FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Vatican's condom move welcomed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3649195a11,00.html
News that the Vatican may be about to change its stance on condom use to try
to prevent the spread of Aids has been welcomed by support groups in New
Zealand. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical
Council for Health Pastoral Care, said Pope Benedict XVI had asked a Vatican
committee to study whether married couples where one partner was infected
with HIV or Aids should be allowed to use condoms...
Salads key to longevity (photo)
Wanganui Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/ojm89
Centenarian Marcella Wilton attributes her long life to eating a salad every
day â€" as recommended by Wanganui doctor Ulric Williams. She turns 100 today,
and expected to celebrate at the Home of Compassion with friends who were
travelling from Wairarapa and Napier to be with her...
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The Bernard McGrath Case
McGrath Victims Unhappy With Sentence (TVNZ video report)
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-5703991-300,00.html
Angry reaction after monk jailed for sex abuse
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0001CBCF-7A38-1450-A7BF83027A\
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Catholic brother gets five years
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/707206
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The Australian Extradition Decision
Extradition decision may be appealed
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/705385
Police and Crown prosecutors will decide in the next few days whether to
appeal against an Australian court decision to block the extradition of two
Catholic clergymen who face child sex charges in New Zealand...
Alleged abuse victims join extradition call
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3651520a11,00.html
Plea to PM on clergy
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3649049a6530,00.html
Editorial: Make them face up
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3648055a6573,00.html
Editorial: Australian judge's fear is justified
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000B75F9-D937-144D-974A83027A\
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Name of alleged sex abuser released
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3647266a6530,00.html
Jury warning put on scales of 'justice'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000218C2-8A50-144C-B70A83027A\
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Howard League backs Aussie judge's decision not to extradite abuse-accused
Catholic brothers
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=61547&c=w
Priest-sex case blocked
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3646189a6009,00.html
Australian judge's ruling 'insulting, nonsense'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00056481-766D-144B-A75983027A\
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Lawyers defend legal system criticised by Aussie judge
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/23/1598266.htm
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
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TUI MOTU - INTERISLANDS
From the April 2006 issue ...
Editorial: On Schedules and Seasons, by Anna Holmes (full text)
The Easter season is a time of redemption, which is simply a new awareness
of the presence of God in all creation. It is joy in the immanent God.
Unfortunately we live in a world that has attempted to displace seasons with
schedules. It is also a world in which the Sabbath has been extinguished
with Sunday shopping and the weekend diminished as a time for recreation by
an overload of sports fixtures...
Also in this issue ...
** Sex and Sensibility - John Kleinsman
** A marriage on the rocks - Paul Andrews
** A beautiful dying - Mike Riddell
** Religion’s role in building peace - Anjum Rahman
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THE NATHANIEL REPORT
Published by the Nathaniel Centre, the NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre.
Issue eighteen 2006
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=37
Editorial HIV-AIDS in Oceania
HIV-AIDS is the biggest challenge that the Church in Oceania currently
faces, yet many people have only a limited awareness of the extent of the
pandemic. The challenges presented by AIDS call for fresh theological and
pastoral approaches and simultaneously call us to return to the traditional
fonts of moral wisdom and view them from a fresh perspective. Compassion
must shape our response to HIV-AIDS...
Vital Strategies for a Global AIDS Response: Pope John XXIII's "Pillars of
Peace"
An edited version of an address delivered by Rev Robert J Vitillo, the
Geneva-based Special Advisor on HIV and AIDS to Caritas Internationalis. “…
the 'missing link' in the global AIDS response is the authentic human
development made possible through the four "pillars of peace" proposed by
John XXIII: truth, justice, freedom, and love...�
Church's Response to HIV-AIDS in Oceania
In this article, Dr Michael McCabe shares insights and reflections based on
three separate workshops run by The Nathaniel Centre, in partnership with
Caritas-Aotearoa New Zealand, to address the AIDS pandemic in Oceania and
the Pacific Islands. In formulating a theological and pastoral response to
HIV-AIDS the Church must facilitate an open and honest dialogue between the
local culture and the Gospel. All cultures and religions have aspects of
their thinking and acting that need conversion and growth...
Condoms and AIDS
Are condoms justified as part of a strategy for dealing with the spread of
HIV-AIDS? A survey of the ongoing debate about AIDS and Condoms within
Catholicism...
Some Facts about AIDS
A summary of Global and Oceania statistics on HIV-AIDS based on UNAIDS and
WHO data...
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LIGHTING NEW FIRES
Newsletter for Integrated Schools, and Catholic Schools' Supplement,
published by the NZ Catholic Education Office
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
In the March 2006 issue of the Newsletter ...
Editorial ... Eligibility Requirements Before Appointment to a Board of
Trustees ... Advice on Fundraising for Proprietors and Boards of Trustees
... Education (Hostels) Regulations 2005 ... Celebrating people and events:
News of Integrated Schools thoughout New Zealand ... National Environmental
Standards and Schools’ Waste Disposal ... Handling Crises â€" a Suitable
Preparedness Team ... An Idea Worth Emulating ... Speed Kills Kids Programme
... School Leadership Centre Programme ... A Good Idea ... Useful Resources
... An Apology
In the Catholic Schools' Supplement ...
Editorial ... Congratulations to our Newest Catholic School ... New Year’s
Honours ... Schools of Thailand and NZCEO ... Death of Bishop Max Mariu ...
Congratulations to Principals New to Catholic Schools ... Rotorua Catholic
Schools Succeed in District News Team Competition ... NZCEO Strategic Plan
for 2006-2010 ... Seasons for Growth Classroom Programme for Resilience ...
Success for Early Childhood Centre ... Wellington Catholic Education Centre
Youth Ministry Certificate Programme ... St Thomas of Canterbury College
Students to Travel to India ... Useful Resources ... Research available on
attitudes to faith among Catholic Secondary students ... Australian Research
on the Effect of Catholic Education ... Deus Caritas Est â€" God is Love
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ...
Vatican in condom debate; Inter-religious "Prayer for Peace" conference;
Religion in the media; Who's going to be the next Secretary of State
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
