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Catholic Church: A cult that makes you ‘pray, pay, obey’

03 May 05:55am

Filed under: Catholic Church, Catholicism, Religion, Roman Catholic, Society

The Catholic Church is in the headlines after the Vatican effectively forced the Bishop of Toowoomba, William Morris, to resign. Bishop Morris earned the ire of the church because he wanted to discuss liberal reforms such as the ordination of women.

Pope Benedict XVI drives past a picture of late John Paul II at this week's beatification ceremony

Fellow ‘rebel priest’ Peter Kennedy, who was ousted from the church for his own ‘controversial’ views and subsequently formed St Mary’s-in-Exile in Brisbane, told us his story of clashing with the church.

“It was two years to the day on Sunday that we left St Mary’s and as a community we walked down to the Trades and Labor Council building. They took us in and we’ve been there for two years conducting our services.

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Karen Young says:

09:23pm | 21/05/11

I heard, that a recent Pope had to issue an instruction, that the C20th Jews, were not responsible for the death of Jesus, to the Flock. This kind of implies the faithful couldn’t count back and see this was done 2,ooo years ago and not in 1938 or anything like… Read more »
Karen Young says:

09:11pm | 21/05/11

I heard, the then Pope actually had to instruct the Flock, that the C20th Jews were not responsible for the death of Christ, after the Holocaust. Seriously, can people think for them selves so little, they can’t tell 2,000 years had passed? This is what bothers me about forms of… Read more »

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Punch on: Open thread 19/04/2011

by Lucy Kippist

19 Apr 05:00am

Filed under: Joseph Ratzinger, Open Thread, Religion, Roman Catholic

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (population 1.1 billion) on this day in 2005.

The new Pope had a pretty dismal turn out for his first day in Rome. Photo: AFP.

It’s Tuesday at The Punch. What’s on your mind? Share it here.

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Right now Sony only has two Android tablets on the market, the Tablet P and Tablet S, but they may be preparing follow-ups to the not so well selling slates. A recently leaked benchmark development from NenaMark mentions a indubitable Sony V150 tablet, that packs a quad core Tegra 3… Read more »
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03:07pm | 30/09/11

Hi I just needed to introduce myself. I love playing internet video games, xbox and other computer stuff. I’ve been going through this board for a bit just saying hello for the first time! So I’ll be lingering around here for a while just thought I would mention I am… Read more »

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