Religion News Selection 9 (Feb 26 - Mar 5)
(04 March 17)by Greg Spearritt
Religion News Selection
February 26 – March 5, 2017
A
selection of religion news stories from Australia.
(Research: Greg Spearritt)
Inclusion here does not endorse the veracity or quality of any particular item
– it just means
I found it worth reading and reflecting on (even if badly conceived or poorly
written).
If you\’re after the
unexpurgated (and reasonably unbiased) version,
see Religion News Australia which
appears weekly on our website.
ABUSE
Catholic Archbishop promises a listening
tour with victims of sexual abuse (Canberra
Times)
Mar 1 - The Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn has promised a
"listening tour" to meet victims of child sexual abuse and their
families as part of a healing mission in the lead-up to Easter.
Bravehearts founder calls for Catholic
Archbishop to resign over relocation of priest (ABC
News)
Mar 2 - The founder of a group that advocates for and supports victims of
sexual assault has called for Catholic Archbishop Christopher Prowse to resign
over the relocation of a priest accused of inappropriate behaviour towards
children.
Catholic Church blocks victims\’ path to further compensation (ABC
News)
Mar 3 - The Catholic Church’s Melbourne Archdiocese has rejected an
independent review’s recommendation to extend compensation for child sex abuse
victims to their families or carers.
ANGLICAN CHURCH
Beaconsfield Anglican church welcomes
Muslim community, offers land for mosque (ABC
News)
Mar 1 - An Anglican church in Perth’s south, which has been opening its doors
to local Muslim worshippers once a week, has offered to sell part of its land
for a mosque to be built next door.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Remains of Tasmania\’s first Catholic Bishop Robert Willson arrive from UK (ABC
News)
Mar 1 - Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop has returned to the island state,
more than 150 years after his death.
INTERNATIONAL STORIES
Abuse
Clerical abuse victim leaves Vatican
commission, accuses it of \’silence and secrecy\’ (ABC
News)
Mar 2 - A prominent survivor of clerical sexual abuse has accused authorities
within the Vatican of hiding behind a culture of silence and secrecy to avoid
dealing with the issue.
Anglican Church
Opponent of female priests urged to decline
bishop of Sheffield post (The
Guardian, Australia)
Feb 24 - A senior Church of England theologian has called on the newly
appointed bishop of Sheffield to stand aside ahead of his consecration, saying
his opposition to female priests will “cause significant pastoral and public
damage to the church”.
Catholic Church
Civil war in the Vatican as conservatives
battle Francis for the soul of Catholicism (The Guardian, Australia)
Mar 5 – (Opinion: Catherine Pepinster) When Pope Francis was elected nearly
four years ago, on 13 March 2013, he was escorted – like every pope before him
– from the Sistine Chapel to the Room of Tears.
Islam
\’I spent the night at my Muslim friends\’\’: Christians flee
Islamic State in Sinai (Sydney Morning Herald)
Feb 27 - Ismailia, Egypt: Some fled with little more than the clothes they were
wearing, terrified that the militants of Islamic State would come for them
next.
Tariq Ramadan: \’Muslims need to reform
their minds\’ (The Guardian, Australia)
Mar 1 - Tariq Ramadan knows all about travel bans.
Judaism
US Jewish centres report another wave of
hoax bomb threats: NBC (Brisbane
Times)
Feb 28 - New York: At least 16 Jewish community centres and schools around the
United States reported receiving bomb threats on Monday, NBC News reported, the
fifth wave of such threats this year that have stoked fears of a resurgence of
anti-Semitism.
Also:
President Donald Trump suggests
anti-Semitic threats coming from Jews (news.com.au)
Mar 1 - PRESIDENT Donald Trump has suggested a series of bomb threats against
Jewish community centres across the United States could be coming from within
the Jewish community itself.
ISLAM
Australians aren\’t as Islamophobic as
we\’re led to believe (ABC
News)
Feb 27 – (Opinion: Riaz Hassan ) Over the last few months, several reports have
indicated a significant number of Australians hold anti-Muslim attitudes.
Halal certification defamation case against
Kirralie Smith settled out of court (Sydney Morning Herald)
Feb 28 - A Supreme Court defamation case brought by halal certifier Mohamed
El-Mouelhy against the far-right Q Society has been settled out of court, with
the organisation, its board members and politician Kirralie Smith making an
apology.
SBS\’s Is Australia Racist?
exposes a shocking insight into everyday bigotry (Brisbane Times)
Feb 28 - "Where’s your f---ing face? What are you hiding from? F---ing
Allah?" These questions were among the abuse caught on shocking
hidden-camera footage of a random hate-filled attack on a young Muslim woman by
herself in a shopping centre.
POLITICS
Donald Trump\’s America shows why
Australians are turning to Pauline Hanson (ABC
News)
Mar 3 – (Opinion: Stan Grant) There are things people say sometimes that really
pull me up short and it happened again this week.
Pauline Hanson blasts Muslims, praises
Putin, questions vaccines in ABC interview (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mar 5 - Muslims want to impose Sharia law because they "hate Western
society," Australia needs a "strong" leader like Vladimir Putin
and the government must stop "blackmailing" parents into vaccinating
their children, Pauline Hanson has told the ABC.
RELIGION & SOCIETY
Catholicism has done more harm to Australia
than Islam. Where\’s the outrage? (The Guardian, Australia)
Feb 28 – (Opinion: Kristina Keneally) Every Muslim who speaks out is expected
to own, explain and condemn any act carried out by Muslims worldwide. The same
doesn’t apply to Catholics
Lent sacrifices still relevant as Christian
tradition spans generations (ABC
News)
Mar 1 - "What are you giving up for Lent?" is a phrase commonly used
at this time of year.
Is the church\’s culture of shame
increasing abortions? (ABC News)
Mar 5 – (Opinion: Michael Paget) I have been the senior minister at St Barnabas
Broadway, in Sydney’s inner city, for six years.
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