, Andrew Kania It is therefore a contradiction for Bishop Robinson to base his thesis on a theory so un-Scriptural (the imperfect knowledge of Christ) and then return the readers attention consistently to whether the contemporary Church is in fact faithful to the Scriptures. 55 - Feb 2009 - Christian-Muslim dialogue: glimmerings of hope, Babette Francis Having lived in India during the terrible time of Partition (1947) when the Muslim majority provinces of the country separated to form the new country of Pakistan a separation accompanied in the northern part of the sub-continent by riots mass migration of Hindus fleeing to India and Muslims fleeing to the new Pakistan and the killing and deaths of millions I have long felt that the roots of terrorism lie in the inability of many Muslims to accept living in a secular democracy rather than under an Islamic regime. 56 - Aug 2008 - Letters: Climate change, Peter Finlayson I put it to Dr Lloyd that had his detailed studies been more thorough he would have found out that the scientific consensus is very clear about its position namely that there is a lack of scientific evidence to connect man-made greenhouse gas emissions with climate change. 57 - Aug 2008 - Holy Land: Middle East Christians face a precarious future, Robin Harris Even the rise of Russia however otherwise unsettling shifts the balance of global influence in favour of the Christian world. 58 - Jul 2008 - Letters: Culture of life, Fr Bernard McGrath Modern society cannot provide stability and a flourishing culture unless it is based on a solid morality. 59 - Jul 2008 - Abortion: A false concept of moral equivalence, Babette Francis During the cold war era the intelligentsia of the Left regarded - and wrote - of the USA and the USSR as if these two countries were morally equivalent like two football teams and it didnt matter from a moral perspective which team won. 60 - Jun 2008 - Letters: Climate change, J. Holder It is appropriate that it appears just when we see an international awakening of scientists who are becoming vocal in opposition to the UNs IPCC and media-driven consensus on man-made global warming. 61 - Jun 2008 - Jury still out on global warming, Cardinal George Pell And it is an intolerant bandwagon with loud exaggerated claims that the issue is settled and that an unchallenged consensus among scientists confirms the hypothesis of dangerous humanly caused global warming. 62 - Jun 2008 - Human Rights: China: Olympic rings - or shackles?, Babette Francis When the 2008 Olympic Games were awarded to Beijing seven years ago China undertook to improve its compliance with human rights. 63 - May 2008 - Letters: AIDS Prevention, Dr Arnold Jago New AIDS cases per year have doubled in Australia over the past ten years and University of NSW researchers predict a further rise of 70 percent in the next few years (Herald Sun 3 March 2008). 64 - Apr 2008 - Apostolic journey: Pope's Washington visit will address key issues, Peter Westmore Pope Benedict XVI will make his first visit as the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church to the United States from 15-20 April. 65 - Mar 2008 - Man-made climate change: another great hoax?, Peter Finlayson He has also worked in some 35 developing countries with UN and bilateral aid agencies in assisting governments to develop their countries agricultural sectors in accord with best practice within the culture and resources of their farmers. 66 - Feb 2008 - News: The Church Around the World The Moscow patriarchate has complained bitterly about proselytism in Russia while in India militant Hindus have charged that missionaries undermine the countrys culture with their conversion campaigns. 67 - Oct 2007 - Letters: Bishop Robinson, Fr Edward P. Evans He ignores the fact that when several Catholic lay people launched a campaign to gather information about sacramental abuses many of them were ejected from churches. 68 - Oct 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Despite what many modern-day profiles of Jesus and the Apostles seek to put forth the Pope shows that Jesus first disciples faithfully conveyed the truth about Him and conscientiously laid the foundations for the growth of the Church. 69 - Apr 2007 - 'Equal opportunity' legislation threatens Christian teachings, Babette Francis In 1980 when Mr Ellicott Australias Attorney General during the Fraser Government signed the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations Mid-Decade for Women Conference in Copenhagen I and a few members of Endeavour Forum were the only Australians to protest against our country adopting this Treaty. 70 - Mar 2007 - WYDSYD08: Salesian provincial urges parishes to sponsor Timorese to World Youth Day 2008, Peter Westmore Fr Andres Calleja SDB the Provincial of the Salesian missions in Indonesia and East Timor has urged Australian parishes to each sponsor one young person from East Timor to attend World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008. 71 - Feb 2007 - East Timor: priests threatened with execution, Peter Westmore As East Timor a country of around one million people situated just a few hundred kilometres from Darwin prepares for its first election since its independence (in 2002) priests who have urged people to exercise their democratic rights have been threatened with execution. 72 - Nov 2006 - Editorial: EWTN and the secular media: fighting fire with fire The Churchs means of communication are a drop in the ocean in comparison given the massive outreach of the nations TV radio magazines and newspapers. 73 - Oct 2006 - News: The Church Around The World After nearly two decades it is understandable that one would want to evaluate the organisation of the dicasteries he said. 74 - Sep 2006 - Chavagnes: Catholic education in a secular culture, Alexander Morrison In 2006 he was accepted for admission to Oxford University. 75 - Aug 2006 - Books: In This Vale of Tears (Winterbine Trilogy), by Gerard Charles Wilson, Michael Gilchrist Gerard Wilson has undoubted skills as a novel writer in the manner he sets up a credible interesting story line varied dramatic situations and lively dialogue. 76 - Jul 2006 - Salesian Missions: Church protects the victims of Timor violence, Br Michael Lynch Gangs attacking each other with guns knives and machetes; homes and cars torched; tens of thousands of frightened people fleeing for their lives. 77 - Apr 2006 - Salesian Missions: Cardinal Pell visits East Timor, Michael Lynch SDB The idea that Cardinal George Pell might make a visit to Timor Leste the worlds newest country was first mooted when Br Marcal Lopes and I called on him in his Sydney office in July 2004. 78 - Feb 2006 - New Age paganism's creeping influence within the Church, Wanda Skowronska Rather it is a spiritual discipline whose aim is to lead the world to sanadhi or total union with the the divine being in several ascending stages. 79 - Nov 2005 - Sister Miriam Duggan: the Church's response to AIDS, Anh Nguyen She has a unique insight into the problem being a qualified gynaecologist and obstetrician. 80 - Nov 2005 - News: The Church Around the World I see no problem combining belief in the Creator with the theory of evolution he said under one condition - that the limits of a scientific theory are respected he said. 81 - May 2005 - Letters: Sex before marriage, Dr Arnold Jago In fact arent unmarried couples living together by definition un-ready for marriage? 82 - Dec 2004 - Archbishop Fulton Sheen: 25th anniversary, Martin Tobin Martin Tobin is a co-founder and current chairman of the Fulton J. 83 - Nov 2004 - News: The Church Around the World Because he was speaking to an audience drawn primarily from Third World countries the Cardinal dwelt at some length on the question of inculturation and the need to educate the faithful about the liturgy. 84 - Sep 2004 - Books: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, by Philip Jenkins, John Barich THE NEXT CHRISTENDOM: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins (Oxford University Press 2003 270pp $29. 85 - Sep 2004 - Iraqi bishop: positive developments despite the violence and bloodshed, Bishop Rabban Al-Qas Iraq can now lay the foundations for its reconstruction according to Chaldean Bishop Rabban Al-Qas of Amadiyah. 86 - Sep 2004 - News: The Church Around the World The human body marked as male or female is called to exist in communion and mutual self-giving. 87 - Feb 2004 - Letters: One-World Church?, Philip Robinson This organisation which formerly afforded such promising expectations this limpid and impetuous stream has been harnessed in its course by the modern enemies of the Church and is now no more than a miserable effluent of the great movement of apostasy being organised in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas nor hierarchy neither discipline for the mind nor curb for the passions. 88 - Feb 2004 - Letters: Social Justice Statement, John R. Barich It is unfair of Dr Barr (December-January AD2000) to characterise Richard Egans analysis of the 2003 Social Justice Statement as a thoughtless reaction. 89 - Nov 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Vatican lobbies on European constitution Concern at lack of recognition of Christian heritage As European leaders gathered in October to renew their discussion of a proposed constitution for the European Union Vatican officials continued to lobby for an explicit recognition of the continents Christian heritage. 90 - Oct 2003 - Saints: The Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta What makes this occasion unique is that John Paul II knew Mother Teresa personally and that she died only six years ago. 91 - Oct 2003 - After 25 years: the impact of John Paul II's pontificate, Michael Gilchrist But in his travels and use of the media this pope has brought a lot of attention to his role in helping and encouraging the Church around the world. 92 - Aug 2003 - Catalyst for Renewal Address: The legacy of Vatican II, Archbishop George Pell Quite a few people suggested to me that I should not talk here because they wondered whether your agenda was the same as groups such as We are Church in Austria or Call to Action in the United States which are clearly contrary to essential elements of the Catholic and Apostolic tradition. 93 - Jul 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Cardinal Arinzes hard truths spark US protests Defence of Church teachings at Catholic university considered un-Christian It was something of a reflection on the state of many so-called Catholic universities in the US that Cardinal Francis Arinzes frank words at Jesuit-run Georgetown University (Washington DC) regarding the Churchs moral teachings - made during a commencement speech in May - should spark student and faculty protests. 94 - Jun 2003 - The environment: rediscovering the balanced Catholic perspective, Michael Casanova Brisbanes Archdiocesan Catholic Education this year published its Lenten Program book under the title of Attending to the Sacred. 95 - Jun 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 During his address he noted that it was disturbing to witness a globalisation that exacerbates the conditions of the needy that does not sufficiently contribute to resolving situations of hunger poverty and social inequality that fails to safeguard the natural environment. 96 - Mar 2003 - Editorial: War in Iraq? Questions to be considered, Peter Westmore In relation to Iraq there is no doubt that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has threatened his neighbours - waging war on at least two of them Iran and Kuwait - tyrannised his people and thumbed his nose at attempts by the UN over many years to force him to abandon his chemical and biological warfare arsenals. 97 - Feb 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 As the sisters began to expand in the West and Mother Teresa had to travel she realised that the greater poverty is to be unloved unwanted rejected and lonely - all of which is very common in the West. 98 - Sep 2002 - Reflection: The Christian way to spiritual maturity, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP Because of this people tend to be reluctant to examine themselves critically for fear that this amounts to self-condemnation. 99 - Aug 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Father Fessios new appointment To head orthodox Catholic university Father Joseph Fessio SJ who was ordered by his Jesuit superiors to leave San Francisco in what was generally recognised as a disciplinary move in March has received a new assignment as Chancellor of Ave Maria University Detroit. 100 - Jul 2002 - Books: A Pope and a Council on the Sacred Liturgy, by Aidan Nichols OP, Msgr Peter J. Elliott A POPE AND A COUNCIL ON THE SACRED LITURGY: Pope Pius XIIs Mediator Dei and the Second Vatican Councils Sacrosanctum Concilium with a comparative study by Aidan Nichols OP (St Michaels Abbey Press 2002 151pp $36. 101 - Apr 2002 - News: The Church Around the World New Vatican Yearbook Large increase in seminarians under John Paul II The number of seminarians worldwide has grown by 73 percent during Pope John Paul IIs pontificate with the greatest increase in Africa and Asia according to the latest Vatican Yearbook or Annuario which was presented to the Pope in February. 102 - Dec 2001 - Letters: Refugees, John McLean He suggests that if they unauthorised entrants wish to come to Australia they should apply through the proper channels and not use their financial resources to queue jump. 103 - Dec 2001 - East Timor: how the Church is rebuilding a shattered nation, Peter Westmore In towns and villages from the capital city Dili to the most remote parts of the country stand empty shells of houses government offices banks schools hospitals hotels and facilities formerly run by the departing Indonesians who destroyed them in an orgy of destruction unparalleled in modern times with the aim of driving the 800000 people of East Timor into the stone age. 104 - Nov 2001 - Reflection: All Souls Day and a Christian response to bereavement, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP As I work in the area of death and grief I get the feeling that at times we can assume grief is an un-Christian or sub-Christian response to the death of a loved one; that we Christians have discovered some secret truth which makes grief obsolete; that the Christian hope in eternal life eliminates grieving over those who die. 105 - Oct 2001 - Can US bishops enforce Papal teaching on Catholic universities?, Zenit News Service The US Catholic bishops last June adopted guidelines for safeguarding the authenticity of doctrine taught at Catholic universities and colleges. 106 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'The Book of Marriage', edited by Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Some of the most profound witty incisive comments on marriage available When one considers that the institutions of marriage and family were the first ordained by God preceding even the State or the Church one can see the great importance placed on them. 107 - Sep 2001 - News: The Church Around the World The meetings Catholic delegation was headed by Cardinal Francis Arinze President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. 108 - Apr 2001 - Tanzania's Father Winfried makes return visit to Australia, Martin Sheehan The Church and the state are often at loggerheads as to what to do about the AIDS problem he said with the state under pressure from the UN and other Western agencies to promote condom use while the Church continues to emphasise the need for fidelity and trust in marriage. 109 - Apr 2001 - Thomas More Centre Summer School 2001: "Building a Culture of Life", Michael Daniel On the weekend 9 to 11 February 2001 the Thomas More Centre North Melbourne held its annual Summer School for young people. 110 - Feb 2001 - Successful Thomas More Spring School in Wagga, Paul Sheehan Other speakers included Dr John Smith on Fatherhood in the Context of Love and Responsibility Alex Sidhu on An Insiders View of the Beijing5 UN Conference and Fr Anthony Robbie on Catholicism: The Foundation of Western Civilisation. 111 - Oct 2000 - The Salesians' impact in East Timor, Br Marcal Lopes SDB The young Fr Carlos Belo was his novice master in 1982; at the end of that year he was appointed Bishop of Dili. 112 - Sep 2000 - News: The Church Around the World These Forums are organised by the youth section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. 113 - Sep 2000 - Editorial: East Timor: a privilege and an opportunity, Peter Westmore To assist in the creation of a new nation in our immediate neighbourhood and in the birth of a new Christian nation in Asia is both an opportunity and a responsibility. 114 - Aug 2000 - Religious violence continues in Indonesia, Zenit News Service Five people were killed last June when Muslim Jihad fighters attacked a police station several houses and a church in the city of Ambon in the Indonesian Moluccas region. 115 - Jun 2000 - One of the great bishops of modern times, Michael Gilchrist He was the oldest US bishop one of the countrys most distinguished and prominent Catholic prelates and a fearless consistent defender of Church teachings. 116 - May 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Speaking to journalists on 30 March as he briefed the press on the Popes annual Holy Thursday letter to priests Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos reported that there are now 109828 seminarians preparing for the priesthood around the world - a slight increase over the 108517 in 1997 and an enormous increase from the 60142 in 1975. 117 - Mar 2000 - How the Salesians are helping to rebuild East Timor, Br Michael Lynch Some people hid in sewers to avoid the militia; a countless number of mothers neglected their own health and safety to protect young children; many fled the militia for refuge in the mountains living there for weeks without proper food and shelter. 118 - Nov 1999 - The Church's vital role in future of East Timor, Peter Westmore Following the overwhelming vote by over 400000 Timorese for independence from Indonesia pro-Indonesia militias went on an orchestrated rampage of murder arson and kidnappings which precipitated the entry of an Australian-led UN force to restore order in the territory. 119 - Oct 1999 - The UN's war on population confronts religious principles, Stephen Hitchings The United Nations arose from the embers of the Second World War and the determination that such destruction should never occur again. 120 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World In the United States he said contraception and abortion go hand in hand. 121 - Jun 1999 - News: The Church Around the World The Popes 20-page document which he officially dated and signed on 4 April - Easter Sunday - says that artists can act as the voice of the universal longing for redemption. 122 - Apr 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Titled The Vaticans Verdict the program lined up on-camera appearances from 15 people variously unhappy with the Statement of Conclusions and/or the curbing of general absolutions; the affirmative side numbered a mere three. 123 - Dec 1998 - News: The Church Around the World This is in line with Canon Law that it is the responsibility of a local bishop to determine whether grounds exist for use of the Third Rite in his diocese. 124 - Jul 1997 - Which Catholic women will the Australian bishops listen to?, Michael Gilchrist The project initiated by the Australian Bishops The Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia (PWCC) is reminiscent of a similar but unsuccessful project which the US Bishops undertook a few years ago. 125 - Dec 1995 - Beijing UN Conference on Women - How Holy See took on the feminist agenda, Rita Joseph A coalition of Western nations - particularly English-speaking ones - sought to impose its radical feminist agenda on the discussions decisions and concluding documents of the recent United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. 126 - May 1992 - Christianity's first three centuries - the truth behind the myth, Andrew Quinlan Did the toleration extended to Christianity under the Roman Emperor Constantine (d. 127 - Feb 1990 - 'Holland of the Pacific'?: Catholicism in New Zealand, John Kennedy OBE (The late) John Kennedy OBE the writer of this article the first of a two-part series on Catholicism in New Zealand was for 22 years editor of the New Zealand Tablet the countrys national Catholic weekly. 128 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria The rapid weakening in the strength of Catholic Christianity in countries of Western culture is too clearly established - in terms of the decline in religious practice of the number of religious vocations of the practical extinction of many religious orders - to be denied.
