Keywords: Joseph Ratzinger
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 18 December 2009
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ENVIRONMENT
- Neil Ormerod
- 04 September 2009
20 Comments
Many conservative
Catholics are sceptical about global warming. For them
environmentalism is the new communism. This echoes the paranoia
of the '50s and '60s are clear, when anyone with an interest in social
justice was suspect.
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RELIGION
- Neil Ormerod
- 03 December 2007
The second encyclical from Benedict XVI is not what many expected. Benedict is drawing us to a deeper level of reflection, building a solid foundation. What he builds upon this foundation we are yet to see.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gary Pearce
- 08 August 2007
Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s memoir became controversial last year due to revelations that he had been a member of the Waffen SS. It reveals that he feels both intimately connected with, and uncomprehending of, his younger self.
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RELIGION
- Paul Collins
- 11 July 2007
14 Comments
Following earlier scepticism, Pope Benedict XVI last week confirmed that he is coming to Sydney for World Youth Day next July. Unlike his predecessor, he doesn't see himself as ‘bishop of the world’. Instead he has reasserted the traditional pastoral role of the pope as Bishop of Rome.
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RELIGION
- Max Charlesworth
- 02 April 2007
28 Comments
Bishop Anthony Fisher's recent lecture is based on a similar lecture in 1991 by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Both attempt to diminish the importance given to conscience in the moral and religious life of Catholics.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2007
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One of Jesuit congressman Robert Drinan's political claims to fame was that he had moved the first motion of impeachment against Richard Nixon. He showed that the mix of politics and religion on Capitol Hill was difficult, especially concerning abortion.
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RELIGION
Anthony Ham wonders whether Spain can still be considered a Catholic country after all.
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RELIGION
- Anthony Ham
- 23 April 2006
Spain’s Catholics take to the streets
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 23 April 2006
Bruce Duncan summarises the major statements of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.
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