Archive for July, 2012
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Jul 30, 2012
No CommentsAnnouncement of an Australian Catholic Youth Festival Date
In December 2013 the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will host the first Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The Festival will be held in the Archdiocese of Melbourne from Thursday December 5th to Saturday December 7th and gather up to 4000 young Catholics from year 9 students to those 25 years of age. The Festival will be...
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Jul 03, 2012
No CommentsStatement from Catholic Church regarding Four Corners’ “Unholy Silence” Media Release 3 July, 2012
All Catholics feel shame at the sexual abuse of children by clergy and others. The loss of childhood innocence and the broken lives that flow from this evil have evoked broad community revulsion and a determination that such criminal abuse of the young has to be stopped. Since the advent of Towards Healing in December...