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When Catholics dropped the Bible
- Peter Kirkwood
- 20 April 2012
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EUREKA STREET TV

When Catholics dropped the Bible
- Peter Kirkwood
- 20 April 2012
Leading biblical scholar Frank Moloney reflects that after the 16th century council of Trent, 'which was a reaction to Protestantism', there was a tendency within Catholicism away from the Bible and 'into a more defensive way'. While focus was placed on strengthening the hierarchy, the Bible 'dropped out of the Catholic life'.
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AUSTRALIA

Dreaming of a better future for First Nations peoples
- Sherry Balcombe
- 09 June 2020
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The streets were packed there were thousands of people there to march in solidarity with us. It was so incredibly heartening. Australia is growing. The only time I have felt this atmosphere was in Sydney in the 1988 march on Australia Day. But this time was different very different it was predominately young people under the age of 30. They get it, they do see it.
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MEDIA

The socialist with rosary beads
- Ray Cassin
- 26 June 2013
6 Comments
Paul Mees, who died last week at the age of 52, was a public intellectual in the best sense of the term; a scholar and teacher with an international reputation; an activist who never shrank from a fight. He was also a man of deep faith, though many who admired Paul ignored this or regarded it as an eccentricity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

A keyboard or a drone
- Various
- 04 December 2012
4 Comments
Have this photograph ... In the body strewn pavement see the cardboard huts. Digitally processed. Glossy finish. As I rattle my tin, may it rattle your conscience?
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RELIGION

The call to celibacy
- B. F. Moloney
- 18 April 2012
25 Comments
The man becomes priest upon taking his vows of celibacy. He is no longer a man who would work and care for family, enjoy his leisure and be father to his children. In his robes and vestments he is for the flock, but not of them. What can the church offer a man or a woman who chooses celibacy?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Indigenous rugby player blazes away
- Barry Gittins and B. F. Moloney
- 28 April 2009
He was flying up the guts .. hair and legs and arms ablaze .. Tacklers flew and flew again .. failing to disturb his crazed .. run of passion ... under Queensland skies.
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RELIGION

Euthanasia: doctors' conscience vs patient rights
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Sonnet for a city
- Various
- 03 June 2008
Water colour petals grow into a crowd .. They populate the dustproof draft of an afternoon under the offices .. a saint shall guide anyone towards a meditation on the whole picture .. the Central Business District.
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AUSTRALIA

Converting Paisley the Irish demagogue
- Frank O'Shea
- 27 May 2008
3 Comments
Northern Ireland has celebrated a year of normal political life. If St Paul got hit by a bolt of lightning, what persuaded Ian Paisley to change from a brand-name for bigotry into a reasonable human being?
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RELIGION

Australia's ageing theological workforce
- Neil Ormerod
- 03 October 2007
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In the past, Australia has produced a number of theologians and biblical scholars of international standing. But the future is bleak, with 37 per cent intending to retire within five years. Structural rationalisation must start now.
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RELIGION

Was Judas just misunderstood?
- Kylie Crabbe
- 20 June 2007
4 Comments
As the archetypal betrayer, Judas is the one we love to hate, and we don’t go into it too much. He’s the slightly two-dimensional necessary bad-guy who we allow to move the plot along in the story of Jesus’ death.
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