Opinions index
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Compassion above politics
WHILE some still seek to drag asylum seekers into the centre of a political game, the Church is right where it should be - standing on the side of the outcast. (21/03/2010)
Pioneering lady was an inspiration
LEARNING of Rosemary Goldie's death and reading of her achievements as such an outstanding woman in the life and organisation of the growth of the lay apostolate in the Church, I recall my impressions of her as a 'Grail Lady' when I belonged to the Grail movement in my youthful days of the 1940s. (21/03/2010)
Community spirit shines
LAST edition we had a major focus on the plight of the people in Chile devastated by the recent earthquake there. (14/03/2010)
Where will the call be heard?
RE this urgent situation regarding vocations that comes to us again and those "Ten Things That Promote Vocations" (Patti Smith, Opinion, CL 14/2/10). (14/03/2010)
Wary of aim to take God from 'equation'
IN response to Gavan Duffy's questioning a Catholic Labor vote (CL 21/2/10), coming from Labor stock, I gave up voting Labor in state and federal elections when they succumbed to the pseudo socialist element and put abortion as part of their platform. (07/03/2010)
Agents of compassion
LENT is a time when we are more conscious of the work of Caritas Australia, through the focus on the agency's annual Project Compassion appeal. (07/03/2010)
Our Lady has message for us
I LOVED seeing the beautiful coloured middle page (CL 17/1/10) of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, with the silhouette of St James' Church behind, in Medjugorje. (28/02/2010)
Grace to deal with tragedy
THE tragedy of having one boy dead and another behind bars after a schoolyard incident is one that no school is prepared to face. (28/02/2010)
Tony Blair saw Catholic ban as 'ridiculous'
LONDON (Zenit.org): Tony Blair over-turned British government policy to ban Catholics from representing the nation to the Holy See because he considered the ban "the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard". (28/02/2010)
More 'obnoxious' Labor legislation
THE Catholic Leader has recently carried some excellent stories on the recently passed Surrogacy bill introduced by the Queensland Labor government. (21/02/2010)
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