Past Programs
Gay, Lesbian and Transgender - 2008
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First gay commitment ceremony in an Australian synagogue
17/09/2008
A small but significant milestone for Australia's Jewish community
Critical Terrorism Studies; first Australian gay Jewish commitment; Coptic New year
17/09/2008
Dr Mervyn Bendle of James Cook University in Townsville was one of the first people to warn of the dangers associated with Saudi Arabian funding coming into Australian universities. Last week he was the guest speaker at the annual Quadrant magazine dinner, and he focussed on the rise of a new academic field - Critical Terrorism Studies - which treats terrorism as a construcrt of the Western imagination, or else as a rational and justifiable response to Western evil.
WYD 2008 excludes young gay and lesbian Catholics.
09/07/2008
MAGiS (Ignatian) group over-ruled on their inclusiveness policy, and told they may not sponsor the Catholic Acceptance group and the PFLAG group
A preview of World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
With just a few days to go before World Youth Day in Sydney, we ask whether the visiting pilgrims from around the world are going to be presented with a real church or a fantasy church. On the one hand there is a strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and and on the other hand a failure to engage with modern problems.
The relics of saints at World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
The strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and an attempt to revive a range of traditional Catholic pious practices including the veneration of saintly relics, individual confession, the Latin Mass, eucharistic adoration and the stations of the cross.
Eucharistic Adoration at World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
Another aspect of the revival of a range of traditional Catholic pious practices.
World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
With just a few days to go before World Youth Day in Sydney, we ask whether the visiting pilgrims from around the world are going to be presented with a real church or a fantasy church. On the one hand there is a strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and an attempt to revive a range of traditional Catholic pious practices including the veneration of saintly relics, individual confession, the Latin Mass, eucharistic adoration and the stations of the cross. On the other hand there is a failure to confront modern problems. We look at the attempt to exclude young gay Catholics, the never-ending saga of sexual abuse, and the reality of a diminishing Australian church now facing an acute priest shortage.
100 Reverends apologise to gays and lesbians for the church's lack of welcome
20/02/2008
Baptist pastor Mike Hercock is married with a wife and two kids. His church is a wine-bar in inner-Sydney Surry Hills. And he's marching in this year's gay and lesbian Mardi-Gras Parade- one of 40 Christian ministers apologising for the church's past and present treatment of gay people, and running a real risk of retaliation for doing so.
The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem speaks out
20/02/2008
Bishop Suheil Dawani of Jerusalem speaks out on the Anglican Lambeth meeting
The Bishop of Jerusalem speaks; Catholic Church and the Jews; 100 Reverends apologise to gays and lesbians for the church's lack of welcome
20/02/2008
Baptist pastor Mike Hercock is married with a wife and two kids. His church is a wine-bar in inner-Sydney Surry Hills. And he's marching in this year's gay and lesbian Mardi-Gras Parade- one of 40 Christian ministers apologising for the church's past and present treatment of gay people, and running a real risk of retaliation for doing so. Also, Pope Benedict re-introduced the old Latin Missal - complete with the Good Friday prayer for the conversion of the Jews that was bound to cause offence. Now the prayer has been re-written; but so - it seems - has the Catholic Church's theology on the Jews.
