Australia's Post-WYD Religious Resurgence
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:10 AM
We’ve written about this both during and after Sydney’s World Youth Day, but Sunday’s Daily Telegraph reports that Sydney’s seminaries have three times as many seminarians as there were in 2000.
For the first time in 10 years, 60 men are currently studying for the priesthood. Eighty percent of the men are under the age of 30. The youngest is 19. The majority are in their early or mid-20s.
Some... READ MORE
Filed under australia, priestly formation, priests, sydney, vocations, world youth day
That Old Rugged Cross
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:13 AM
World Youth Day Cross at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
During Pope Benedict XVI’s general audience today, he recalled the 25th anniversary of the consignment of the World Youth Day cross by Pope John Paul II to the young people of the world.
It was during the Holy Year of Redemption (1983-1984) that Pope John Paul II ordered a simple wooden cross to be erected near the altar in St. Peter’s Basilica. At the close of the Holy Year, he consigned that... READ MORE
Filed under australia, pope benedict xvi, world youth day
Anti-Porn Filters Work
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 17, 2008 12:04 PM
(CNS)
Opponents of government-mandated Internet content filters to restrict access to pornography often argue that they don’t work.
Don’t tell that to Australia’s porn industry.
Representatives of the country’s commercial smut industry are trying to organize a new “Australian Sex Party.” And this AFP article reports that while the political initiative is supposedly “a political response to... READ MORE
Filed under australia, internet filters, pornography
Australia’s Conscience Battle
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:06 AM
Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne, Australia, has warned Catholic hospitals might be forced to shut their maternity and emergency wards.
The reason: A bill now being debated in the state legislature that would force hospitals to perform abortions or refer patients who request them to other institutions that will.
Archbishop Hart said yesterday, “In the worst-case scenario, if a government is... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, australia, conscience
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