SAME-SEX marriage is an issue for many older, married Australians but it is not a problem for the younger generation, Fr Frank Brennan SJ told ABC TV’s Q&A program on October 1. By Anthony Barich On the episode titled God, Sodomy and the Lash, Fr Brennan was asked what his views are on same-sex marriage and why Christian and Islamic societies seem to be against it. Fr ...

A REFERENDUM should be held to determine whether Australians want a human rights charter, Australian Christian Lobby director Jim Wallace said.     By Anthony Barich The National Human Rights Consultation Committee recommended on October 8 that Australia should adopt a Human Rights Act and give the High Court power to issue “declarations of incompatibili...

Catherine McAuley Oration to be delivered by founder of Emily’s List, the ALP lobby established to promote legalised abortion. By Anthony Barich MercyCare, the Sisters of Mercy’s health and community not-for-profit arm, has invited high-profile legalised abortion advocate and former WA Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence to deliver its annual Catherine McAuley Oration at Mercy Hospital, ...

CATHOLIC organisations in Victoria have scored a major win, being allowed to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality, parental or marital status and gender identity.     Archbishop Denis Hart   By Anthony Barich   Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart welcomed Victorian Attorney General Rob Hulls’ announcement of changes to the ...

Victorian Catholic maternity wards remain open a year after warning VICTORIA’S Catholic Bishops have pointed to “extraordinary hypocrisy” in hospitals where people’s lives are being saved in one section while babies are being killed in another. In a 2,000-word October 22 statement marking the one-year anniversary of the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act 2008, the Bi...

Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gestures during a press conference at the Vatican Oct. 20. He said Pope Benedict XVI has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full c ommunion with Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage. Photo: CNS photo/Tony...

Also: Pope canonises five new saints, Organ installed at St Mary's Perth, Pope tells African families not to bow to threat from the West, including columns from Guy Crouchback, Fr John Flader and Debbie Warrier.   Click on the front page image to download.  

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Harrowing tales from Africa show-up tragic West. By Catherine Parish I’ve just been reading a few stories from Gogo Mama by Sally Sara, stories of various African women who have contended with war, genocide, mutilation, rape, torture, AIDS, dislocation, extreme poverty, in their lives. The stories are appallingly harrowing. Someone like me with my comfortable, middle clas...