Keywords: Bishop Anthony Fisher
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Brennan
- 12 September 2007
8 Comments
I agree with the New South Wales bishops that persons with respect for human life should vote against stem cell legislation. However, I will continue to respect the conscience of those politicians who say that they have to legislate for all citizens including those who do not share their religious and philosophical presuppositions.
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RELIGION
John Ryan comments on Bishop Anthony Fisher's paper on conscience.
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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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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
As senators reflected on the role of religious thinking in discussion of embryonic cloning, Senator Kay Patterson responded testily to Bishop Anthony Fisher: "Dear me, I might be excommunicated!" This week, the Australian Catholic University brings together two Catholic medical scientists, and two Catholic ethicists, with opposing views.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 June 2006
2 Comments
As Australia's lawmakers consider the implications of the Lockhart review on embryonic stem cell research, the time has come for both church leaders and scientists to pay attention to the 'conscience of the nation'.
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