Opinions index
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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)
Tips to build up our vocations culture
I WAS heartened to read a story by US Priest, Fr David Toups entitled Ten Things That Promote Vocations writing during National Vocation Awareness Week. (14/02/2010)
Leaving a legacy will help the cause
CORRESPONDENT Frank Heenan ('Please consider a bequest', (CL 24/1) deserves a round of applause for encouraging people to make a bequest to charity, from their estate. (07/02/2010)
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