Apologetics
Disenchanted Irish Catholics
Irish pull away from scandal-hit Catholic Church Date November 18, 2012 What angers people most is the cover-up, writes Karen Kissane from Dublin.. Loss of trust … Marie Collins was abused by a priest in Ireland as a child. Photo: Crispin Rodwell MARIE Collins was 13 and in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children when she […]
Child Abuse: a World Wide Web of Organizations
The world wide web of abuse Date November 12, 2012 Chris Goddard Illustration: Jim Pavlidis. Across the globe, the organised crimes of serial child rapists have been met with disorganisation by careless institutions. THE stories from around the world are eerily similar. Children raped by perpetrators who are then sheltered by the organisations that gave […]
Racist Attitudes towards Black Americans
Americans still linking blacks to apes Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream U.S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes. In addition, the findings show that society is […]
Republicans and Women… and more about the US Presidential Election
Romney feels the scorn of women’s fury Date November 9, 2012 Emma Brockes The Republican paid dearly for his handling of female issues. IN THE long list of people who, in what might come to be seen as the most impressive achievement of his campaign, Mitt Romney managed to alienate, the biggest and most damaging […]
Pedophilia: the Royal Commission is Good News
Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s: Why the royal commission is good news for the Church Fatima Measham ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 12 NOV 2012 CATHOLICS MAY STILL SUPPORT THE PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS WHOM WE KNOW TO BE UNCOMMONLY DECENT HUMAN BEINGS, BUT ONLY WHEN WE CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BETRAYED US. The paedophilia […]
The Religious Right after the Election
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings  11/12/2012 The Religious Right after the Election — Martin E. Marty Through the years your Monday Sightings has never commented on presidential campaigns, and the contest held this year is no exception. Today, self-liberated from the practice of opting-out, we can survey […]
‘See How These Christians Love Each Other!’
Enduring All Things, Even Each Other by Martin B.  Copenhaver Not long ago I was invited to preach at a denominational conference whose purpose was to encourage “civil discourse†in the church. The brochure for the event described its aims: While our times call for passion and conviction, they also summon us to civility. . […]
Obama’s Re-Election (a Pox on Both their Houses!)
Missing greatness: What Obama’s re-election means George Weigel ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 9 NOV 2012 THERE’S A NATIONAL WILL TO DIMINISHMENT EVIDENT IN BOTH THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FAILED PRESIDENT WOULD BE REELECTED AND THE INABILITY OF THAT PRESIDENT’S OPPONENTS TO MAKE A COMPELLING CASE FOR CHANGE. The most inane insta-pundit commentary had it that the 2012 […]
Catholic Church Sex Abuse
Imported priests pose risk, church abuse inquiry told Date November 10, 2012 Barney Zwartz The inquiry heard from Jane Vanderstoel, executive officer of the Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault; Karen Hogan, manager of the Gatehouse Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital; and Patrick Tidmarsh, a Victoria Police forensic interview adviser. Photo: Pat Scala ”FLY-IN” priests […]
Remembrance Day 2012
From Alan Matheson: 11 am on the 11.11.2012 Remembrance Day. Always seems to me a good idea to steer clear of politicians, historians, RSL officials,columnists, & army chaplains on ANZAC & Remembrance Days………….stay with the poets. Wilfred Owen is always a good place to start. Dulce et Decorum Est By Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars […]
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