Keywords: Me And The Cardinals Three
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 04 November 2010
15 Comments
Cardinal Pell, with whom I have voiced disagreement, preached superbly at the mass of thanksgiving after the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. 'She does not deter us from struggling to follow her.' As we wrestle with the common good, let's make a place for all our fellow citizens.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 01 November 2010
3 Comments
There is an emerging Aboriginal middle class. The contested questions in those communities relate to the expensive delivery of services including health, housing and education. The contested issue in the urban community is over self-identification as Aboriginal by persons of mixed descent.
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AUSTRALIA
- James Martin
- 07 August 2009
8 Comments
In 1871 Mary MacKillop was excommunicated
by her local bishop on the grounds that 'she had incited the
sisters to disobedience and defiance'. The idea of a holy woman who had been at loggerheads with the
hierarchy is not new in the annals of the
saints.
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