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• Fertility Education a “must do” for women - NFPP - 20 Aug 2008
  Fertility education should be right up there with pap smears and breast scans as one of the “must dos” for good sexual and reproductive healthcare, Cheryl Curnow of the Natural Family Planning Program said today.



• First ever Australian Catholic Media Census - be a part of it! - 15 Aug 2008
  Many of us are aware of the important role played by Diocesan publications, or the publications produced by various religious orders. But do we have a real idea of what other Catholic groups or organisations are doing in the media field, whether it be print, television, radio or the web?



• Survey of World Youth Day pilgrims finds out who went and why - 14 Aug 2008
  ‘Pilgrims’ Progress 2008’ is a research project being conducted at Australian Catholic University, with the support of World Youth Day Administration, focussing on the pilgrims who attendedWorld Youth Day in Sydney in July. The project is studying the experiences of pilgrims before,during and after World Youth Day, partly to provide feedback to those who organised the event,and also to build an understanding of the spirituality of the pilgrims, as a foundation on which improved ministry to them and to other Catholic young people can be constructed.



• Monsignor Jude Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature, appointed Nuncio to Chad and Central African Republic - 3 Aug 2008
  Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson, today warmly congratulated Monsignor Jude Thaddeus Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra, on his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Chad and the Central African Republic.



• Church’s Professional Standards Committee meeting welcomes Papal apology to victims of abuse - 31 Jul 2008
  The Catholic Church’s National Committee for Professional Standards today welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s recent apology to victims of abuse by Church personnel as an important step in the ongoing process of healing the deep wounds inflicted by such abuse.



• Catholic Bishop welcomes reforms to immigration detention policy - 29 Jul 2008
  The Federal Government’s announcement today of a new policy to restrict the use of mandatory detention for asylum seekers was a welcome move to a more humane system of testing protection claims, the Catholic Church said today.



• Church leaders committed to providing psychological treatment services - 25 Jul 2008
  Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson today confirmed that the Bishops and Religious Leaders remain firmly committed to providing appropriate clinical services to priests, religious and Church personnel in need of psychological treatment.



• World Youth Day week in Photos - 23 Jul 2008
  A photographic collage of World Youth Day in Sydney. Photos by Alphonsus Fok and David Tang.



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address of farewell and thankyou to volunteers - 21 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's address to volunteers and organisers of World Youth Day



• Pope Benedict XVI - Farewell Address at Sydney Airport - 21 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's farewell address at Sydney Airport



• Press Release of the Holy See Press Office at the end of the proposed meeting with the Holy Father of a representative group of persons who have been abused by members of the clergy - 21 Jul 2008
  As an expression of his ongoing pastoral concern for those who have been abused by members of the clergy, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today celebrated Mass with a representative group of victims.



• Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko - address at conclusion of World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
  Text of Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko's address at the conclusion of the World Youth Day Mass



• Pope Benedict XVI - Angelus Dominus and announcement of Madrid for WYD 2011 - 20 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's words spoken before the Angelus and his announcement of Madrid as the next host city of World Youth Day in 2011.



• Pope Benedict XVI - Homily at World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's homily at World Youth Day Mass - Southern Cross Precinct - Sunday July20



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Evening Vigil - 20 Jul 2008
  Address of Pope Benedict XVI at Vigil Gathering - Southern Cross Precinct - July 19



• Cardinal George Pell - Address to the Holy Father at World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
  Text of Cardinal George Pell's address to the Holy Father at the World Youth Day Mass



• Pope Benedict XVI - Homily at Mass with clergy and religious - 19 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's Homily at a Mass with clergy, religious and laypeople, with the dedication of the altar, at St Mary's Cathedral



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address at meeting with disadvantaged youth - 19 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's speech at meeting with disadvantaged youth - University of Notre Dame - July 18.



• ACBC President, Archbishop Philip Wilson - comments to the Holy Father at luncheon with Australian Bishops - 19 Jul 2008
  Text of Archbishop Philip Wilson's comments to the Holy Father at luncheon with the Australian Bishops, St Mary's Cathedral House.



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Ecumenical Meeting - Thursday Juy 18 - 18 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's Address to an Ecumenical Meeting



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address to Interfaith Meeting - 18 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's address to Interfaith Meeting



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address for arrival at Barangaroo - Thursday July 17 - 17 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's address to WYD pilgrims at Barangaroo



• Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - Welcome to the Holy Father at Barangaroo - 17 Jul 2008
  Holy Father, It is my very great honour to welcome you to Australia on behalf of all who are gathered here in your presence and the many others with us through the media and in spirit. I greet you in the love and peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ.



• Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Admiralty House - July 17, 2008 - 17 Jul 2008
  Text of Pope Benedict's address at the official welcome ceremony, Admiralty House, Sydney



• Bishops of the world on WYD pilgrimage with their young people - 16 Jul 2008
  Four hundred Bishops from around the world have come as pilgrims to Sydney’s World Youth Day, accompanying the young people from their Dioceses.



• ACBC President urges all to get involved in WYD – wherever you are - 15 Jul 2008
  The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson today welcomed the official opening of World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney and urged Catholics across Australia to become involved in the events in whatever way they could.



• Cardinal George Pell - Homily for WYD Opening Mass - Barangaroo - Tuesday July 15, 2008 - 15 Jul 2008
  Text of Cardinal George Pell's homily at the WYD Opening Mass



• Rewired offers parishes, schools, youth ministries a program to help keep the Spirit of WYD alive - 10 Jul 2008
  The excitement of World Youth Day is building and parishes, schools, movements and youth ministry teams are being invited to tap into that excitement in a lasting way with a new program aimed at connecting young people more deeply with Jesus Christ and their parish community.



• Chief Executive Officer appointed for National Catholic Education Commission - 1 Jul 2008
  Bishop Gerard Holohan, Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education, announced today the appointment of Dr William Robert Griffiths to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the National Catholic Education Commission.



• Catholic parishes urged to “Celebrate the Living Spirit” for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday - 27 Jun 2008
  Catholic parishes across Australia will be invited to take up the theme “Celebrate the Living Spirit” in celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Sunday on Sunday, July 6.