Keywords: Vatican Council
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 10 February 2011
Lay Catholic theologian Neil Ormerod's approach was strongly coloured in the early 1990s when he and his wife Thea became activists on behalf of survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 21 January 2010
8 Comments
Jesuit Fr Jean-Yves Calvez's 1957 work La pensée de Karl Marx was as much studied in Communist
cells as in Catholic circles. Fr Calvez systematically studied Catholic Social Teaching, and his impact on Catholic attitudes was enormous but diffuse.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 June 2008
9 Comments
Many Australians still believe US President Harry Truman made the right decision in authorising the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Philosopher Michael Walzer calls it an act of terrorism designed 'to spread fear across a nation and force the surrender of its government'.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 25 July 2007
24 Comments
Contrary to what Catholics would once have said, ecumenism does not seek the return of other churches to Rome. The priority for each church is to reflect seriously on what Christ demands of it and its members.
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