Kiwicath News and Notes

New Zealand Catholic Web TV, presenting Catholic life in New Zealand through
videotaped interviews.

New this week: "Dad's making dinner tonight"
Maria goes away on retreat leaving Aaron to look after their young daughter
Grace all by himself, which means he must cook the dinner ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

This week:
Benedict's thinking on creation and evolution; Vatican Secretary of State
searches for deputies; Exorcism and Harry Potter; Benedict on marriage; Some
are anxious as papal visit to Turkey nears

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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 ]

Mahitahi: Catholic Overseas Volunteers
http://www.mahitahi.org
ESOL Teacher, Chanel College, Vava'u, Tonga
Builder, Makira Province, Solomon Islands
Builder, Diocese of Aitape, PNG
Business Manager, Catholic Teachers' College, Baucau, East Timor
Details in 'NZ Catholic' August 13-26 2006 p.14, and from Chanel Centre, PO
Box 4353 Hamilton East. Phone +64 7 8554699. Email: christina@mahitahi.org

Accounts and Database Manager, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' August 13-26 2006 p.22, and from The Managing
Editor, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; e-mail:
editor@nzcatholic.org.nz

Parish Promoters, 'NZ Catholic' Newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' August 13-26 2006 p.8, and from Dennis Augustine,
PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034; tel. (09) 360-3049; fax (09)
360-3065; e-mail: advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

Sunday, August 27, 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

Issue 247, August 27-September 9, 2006

Full text ...

Students' invention may be a godsend for parents
Christchurch — It's a parent's dream: A way to keep an eye on teenagers
when
they're out in the big car. A new product just launched by four year 11 St
Thomas of Canterbury College students will do just that...

Tributes paid to Maori Queen
Hamilton — The death of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu on August 15 has
brought tributes and prayerful condolences from Catholic officials —
including from the desk of Pope Benedict XVI...

Pope appeals for release of priest kidnapped in Baghdad
Vatican City (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI appealed for the release of a
Chaldean Catholic priest who was kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq, just after
celebrating Mass Aug. 15 for the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary...

Full contents summary ...

NATIONAL
Practical help given for cases of violence ... Claim of abuse unsuccessful
... Success for Kiwis in Adelaide ... Dove Fellowship's new president ...
Mass in Latin proves popular ... Tributes paid to Maori Queen ... Abortion
risks raised again ... SI marae goes smokefree ... Parents praying for a
Jesuit college ... Jail term extended ... St Bede's run earns CanTeen
$78,000 ... Dominican milestone ... ERO File

FEATURES
An invitation to rediscover the beauty of the Mass ... Bishops of Oceania
discuss their concerns ... Benedict XVI speaks about the burden of being
Pope ... Carmelite monastery on Wallis is blessed in colourful occasion ...
Surprised by award ... Students' invention may be a godsend for parents

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The pain of those left behind ... Parish Diary:
Extraordinary in the ordinary ... Lisa Beech: Let's recognise links between
poverty and the environment ... Others Say ... Editorial: Standards take
another hit from BSA ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Unity seen as focus for music ministry ... Christian town in Lebanon
shelters displaced ... Vatican's warnings "prophetic on Iraq" ... The Pope:
Praying that the truce will hold ... African priests ordered not to be
"diviner-healers" ... Archdiocese sidesteps adoption responsibility ...
Japan pressured to take up arms ... More births urged ... Case made for sole
control in Lebanon ... NZ representative accused of bias as UN chairman ...
Priest tells of bomber McVeigh's conversion ... Bishops appeal to Amnesty on
abortion ... Priest kidnapped in Baghdad ... Friars opened doors ... In
Brief ... EU court denies plea to guarantee feeding ... Foetal stem cells
being used in beauty therapy ... Prayer cards promote Mother McAuley's cause
... Candles lit for peace

REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Scripture, Papal
Prayer, Feasts, The Doolans, God in the Garden, Caption Contest, Who Said?,
40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy
Lives, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

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DAME TE ATAIRANGIKAAHU

Catholic Communications NZ. Full text of the Message from Pope Benedict on
the death of Te Arikinui (22 Aug 2006)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has learned with sadness of the death of Te
Arikinui, the Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu and he sends heartfelt
condolences to the people of Aotearoa...

Benedict XVI Mourns Death of Maori Queen
Message Sent to New Zealand at Passing of Dame Te Atairangikaahu
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=93623
Vatican City, Aug. 22, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed sorrow for
the death of the queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, Te Arikinui Dame
Te Atairangikaahu, and sent a message of sympathy to her relatives and
people...

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NEW RELIGION GUIDELINES FOR STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

TV One. 'Ministry Of Education Rules Prayers Illegal' (video report)
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6208210-300,00.html
Interview with Martin Connolly of the Ministry of Education

TV One News. 'New religion guidelines for schools' (video report)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/819852

Principals leader says religion rules unworkable
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0003D20D-E424-14EC-B0B383027A\
F1010F
Laws restricting religion in primary schools are impractical and unworkable,
New Zealand Principals Federation president Pat Newman says. Under new
guidelines on religion, schools will be advised that they should seek
permission from parents who want their children to take part in voluntary
religious activities rather than asking parents if they want their child to
be formally excused from such activities...

Changes to hit 944 schools
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3774266a7694,00.html
More than 118,000 pupils who receive religious education in state schools
could be affected by new Education Ministry guidelines. Figures from the the
Churches Education Commission show more than half of state schools provide
religious instruction through the commission's interdenominational
programme...

Guidelines on religion in schools stun some
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/fqxu4

Guideline on religion leaves confusion instead of clarity
Northern Advocate
http://tinyurl.com/eq6m7
A new Ministry of Education report has stirred up confusion about religious
instruction in state schools - and it's full of advice many Northland
schools already follow...

Editorial: Religious ruling not necessary
Hawkes Bay Today
http://tinyurl.com/ff2rg

Kerre Woodham: Religious debate another battle in same old war
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000A6A83-01EA-14F0-B77F83027A\
F1010F
"The turf war between different religious faiths is also a long standing
one. The only difference in 2006 is that Muslims, not Catholics, are seen as
the danger."

School-time prayers illegal unless in Maori
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3774254a6009,00.html
The Lord's Prayer can be recited in state school assembly halls -- but
only if it is said in Maori.

Schools break law on prayers
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0004AAD4-4C70-14EC-BE9583027A\
F1010F
Some primary schools are breaking the law with their use of religious
practices which include prayers at assembly, the Education Ministry has
warned. ..

Pupils may have to opt in for religious education
The Dominion Post
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3774265a11,00.html

Maharey should scrap religion guideline (Press Release: New Zealand National
Party)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0608/S00419.htm

OTHER NEWS FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Membership level worries St Vincent
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3776501a6579,00.html
Charity group St Vincent de Paul has lost 1000 members in 18 months and it's
a worrying trend the Catholic organisation wants to reverse...

Bluff schoolteacher to head Catholic group (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3770956a6568,00.html
Bluff schoolteacher Tui Pasco has been elected national president of the
3000-strong Catholic Women's League...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

New Zealand Catholic Web TV, presenting Catholic life in New Zealand through
videotaped interviews.

New this week: The need for peace
Emma Potter is a student at Villa Maria College, Christchurch. She talks to
Sister Anna about the increasing need for Peace.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

This week:
Creation and evolution; A 'new phase' in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue?; More
Mozart; How a Satanist became the 'Man of Mary'; John Paul's 'miracle
water';
Background on Benedict's admonishment against working too hard

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Director, National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' August 13-26 2006 p.22, 'Wel-com' August 2006 p.7,
and from Mike Hurdle, Micah Partners, tel 04 499 4749; fax: 04 499 7375;
e-mail: contact@micahpartners.co.nz; PO Box 499, Wellington. Applications
close Friday 1 September 2006.

Professional Counsellor/Social Worker, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/catholicsocialservices.html
Details in 'Wel-com' August 2006 p.4, and from Barbara Gilray, Catholic
Social Services, 150 Brougham Street, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6031. Ph:
04-385 8642 Fax: 04-385 8640 E-maiI: catholic.reception@clear.netnz
Applications close Friday 1 September 2006.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - Media Releases

Catholic Church tribute to Te Arikinui (18 Aug 2006)
The Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Monsignor David
Bennett, along with other Church officials paid their respects to Te
Arikinui Dame Te Atairangi Kaahu yesterday at Turangawaewae Marae. Bishop
Denis Browne, the Catholic Bishop of Hamilton and President of the New
Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference is to arrive back tonight from
Australia, will join others on the marae tomorrow...

Statement from the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania
(14 Aug 2006)
The Catholic Bishops from the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea and the
Solomons, New Zealand and Australia met as a Federation from 7-11 August in
Suva, Fiji. Previously they had met in 1990 in Sydney, in 1994 in Auckland,
in 1998 in Rome during the Synod for Oceania, and in 2002 in Rabaul, PNG.
The bishops were warmly welcomed by the Fijian people...

Catholic and Anglican bishops of NZ plead for peace in Middle East (4 Aug
2006)
Catholic and Anglican Bishops here join forces to plead for peace in the
Middle East, and relief for the victims of war...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Distraught family prepares for son's funeral
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3769038a11,00.html
Instead of a joyous reunion this weekend, Daniel Hansman's close-knit family
will be organising his funeral. The former Francis Douglas Memorial College
student was in his second year at Victoria University, studying design...
[Daniel's funeral is at St Joseph's Catholic Church in New Plymouth on
Monday at 1pm.]

New wheels get Unity back on the road (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3769391a6579,00.html
Unity Falwasser-Collins likes nothing more than getting out on her bike and
feeling the wind on her face. The 11-year-old blind girl sits there and
sings and sometimes has to be prodded to pedal, says her foster father Ross
Collins. But at least the Year 6 Te Awamutu St Patrick's Catholic School
student is able to get out and exercise, he says...

Trauma of the God Boy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3766858a14297,00.html
Composer Anthony Ritchie's two-act opera The God Boy has been adapted from a
seminal New Zealand novel. Rosa Shiels attends a rehearsal...

National Statement on Religious Diversity Proposed
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0608/S00184.htm
A national statement on religious diversity will be discussed next week at a
forum of senior government representatives and religious leaders...

Catholic brother pleads guilty to more sex assaults
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10396397
John Louis Stevenson, a former Catholic brother already serving a jail term
yesterday pleaded guilty in Wellington District Court to eight charges of
indecently assaulting boys while he was a teacher in Feilding...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=62

New Zealand Catholic Web TV, presenting Catholic life in New Zealand through
videotaped interviews.

New this week: The difference in people
Lisa Beech talks about her own tolerance for people who seem different from
herself, and about experiences in the aid agency "Caritas".

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NZ CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTRE - 'The Nathaniel Report'

In Issue Nineteen ...

Guest Editorial – Concerning Information, Knowledge and Wisdom, by Bishop
Peter Cullinane.
Summary: Adequately presenting the Church's teaching involves more than just
getting information. Laity and pastors each learn from each other when it
comes to understanding, interpreting and applying the Church's teaching.

The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy: 2006 – 2016 – A Critique (full
text)
The Ministry of Health's recently published strategy builds on an earlier
strategy aimed at lowering youth suicide, with an expanded focus on all age
groups. The Strategy would be strengthened if there was wider recognition of
the place of faith and spirituality in protecting the vulnerable against
suicide.

Human Embryos and Research – "Have Your Say" (full text)
Later in the year all New Zealander's will be invited to make submissions on
draft guidelines on the use of human embryos in research. The guidelines
will shape the policy framework to be put in place by the Minister of Health
in 2007. In anticipation of this, Toi te Taiao – the Bioethics Council –
have released a booklet designed to inform and encourage public discussion.

Organ and Tissue Transplantation and the Catholic Moral Tradition: A Case
Study in the Evolution of Moral Teaching
Summary: We take it for granted that organ donation is a morally good - and
even heroic - thing to do. However, when organ transplantation first became
a reality in the 1940's, most Catholic moral theologians concurred that
transplantation by a living donor was morally unacceptable. The evolution of
thinking on this question has relevance for us today as we face new ethical
questions.

Submission on Human Tissue (Organ Donation) Amendment Bill
Summary: New Zealand Parliament is currently considering the merits of a
Private Members Bill which is aimed at addressing the low numbers of organ
donors in New Zealand. The Nathaniel Centre submission focuses on the issues
associated with giving consent.

Defining New Zealand Palliative Care: A Discussion Document
Summary: In 2001 the Ministry of Health released the NZ Palliative Care
Strategy with the aim of setting in place a "systematic and informed
approach to the provision and funding of palliative care services." In order
to make this strategy a success, and to help address the inequalities, a
working party has prepared a Discussion Document designed to generate
feedback from those at grass roots levels and those involved in service
provision.

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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS

http://www.tuimotu.org

In the August issue ...

Editorial: The worshipping community, by Michael Hill (full text)
One very good definition of parish is 'a worshipping community'. Lying
behind this is the notion of community itself. One of the best descriptions
of community – or society – is that of St Augustine: a group of people
united in the things they love...

Focus on 'parish' in NZ – Alan Roberts, Mary Woods, Joan McFetridge,
Shirley
Temm

Discord in the church – Timothy Radcliffe

The preacher's task – Helen Bergin, Peter Murnane

Ongoing rape of the Palestinian people – John Honoré

Blokes in garage – Case Genefaas and Mike Marshall

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

This week:
The dramatic growth of evangelicals in Latin America; Boff and Betto on
Castro; More on evolution and religion; Mozart, Masonry and Catholicism; The
pope on TV

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Sunday, August 13, 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

From Issue 246, August 13-26, 2006 (full text):

Catholic rolls set for slow growth
Wellington — More than 63,000 children are being educated in Catholic
schools, according to the New Zealand Catholic Education Office...

Full contents summary:

NATIONAL
New priest ordained for Auckland ... Blessing after flight from violence ...
Auckland priests mark jubilees ... "A huge journey of discovery" ... NZCCSS
wants results, not reports ... Rarely-awarded degree for NZ priest ... Lines
drawn in PGD debate ... PN diocese to host talks on environment ... Bible
Society appoints new CEO ... Second arson at Southland marae ...
Christchurch bishop takes pastoral plan to the parishes ... Bishops lodge
BSA appeal ... Aquinas students find much to be thankful for in Fiji ...
Catholic school rolls set for slow growth ... Varied seminars for convention
... St Pat's new rector moving from Auckland ... "Fr Con" a man of the land
... Two-fold celebration ... Hibernians meet ... ERO File

FEATURES
Pastoral planning conference was an unqualified success ... Many modes of
papal progress ... Franciscans give award to Marriage Encounter ... WUCWO
told about NZ women of peace ... President from south ... Knight from Nelson
in supreme office ... Involvement of military a challenge for Caritas

OPINION
Vince Smith: It's never too late to consider ordination to the priesthood
... Ronald Rolheiser: The sacredness of work ... Others Say ... Editorial:
Secular world no match for priesthood ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Commission to review status of Medjugorje ... Scholars celebrate finding of
precious book in bog ... Official resigns after "ordination" ... The Pope:
Don't be silent about the faith ... Official champions kneeling ...
"Control" of liturgy predicted ... US and EU blamed for trade impasse ...
Stem-cell funding called macabre ... Feast days changed ... Continued calls
for cessation of violence ... Altar servers "already are apostles" ... Swiss
shepherds gather ... Ordination "invalid ritual" ... Bishops discuss
translation ... Bishop: Catholics fleeing Iraq ... Damage interrupts
Catholic broadcast ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Papal Prayer,
Scripture, Feasts, The Doolans, Family Talk, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40
Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy
Lives, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

ADVERTISING FEATURES
Pilgrimages. Mahitahi Catholic Overseas Volunteers.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Orphanage abuse claim rejected
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3762930a12855,00.html
A woman who sued Catholic nuns for $550,000 claiming they were negligent in
caring for her and thus caused her physical and emotional abuse has lost her
case. In the High Court at Wellington, Justice Marion Frater has rejected
claims that the woman, whose name is suppressed, was sexually abused by a
priest while at St Joseph's Orphanage Upper Hutt. [This article is not
avaialable on the newspaper's free Website. It can be read at public
libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext' service for borrowers]

College opens new centre
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3762070a6554,00.html
An Ecuadorian national hero is remembered in a new $1.4 million building at
New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College. The school's Saint Miguel
Design and Technology Centre was officially opened yesterday, six years
after planning began.

Principal rings warning bell over proposed curriculum
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3760654a6497,00.htm/
l
A school principal is worried the government's proposed curriculum is going
to put pressure on schools. St Mark's Catholic School principal Catherine
Rivers says if the draft curriculum, released last week for consultation, is
adopted the government needs to provide more funds...

Girl's recovery key to a nun's canonisation
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10395410
5-year-old Sophie Delezio's mother, New Zealander Carolyn Martin, has met a
Catholic authority to discuss whether the girl's recovery can be deemed a
miracle in the eyes of the church.

Jurors 'need warning' on trials of fighting old sex claims
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3757555a6530,00.html
New Zealand juries should get clear warnings about the difficulties
defending historical sex allegations to ensure fair trials, says a new
review paper. New Zealand's justice system has faced scrutiny after an
Australian Federal Court overturned extradition orders on two Catholic
clergymen facing historical sex charges on the grounds that they would face
"unjust and oppressive" trials in New Zealand...

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'BEING FRANK'

New Zealand's national Catholic newspaper, NZ Catholic, has launched a blog
(an on-line journal) in conjunction with a group of seven "20-something Kiwi
Catholics." NZ Catholic managing editor Gavin Abraham says the site is
designed to initiate and foster constructive conversation with a Catholic
flavour. The blog has already attracted a number of "frank" posts including
one on the meaning of "dissent" in the church.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

New Zealand Catholic Web TV, presenting Catholic life in New Zealand through
videotaped interviews.

New this week: "They call me Mr Boddington"
Meet Aaron Boddington, Maria's husband who has started his own business ...
find out about the issues facing the young couple.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

This week:
The pope's Schülerkreis takes on 'Creation and Evolution'; Auxiliary bishop
consecrated for Baghdad; The incoming Vatican secretary of state; Cardinal
Willebrands: pioneer of ecumenism

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Sunday, August 6, 2006

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Artist, teacher and tramper championed her community, by Yvonne Airey
The Dominion Post, 3 Aug. 2006, Page 7.
[Obituary of Winifred Alice (Win) Malcolm who died in Upper Hutt, aged 96.
She was the second female student in New Zealand to graduate with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree, and the first female teacher at St Patrick's College,
Silverstream where she taught art to the future film-maker Vincent Ward.
This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be
read at public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext' service for
borrowers]

Aid agencies call for Kiwi help for Middle East
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3754735a6000,00.html
Aid agencies are calling on New Zealanders to help people fleeing violence
in the Middle East. Military action in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel is
killing hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, the Council for
International Development says. The council is the umbrella organisation
for 83 New Zealand aid agencies...

NZ appeals clergy extradition decision
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3752105a12855,00.html
03 August 2006
New Zealand authorities say an Australian federal court judge erred in
ruling against the extradition of two Catholic clergymen whom police accuse
of sexually abusing boys at a Christchurch school in the 1970s...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - Media Releases

Large gathering of Catholic bishops meeting in Fiji (04 Aug 2006)
Eighty two Catholic bishops from the vast Oceania region are meeting for a
week's Assembly in Fiji, beginning next Sunday. They are the cardinals,
archbishops and bishops of the Bishops' Conferences which form the
Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php

After a 1-year absence, New Zealand Catholic Web TV is back. Re-launched as
'Inspirational TV' by a team in Wellington, the Website presents Catholic
life in New Zealand through videotaped interviews. Every interview is
available in two forms: for a dialup connection and for broadband.

New this week:
Fr Allan reads the gospel for the Transfiguration of the Lord (illustrated),
then explains it in an informal conversation with Kim von Lantham.

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MARIST MESSENGER

From the August 2006 issue ...

Cracking the Code
Rosaleen Conway reflects on the effect of a controversial best-seller on her
family

Focus: The Teaching Moment
The Editor reflects on the effect of the Da Vinci Code controversy on the
Church

A New Zealand School of Discipleship
NZ Marist Father Neil Vaney writes from Canada about the School of
Discipleship soon to be opened in Auckland

Being in love
St. Therese once remarked, "I have no difficulty in remembering the Lord's
presence. When you are in love with a person he/she is never far from your
mind. I don't know if I have ever been three minutes without thinking of
God."

Also in the August Messenger ...

* Georges Collomb sm
* A Remembrance of Hiroshima
* Because Beset by Weakness: the Priesthood
* Benedict Speaks
* Current Feasts
* Current Saints
* Can You Bear It?
* A Minute of Two
* Children's Corner
* Crossword

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz

Social Justice Week Resources Available Now (02/08/2006)
'Environmental justice' is the theme for Social Justice Week in the Catholic
Church during 10-16 September this year....

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

This week:
Gambian theologian gives voice to the South; The pope's intervention for
Africa; Benedict continues appeal for peace; Reader reacts to 'dove' label;
Poland and the death penalty; A priest disappears; A note for Knights of
Columbus

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Accounts and Database Manager, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 30 - Aug. 12 p.22, and from: The Managing
Editor, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; e-mail:
editor@nzcatholic.org.nz

Sunday, July 30, 2006

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - Media Releases

Caritas calls for civilian protection in the Middle East (25 Jul 2006)
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has joined with its international partners in
calling for all parties in the current Middle East conflict to respect their
obligations under international law...

Using human embryos for Research (25 Jul 2006)
â€œAppealing exclusively to the future benefits that may come about as a
result of destructive research on human embryos obscures broader ethical
issues,â€� says John Kleinsman, a spokesperson for The Nathaniel Centre, the
New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre...

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

From Issue 245, July 30-August 12, 2006 ...

Catholics urged to "get involved" in debate on embryo research
Wellington â€" The Churchâ€™s national bioethics centre is urging Catholics to
â€œdo some researchâ€� and â€œget involvedâ€� in discussion over the use of
human
embryos for research...

Bishop: "Try to think big" for World Youth Day 2008
Auckland â€" Bishop Pat Dunn has issued a pastoral letter throwing his support
behind World Youth Day 2008...

Full contents' summary ...

NATIONAL
Abortion doctors get 54 per cent pay rise ... Caritas: Peace possible,
donations are needed ... Catholics urged to "get involved" in debate on
embryo research ... Broadcasting standards appeals rarely succeed ...
Environment plan approved ... Jubilarian's aims are still the same ... Fr
Ngapare is ordained in Hastings ... SI churches urged to lobby DHBs against
RU486 ... Paper to launch a "blog" - a frank and open forum about the faith
... October ordination for Christchurch coadjutor ... Full-time manager to
boost Hamilton foundation

FEATURES
A buzz for a tricolour bus ... French follow missionaries ... "Try to think
big" for World Youth Day 2008 ... Lyons link in NZ Church ... Church faces
multiple challenges in PNG ... Te Aroha legionary gives 60 years of service
... Volunteer reports on mobile clinic ... US nun to speak on spirituality
... Caritas supports West Papuans ... Create loving homes, Pope urges
parents ... Strong support given to marriage

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Faith, doubt and imagination ... Parish Diary: Meditation
at school ... Josephine Kamsvaag: Gospel study in Jerusalem an enriching
experience ... Editorial: Rocker puts Government in spotlight ... Malcolm
Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
400 moral theologians discuss concerns ... Christian leaders protest against
attacks in Gaza ... Irish denounce UK detention ... The Pope: Informed
Catholics "a voice for truth" ... Another fling by Archbishop Milingo ...
Warning on digital spending ... "Diesel priest" produces fuel from seeds of
wild plant ... Gay adoption rights worry UK bishops ... Pope uses holy grail
... Pope calls for ceasefire ... Globalisation puts seafarers' dignity under
stress ... Christian Palestinians find new home among Jews ... Clinic now a
chapel ... New Timor PM sees role for Church ... Stem-cell funding vetoed by
Bush ... In Brief

ADVERTISING FEATURE
Adoration

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Death of Nigel Cox
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0607/S00244.htm
Press Release: Victoria University Press
It is with great sadness that Victoria University Press wishes to advise
that Nigel Cox passed away early Friday morning 28 July 2006...

Novelist leaves his final book
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3747221a1860,00.html
The final work by acclaimed Wellington novelist Nigel Cox will be published
in November after he worked tirelessly to complete it before his death. Cox,
55, died of cancer yesterday morning, four days after his fifth book,
Responsibility, was runner-up in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards...

Integrated schools - compromising their character?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10393581
They exist in a half-world, straddling the divide between state and private
schools. Opponents drop dark hints about double-dipping or claim state
schools are somehow missing out. But the parents of thousands of students
attending the country's 326 integrated schools disagree...

CYF report shows 38 deaths in five years
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200607281010/2f86576e
A third report within 24 hours, on family violence in New Zealand, is to be
issued on Friday morning - with a government taskforce saying how it intends
to battle violence in the home. But some community workers say there are too
many reports being issued, and not enough action...

Child abuse: Churches demand action
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/797264
[Text article accompanies video report on the topic]
Church groups are calling for the government to give more resources to
community agencies to deal with child abuse. A report from the Council of
Christian Social Services says while the community has many of the answers,
dysfunctional government bureaucracy is not improving the situation...

Garth George: Churches marshal frontline troops for social services
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0004682F-FE8D-14C6-BDE283027A\
F1FE9F
Under the radar of all but a fragment of the media, a quiet revolution is
taking place in the vexed field of social welfare delivery in New Zealand.
Throughout the country, church-based social services are taking up the slack
and, often with money allocated by government, both local and national, are
providing thousands of man and woman-hours of frontline community service...

School rolls grow as new pupils flood into basin
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/lljgw
Queenstown: Wakatipu Basin school rolls continue to grow, with Arrowtown
School set to take in more than 100 new pupils this year...

Dedicated to helping others (photo)
http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/index.asp?articleid=7584
Three out of four New Zealanders are said to be living comfortably, with a
job, education and assets. The fourth may be on the social and economic
fringes of society, struggling with basics like food and shelter. Reporter
Linda Clarke finds a church-based group providing a hand-up where necessary
without judging...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

After a 1-year absence, New Zealand Catholic Web TV is back. Re-launched as
'Inspirational TV' by a team in Wellington, the Website presents Catholic
life in New Zealand through videotaped interviews, with new ones every week.
Every interview is available in two forms: for a dialup connection and for
broadband.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen

This week:
Church leaders on the Middle East Crisis: Wenski, Lajolo, Sodano, the pope,
and others; Christianity and Islam in Turkey and Australia; Embryonic stem
cell research in Europe; the popeâ€™s new Secretary of State; Invitation to
Colombia

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Archdiocese of Wellington, Financial Services. Accounts payable - part time
http://wn.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2006 p.15 and from Financial Services, Archdiocese
of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6011 ; e-mail:
s.sutton-cummings@wn.catholic.org.nz; tel (04) 496 1333 Applications close
31 July 2006

Sunday, July 23, 2006

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LEBANON

On July 20, the Holy See Press Office issued the following declaration on
the Lebanon crisis:

1. The Holy Father is following the fate of all the populations involved
with great concern, and has indicated next Sunday, July 23, as a special day
of prayer and penance, inviting pastors and faithful of all the particular
churches as well as all believers in the world to implore God for the
precious gift of peace.

2. In particular, the Supreme Pontiff hopes that prayer will be raised to
the Lord for an immediate cease-fire between the parties, that humanitarian
corridors will immediately be created to bring help to the suffering
populations, and that rational and responsible negotiations will begin for
bringing an end to the objective situations of injustice which exist in that
region, as already indicated by Pope Benedict XVI in his Angelus of last
Sunday, the 16th of this month.

3. In reality, the Lebanese have the right to see the integrity and
sovereignty of their country respected, the Israelis have the right to live
in peace in their state and the Palestinians have the right to have a free
and sovereign nation.

4. In this painful moment, His Holiness addresses an appeal to charitable
organizations to help all the populations struck by this bitter conflict.

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Old well springs to light in cathedral (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000931B1-8BDC-14C0-BB1A83027A\
F10107
Builders overhauling St Patrick's Cathedral have found a drinking well under
the church that is believed to have provided fresh water for nuns more than
100 years ago...

God's Recruits (TVNZ video report)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_story_skin/793710%3fformat=html
Giving up sex forever, and the chance of a shot at being a parent, is a big
call for the modern young man. The number of young men answering God's call
and joining the priesthood has been steadily diminishing over the years. But
look hard enough and you'll find potential recruits even in the spiritual
wasteland that is Auckland. Lisa Owen meets two young men making a sacrifice
for love...

St Theresa's to celebrate
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3738642a6568,00.html
What started as a one-room school cum church in 1931, in north Invercargill,
will celebrate its 75th birthday in November...

Warning on literal reading of Bible
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3738707a6160,00.html
More church groups have condemned a Christian brochure advocating smacking,
with one warning of the dangers of literal interpretation of the Bible...

Teacher's career spans 25 years at St Patrick's
http://www.stuff.co.nz/centralnorthisland/0,2106,3738101a6014,00.html
Twenty-five years is a long time to be teaching at the same school but
that's exactly what Margaret Leatuafi celebrated recently at St Patrick's
Catholic School [Taumaranui]...

$10,000 for school that went distance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,3737385a6017,00.html
Children at Wanaka's Holy Family School can now literally swing for joy
after winning $10,000 towards a new playground. Holy Family was one of 10
South Island schools to win $10,000 in last month's New World longest docket
competition and no longer faces an $11,000 bill for a playground...

Council stalwart loses cancer battle
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3735948a6579,00.html
Former Environment Waikato deputy chairman Barry O'Connor died at his Te
Pahu home yesterday, six months after learning he had bone-marrow cancer...

Fee-free Sundays â€" with a catch
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3736301a6002,00.html
Controversial Sunday carparking fees [in could be wiped -- but charges for
the rest of the week will have to rise. The move to Sunday parking charges
is one of the most unpopular decisions made by the council so far this term,
angering a wide sector of the community -- from churchgoers, to
nightclubbers, shoppers and business owners...

NZ's Colonial History Explored in Poetry (Press Release: Otago University
Press)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0607/S00157.htm
In May 1874 the emigrant ship Asia docked in Port Chalmers, Otago, carrying
391 exhausted but hopeful passengers. It had been a 78-day journey from
London via Cork, Ireland. Poet David Howard has drawn upon this journey for
the long title poem in his new collection, The Word Went Round. The poem
focuses on a Catholic tenant farmer aboard the ship, and his life as a new
arrival on these shores...

Radio NZ. 'Nine to Noon'. How climate change affects low-lying island
nations: an interview with Fr Michael McKenzie of Kiribati (audio)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/climate_change

Clergymen on pilgrimage (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3734499a6510,00.html
Two high-ranking French Catholic clergymen held Mass in the tiny Garin
Chapel of St Michael at Wakapuaka Cemetery on Saturday...

Cathedral alterations on drawing board (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3734452a6579,00.html
Hamilton's Catholic cathedral could be in line for a $3 million makeover.
Parishioners last night decided to ask Bishop Denis Browne and the Hamilton
Diocese to consider the changes and report back on a timeline and funding
options...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE

'The Good News and the News' - A broadsheet of good practice in integrated
schools
Issue 21, June 2006
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/good-news.html

Editorial, by Susan apathy, Deputy CEO, NZ Catholic Education Office

The Gathering 2006 â€" Marginalisation in the Community â€" a social justice
activity instigated by St Thomas of Canterbury College, by David Ivory, St
Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch

Literature for Life â€" a new programme teaching coping skills to our young
people through the English curriculum, by Lorraine McArthur and Sue
Devereux, Seasons for Growth

Project ACTIVate, a Ministry of Education Digital Opportunities Cluster, by
Paul Engles, Principal, St. Maryâ€™s Northcote, Auckland, Director, Project
ACTIVate

St Anneâ€™s School, Woolston Christchurch: â€œMaking a Difference for All
Studentsâ€�, by Peter Callanan, Principal

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MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

Contents summaries by our faithful correspondent.

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Champagnat News - Vol. 10 No.2 June 2006
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Champagnat%20News.htm
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St Marcellinâ€™s feast day was celebrated recently, It is now recognised as a
feast in its own right in New Zealand. It is hoped that the celebration of
the feast will help St Marcellin Champagnat, his personality and
spirituality to be the inspiration to continue to lead Marist students to be
good Christians and good citizens.

This issue includes a contribution from Kiribati. From the editorâ€™s
recollection, this is the first
contribution from the Pacific area of the Marist Brothersâ€™ Province of New
Zealand to the
Schoolsâ€™ Champagnat Newsletter. Brother Michael Potter, our correspondent,
spent many of
his teaching years in New Zealand at Hato Petera College in Auckland,
Panguru Area School in
Northland and Tolaga Bay Area School, north of Gisborne. More recently he
has taught in Samoa
and now in Kiribatiâ€"all a far cry from his home town of Bluff. The
objectives of the College, staffing and recent events are all discussed.

The next article discusses the culture of Marist Schools with their very
special charism. This charism was established in New Zealand as early as
1838. The detail in the Newsletter is worth reading and reflection. There
are reports from Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch; Holy Cross
School, Miramar; Campion College, Gisborne; St Marcellin School, Wanganui

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Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter - June 2006
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
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Brother Kevin Oâ€™Malley and Brother Douglas Dawick are the joint editors of
the latest newsletter. There are many interesting items among them being -

- The inclusion of Blessed Marcellin Champagnat in the New Zealand
Liturgical calendar for next
year.
- Recalling the first dedication at Fourviere, Lyons, France in July, 1816
and the signatures of the
first twelve to make this special commitment. Marcellin Champagnat signature
can be seen.
- There are several interesting items of Marist Brothersâ€™ successes,
appointments and jubilees.
- Building movements and relocations of offices and homes are described.

Almost at the end of the Newsletter is this beautiful blessing which Iâ€™m
sure motivates and
inspires those who pursue the Marist way of life:

A Marist Blessing
May the Marist spirit, the spirit of Mary, live in our hearts and in our
lives;
May the blessing of Maryâ€™s prayerful spirit be on us;
May the blessing of Maryâ€™s loving service be on us;
May the blessing of Maryâ€™s spirit of praise be on our lips and in our
hearts;
May the blessing of Maryâ€™s union with Jesus be ours;

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen