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Mother welcomes chance to become leader
KAY Goldsworthy was 16 when she rang Anglican Church authorities in Melbourne to find out how to join the ministry.
Jessica’s ‘gap’ year for her dad
OCCUPYING a ringside seat while her father slugs it out in an election contest that shows every sign of increasing in ferocity is Jessica Rudd’s idea of a good time.
Kevin’s son-in-law adds to Howard woe
JOHN Howard had enough work on his hands trying to retain Bennelong given his slender margin of just 4 per cent.
Catholics launch new anti-abuse push
THE Catholic Church is launching a sexual abuse campaign urging the faithful to be “aware” but not “overly suspicious”.
Howard’s net porn crusade
JOHN Howard is going to spend $189 million “cleaning up the internet” for Australian families.
Time for action, church told
CONCERNED senior Catholics have declared the church is in the grip of a serious leadership crisis and have petitioned Australia’s bishops to support reform measures, including the ordination of married men.
Pentecostals are the big winners in a world that’s hungry for ho
BRETT Macpherson came to Jesus the hard way, via a sad and violent family background, drugs and crime, stints in jail, time in rehab and an ultimate realisation that even a life lived clean and sober was not enough.
Jesuit priest raps cardinal’s critics
HITTING back at critics who oppose religious leaders’ right to speak out over ethical issues, a leading Catholic intellectual has defended interventions in debates such as the one over embryonic stem cell research.
Conscience before church, priest urges
DIVISIONS between Catholic Church heavyweights over the primacy of conscience emerged yesterday, as the NSW parliament continued to debate a bill on human stem cell research.
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