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Three interesting articles have caught my attention in the various news
report emails I've received today. I don't have much to say myself today
other than to draw attention to what is discussed in these articles.
Guardian Unlimited:
Protect God's creation: Vatican issues new green
message for world's Catholics
You can find it at: www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2066711,00.html
OnLine Opinion:
Simon Mundy writes: "This article is
an unashamed, though I hope not shameless, precis of an article by Thomas
Friedman in New York Times magazine of April 15, 2007. The two main points
of the article are Friedman’s major current themes, which I rarely
see treated fully in the Australian press. Simply put, they are, first,
that our most powerful single means of simultaneously addressing the two
issues of minimising CO2 emissions and reducing the resources available
to fundamentalist Islamic organisations is to radically reduce our dependence
on petroleum and, second, that the West’s great societal advantage
in the coming half century is its depth of experience in adapting and
developing technological answers to problems of living."
You can find it at: www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5764
Sydney Morning Herald:
Meditation brings spirit of calm to school life
— Father Laurence Freeman argues that meditation is one way to tap
into children's innate sense of the divine and could lay the spiritual
foundations for an enduring religious life that outlasts parent-organised
Sunday worship.
You can find it at: www.smh.com.au/news/national/meditation-brings-spirit-of-calm-to-school-life
Blessings, Brian
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Brian
Coyne is the editor and publisher of Catholica Australia.
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