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The Diocese of Parramatta respects the will of the Australian people as expressed through the results of the same-sex marriage postal survey. It now seems likely that civil marriage will be open to people of the same-sex and we respect that outcome. The Catholic Church will continue to promote...
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Canon law professionals from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Kiribati, Guam, Australia and New Zealand participated in a special institute, for those who work in the Church’s tribunal ministry, at St Joseph’s Convent, Baulkham Hills from 15 May to 26 May 2017. The Institute of Tribunal Practice is a...
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By Most Rev Dr Peter A Comensoli The internationally renowned psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl experienced first hand the utter depravity of Auschwitz and Dachau. He knew the immense physical torment, psychological torture and spiritual desolation of those most inhuman of places. They were not called death camps...
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All members of religious groups deserve the right to not participate in ‘same-sex marriage’ ceremonies if they hold a traditional view of marriage, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) said in a submission released this week. The Australian Senate has established a select committee to examine draft exemptions for...
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By Ben Smith, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 On 1 October 2016, Pope Francis declared in a meeting with priests, religious, seminarians and pastoral workers in Georgia that, “Marriage is the most beautiful thing that God has created.” However, he went on to observe that, “Today there is a world...
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Posted on 29 July 2016 By Meg Griffin, Family & Life Office, Parramatta Many of us may be aware of the official doctrine of the Catholic Church, stated within her catechism, on the subject of homosexuality and ‘same-sex marriage’. But on this matter, many of us also struggle to...
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Posted on 19 May 2016 By Ben Smith, Director of the Family & Life Office in the Diocese of Parramatta Last month, the Diocese of Parramatta played host to a speaking tour by James Parker entitled, ‘From Gay-Activist to Husband and Father: A tour through the confusing world...
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Posted on 16 May 2016 Source: ACBC Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for the voices of the thrown-away people to be heard in the long Federal Election campaign. Today the bishops issued a statement on the 2016 Federal Election, addressed to Catholics and all people of goodwill. “During the...
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To clearly reaffirm not “the ideal” of the family, but its rich and complex reality, in order to reflect on love in the family together with the women and men of our time. With this purpose in mind, on 19 March 2016, the Solemnity of St Joseph, Pope Francis...
The Diocese of Parramatta respects the will of the Australian people as expressed through the results of the same-sex marriage postal survey. It now seems likely that civil marriage will be open to people of the same-sex and we respect that outcome. The Catholic Church will continue to promote...
Canon law professionals from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Kiribati, Guam, Australia and New Zealand participated in a special institute, for those who work in the Church’s tribunal ministry, at St Joseph’s Convent, Baulkham Hills from 15 May to 26 May 2017. The Institute of Tribunal Practice is a...
By Most Rev Dr Peter A Comensoli The internationally renowned psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl experienced first hand the utter depravity of Auschwitz and Dachau. He knew the immense physical torment, psychological torture and spiritual desolation of those most inhuman of places. They were not called death camps...
All members of religious groups deserve the right to not participate in ‘same-sex marriage’ ceremonies if they hold a traditional view of marriage, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) said in a submission released this week. The Australian Senate has established a select committee to examine draft exemptions for...
By Ben Smith, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 On 1 October 2016, Pope Francis declared in a meeting with priests, religious, seminarians and pastoral workers in Georgia that, “Marriage is the most beautiful thing that God has created.” However, he went on to observe that, “Today there is a world...
Posted on 29 July 2016 By Meg Griffin, Family & Life Office, Parramatta Many of us may be aware of the official doctrine of the Catholic Church, stated within her catechism, on the subject of homosexuality and ‘same-sex marriage’. But on this matter, many of us also struggle to...
Posted on 19 May 2016 By Ben Smith, Director of the Family & Life Office in the Diocese of Parramatta Last month, the Diocese of Parramatta played host to a speaking tour by James Parker entitled, ‘From Gay-Activist to Husband and Father: A tour through the confusing world...
Posted on 16 May 2016 Source: ACBC Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for the voices of the thrown-away people to be heard in the long Federal Election campaign. Today the bishops issued a statement on the 2016 Federal Election, addressed to Catholics and all people of goodwill. “During the...
To clearly reaffirm not “the ideal” of the family, but its rich and complex reality, in order to reflect on love in the family together with the women and men of our time. With this purpose in mind, on 19 March 2016, the Solemnity of St Joseph, Pope Francis...