Search Results: George Pell
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The pastor terrifies and humiliates his adolescent son with tall tales about
a painful and fatal illness that can be contracted through
masturbation. We are led to believe such secret acts of parental abuse lay at the core of the more public crimes that occur in the village.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 12 April 2010
19 Comments
In his Easter
message, Cardinal George Pell made an oblique reference to sexual abuse in the Church. While most Australians dismiss such utterances as too
little too late, it is possible to look at them optimistically when
set against actions of the recent past.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 30 March 2010
22 Comments
Tony Abbott had a close association with B. A. Santamaria and personifies church ties with politics through his
relationship with the man he has called his confessor, Cardinal Pell. The question is whether Abbott is a one-off or represents a
larger group of Catholic Liberals.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 February 2010
5 Comments
The blurring of right and wrong in a world where civil
structures have disintegrated, is
seen in the Man's escalating wildness; his desperation to preserve the life of his son, and his conviction that
the end of survival justifies a growing list of dubious means.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 January 2010
1 Comment
The full text of Frank Brennan's January 2010 address to the Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists, 'Toothless, Trojan or True to Trinitarian Anthropology? Reflecting on the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation'.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 January 2010
22 Comments
Cardinal Pell thinks Church positions
on contested moral issues have a better chance of being reflected in law and policy if parliaments are not constrained by a
Human Rights Act. I would beg to differ. Gone are the days when church leaders can do deals with politicians behind closed doors.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 28 January 2010
Are we to accept that the inspiration of sporting victory is alone
sufficient to solve conflict and soothe the way to redemption and
rebirth for a divided nation? If so, it must be said that Eastwood's film is
history rendered as a fairytale.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 January 2010
18 Comments
Bishop Bathersby and Fr Kennedy are pastoral, down to earth men. If there had been more dialogue between them, and between Cardinal Pell and Bishop Robinson, the Catholic Church would
be more the Church Jesus would want it to be. March 2009
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ENVIRONMENT
- Charles Rue
- 30 November 2009
45 Comments
Climate sceptics use proven lobbying techniques to confuse people and delay political action. That Cardinal George Pell allows himself to be aligned with them compromises the credibility of church mission to serve
humanity.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 04 November 2009
11 Comments
Tim Fischer, Australian Ambassador to the Vatican, has a vital role in a state he calls a hub of power and intelligence. One can't help but wonder if Cardinal George Pell thinks he, rather than Fischer, should be Rudd's man in the Vatican.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 November 2009
6 Comments
A married couple is presented with a choice. If they press the button, it will cause someone they
do not and will never know to die. In exchange, they will
receive $1 million. Initially, The Box seems to live up to the promise of this morally charged premise.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 01 October 2009
9 Comments
It is testament
to the virility of Che Guevara as a revolutionary symbol that, with the 'Che Christ', his image is used
to augment the understanding of Christ as a social radical. A new biopic takes Che as far from myth and symbol as possible.
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