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Celebrating Christmas in Victoria School

On the 5th December 2005 the Education Age reported the growing trend in Victorian school to celebrate Christmas with a non religious emphasis or authorising church services only for students attending Christian Religious Education classes. The shift away from celebrating Christmas as a religious occasion to mark the birth of Jesus Christ goes deeper than secularism. Rather the main reason is attributed to the changing face of Australia due to its embrace of multiculturalism..

  • Catholic Church Reiterate Strong Opposition to Capital Punishment

    On the 5th December 2005 CathNews reported Cardinal George Pell of Sydney say that ‘sensitivity’ is require to convince governments from South East Asia to repeal capital punishment which will be ‘an uphill battle’. This sentiment is also shared by the Prime Minister who was ‘pessimistic about the ability of Australia to convince its neighbours to end the death penalty.” The push to end capital punishment was reopened after the death of Australian drug smuggle

  • Funeral Arrangement For Van

    On the 4th December 2005 the Sunday Age reported Nguyen Tuong Van funeral is going to be held at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 11am Wednesday where the primary focus is on his life and not on the political issues. This request came from his mother Kim Nguyen who told Father Peter Hansen: “Van should be honoured and he is the centre of it. This is not going to be a political rally; it will be an occasion for prayer for Van and a remembrance of his life. This is what both he and I want.

  • Christmas Making A Revival in CBD

    On the 2nd December 2005 the CathNews has reported that Sydney Cardinal George Pell will bless a large Cathedral nativity scene in the forecourt of St Mary’s Cathedral following a 10:30am Mass this Sunday after voicing: “Concern about the incremental removal of Christ from the city and from the central message of Christmas.” The Archdiocese wants to reinforce the central message of Christmas which is ‘God’s gift of His Son to us all.’

  • Proposes Changes to NSW Anti-Discrimination Act Describe as ‘Draconian’

    On the 1st December 2005 the Sydneyanglicans.net has reported Lee Rhiannon from the Green is proposing an amendment to remove the exemption ‘allowing religious organisation to be bias in selecting an employment candidate’ found in the Anti- Discrimination Act. The amendment has been label by Sydney Anglicans leaders as ‘a significant threat to freedom of religion in NSW’ with Dr Philip Selden from the Registrar of Sydney Diocese saying: “It threatens the freedom of

  • Nguyen Found God In A Place Ravage By Fear

    On the 2nd December 2005 the Sydneyanglicans.net has reported that Reverend Mee Ping Lu a rector of St Paul’s Kogarah and a native from Singapore is encourage by media reports that Van Nguyen has made a ‘heart-felt commitment to God before his death.’

  • Final Day for Nguyen

    On the 2nd December 2005 the execution of Van Tuong Nguyen has brought a halt to most Australians at 9am who remind silent for one minute contemplating the death of Mr. Nguyen. As sympathy for Nguyen sweeps across the nation most people attended church services, prays and vigils to mark this occasion.

  • Irwin’s Remarks ‘Inaccurate’

    On the 30th November 2005 the Australians reported Christian leaders have dismissed Julia Irwin’s a Federal NSW Labour parliamentarian remark that the ‘Bible was more bloodthirsty than the Koran’ after the negative public reaction targeted at her Muslims constituted caused by the debate about the anti-terrorist legislations . A Catholic covert Ms Irwin said: “If I was to take those verses as written, I could easily associate any Christian fundamentalist with a dangerous a

  • Dangers of RU-486 (Mifepristone)

    On the 4th December 2005 the CatholicWeekly has reported the Life Offices from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth had release a joint fact sheet and sent it through emails warning the government of the ‘dangers associated with the abortion drug RU486.’ The fact sheet come as the Australian Catholic Bishops release a statement urging the government to continue the ban on RU486 which was imposed after a deal was agree to by Senator Brian Harradine.

  • Pray for Van Nguyen

    On the 1st December as the days of Van Nguyen execution approaches Christians from all across the country are praying for him. The Age has reported that Melbourne’s St Ignatius Catholic Church where Van Nguyen went to primary school with his twin brother Khoa has continued in their prayer.

  • Support For A Minute Silence for Nguyen

    On the 28th November 2005 the Australian is reporting that as the countdown to the execution of Van Tuong Nguyen is getting closer support is growing for a minute silence for the convicted drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen on the 2nd December 2005, this Friday. Mr. Nguyen is schedule to be executed at 6am Singapore time which in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania is 9am.

  • Chaplains to be Renamed as 'Christian Volunteers'

    The South Australian Opposition has decried the announcement by the Liberals in Parliament that state school chaplains will no longer be able to call themselves chaplains.