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Catholic Church branded out out touch
July 14, 2008
A POLL by social networking giant MySpace brands the Catholic Church "out of touch" with young people, just ahead of its World Youth Day event in Sydney.
89 per cent overall rejected the Catholic Church's teaching that they should remain virgins until they married.
Further poll findings include 61 per cent saying contraception, not abstinence, was their preferred way to prevent the spread of sexual disease and reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy.
Pope to apologise for abuse by priests in Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Sydney on Sunday for one of the largest Christian gatherings on Earth, starting a visit set to be marked by his apology for sexual abuse by priests in Australia.
Pell accused of sex abuse cover-up
July 8, 2008
DAYS before the Pope arrives in Sydney, church documents reveal Australia's highest-ranking Catholic, George Pell, concealed details of a priest's history of sexual abuse from a victim seeking justice.
Planned apology by Pope attacked
July 14, 2008
THE Pope's planned apology for sex abuse committed by clergy has failed to placate victims who say nothing less than a face to face meeting will satisfy them. The pontiff should also forcefully tell his Australian bishops to stop blocking victims' access to civil courts and using the statute of limitations as a get-out clause, victims' group Broken Rites said.
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