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Anzac, archives and the bullshit detector
May 6, 2015
DAMIEN BURKE :: Six Jesuits, five of them Irish-born, served with the Anzac forces at Gallipoli. There are good reasons to commemorate this ill-fated event. Jingoism, however, is not one...
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REVIEW: The Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 6, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This recent release is an entertaining, worthy successor to the Marvel Avenger movies that have preceded it
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Following your nose
April 17, 2015
PAULA NOLAN :: In the past the world was full of 'people smells', but many of them were replaced by the scents of the cosmetic/pharmaceutical industry. All the old smells...
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Why aren’t we afraid of nuclear war?
April 2, 2015
TOM CASEY SJ :: As foreign ministers from major world powers hammer out a deal with Iran at a nuclear negotiating table in Lausanne, the troubling question of the annihilation...
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Review: Cinderella
April 2, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This version of Cinderella is one of great charm, a pleasure to watch, entertaining and often funny, with some...
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Don’t shoot the messenger
March 20, 2015
PAULA NOLAN :: It may be true that the 'Out-of-control' drink awareness campaign is a marketing ploy of the drink industry giant, Diageo, but, according to Paula Nolan, that doesn't...
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Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
March 20, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This sequel to the very successful 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2011) is just as charming as the original. It...
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Divine mercy two years on
March 13, 2015
TOM CASEY SJ :: As we mark the 2nd anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, Tom Casey argues that theologians could learn a lot from the Pope's message of...
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Two years of Pope Francis
March 11, 2015
MICHAEL PAUL GALLAGHER SJ :: After two years of his pontificate, it is easy to identify how Pope Francis is different from recent popes. He clearly offers a somewhat different...
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The trouble with ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
February 25, 2015
RICHARD LEONARD SJ :: Richard Leonard thinks that '50 Shades of Grey' is somewhat tragic. In interview with Pat Kenny on Newstalk he asks if this is the way we...
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