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		<title>Why is the Catholic Church against IVF?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take a quick poll of the next ten strangers you encounter and ask them about the Catholic Church and its attitude towards in vitro fertilization (IVF) you are likely to get two responses: half will not realise the Church has a concern with IVF and the other half will state how ridiculous it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Wealthy is the Catholic Church?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the new Pope naming himself after arguably the most renowned beggar who ever lived &#8211; Francis of Assisi – some commentators are hoping that the Catholic Church will at last divest itself of the wealth it has been clinging to for thousands of years and begin to preach the authentic Gospel of Christ. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is childcare good for children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Federal Government recently announced that it will introduce a package of new measures to provide more flexible and accessible childcare to better meet the needs of what it calls “modern families”. The $11 million trials will include overnight and weekend care for the children of shift workers, extended weekday hours and more out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lent and the Cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are rapidly progressing through the season of Lent and if we have been taking the season seriously, the physical and spiritual efforts we have undertaken are probably being felt. This exercising of the spirit is much like exercising the body.  Initially when we start a fitness regime, maybe running or swimming or a particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living for the Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human dignity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know people &#8211; in fact you may be one of those people &#8211; who live for the weekend. Every work place has people who function like countdown clocks perennially sharing the news of how much time is left before Friday rolls around. Mondays are the most painful day of the week because it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict XVI and the Papacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Christian world begins the season of lent in preparation for Easter, there could be no greater surprise than the news that Pope Benedict XVI will step down from the Papacy on 28 February. Even though the reasons of deteriorating health are valid for an 85 year old pontiff, having not seen a Papal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is only one morality&#8230;is it yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having a conversation with someone the other day and the topic turned briefly to politics. In discussing the various political parties I made the comment that while I don’t have any favoured political party, I would vote for a party on the basis of their stance on moral issues e.g. abortion, same-sex ‘marriage’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you willing to forgive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Year]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As human beings we are an emotionally fragile bunch. That however is not a bad thing. Indeed, it is our emotional state that most readily separates us from the animal kingdom. We perceive love, joy, surprise, anger, sadness and fear, and we can deliver those positive or negative emotions to others in the way we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are fireworks a waste of money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As another year comes to a close we will see the usual back and forth commentary about the cost of fireworks displays in all the major cities of the world to herald in the New Year. The largest display in Australia is put on in and around Sydney Harbour with approximately seven tonnes of fireworks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have Yourself a Very Adult Christmas</title>
		<link>http://foolishwisdom.com/have-yourself-a-very-adult-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Toutounji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas carols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Christmas is upon us; Santa is out in full force, shopping centres are playing Bing Crosby and the ‘spirit of giving’ is in the air. You may be planning to attend the local Christmas Carols at some point. If it is a religious caroling event, the children may be dressing up as shepherds [...]]]></description>
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