Keywords: Father Peter Kennedy
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 13 April 2009
4 Comments
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book is an invitation to put fear behind us. Given the treatment it has received by people who should have known better, it has become an icon; a call to conversation without fear.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 01 April 2009
44 Comments
One of the strongest accusations you can make against Christians is
that they deny the divinity of Christ. This accusation was made, far
too hastily, against Fr Peter Kennedy, on the basis of his appeareance on the ABC's Q&A.
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RELIGION
- Neil Ormerod
- 25 March 2009
44 Comments
The parish acts as a beacon in social justice and inclusion. It is hard to see why they can't do this without breaking the Church's rules. Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement managed to marry social activism with a conservative religious life.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective
benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still
key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2009
3 Comments
Professor Martha Nussbaum's recent book Liberty of Conscience provides a rich textured treatment of the place of religion in the public square. If God is taken out of the picture,
it may be difficult to maintain a human rights commitment to the
weakest and most despised in society.
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INFORMATION
- Justin Coleman
- 20 February 2009
18 Comments
The Archbishop has relied upon the evidence of those whom you
rightly alluded to as 'spies'. The parish
reply was not 'We will defy you' but 'Your information is flawed.
Please come and see for yourself.' Do club members have to accept every idea of every coach who is thrust upon them?
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 February 2009
41 Comments
At a time of falling and ageing church congregations, St Mary's is one
of Australia's most vibrant and deeply engaged Catholic parishes. It is a haven for many who do
not feel welcome in other Catholic congregations. Sadly it is positioning itself outside of communion with the Catholic Church.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2007
5 Comments
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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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser
- 07 July 2006
Welcome to our Summer issue. As we prepared this holiday edition it was raining in Victoria.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jennifer Moran
- 20 April 2006
The best of 2005 - Jennifer Moran on three annual anthologies of Australian writing.
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