Notes: Tuesday, February 15-Friday, February 18, 2011

1. Ms Keneally and Mr. O'Farrell speak at Australian-Christian-Lobby-organised forum

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/leaders-reject-abortion-change-20110215-1avab.html?skin=text-only
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/nswno-devil-dealing-with-the-greensofarrell/story-fn3dxity-1226006653977

Given that The Greens are, as far as I know, the only group with Parliamentary representation which (group) advocates discriminalising abortion (outside Parliament we have, of course, "Pro Choice NSW", a lobby group formed precisely in order to remove abortion from the Crimes Act), it came as no suprise to me that neither Labor nor the Coalition intend to do so, so the point of greater interest to me from those two articles is that nor, apparently, do they intend to collect and publish data on abortions like South Australia does.

Labels: abortion, N.S.W., South Australia

2. Information on who will be involved in H.R.H. Prince William of Wales's wedding ceremony

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/harry-to-be-wills-best-man/story-e6frg6so-1226006024147

Labels: William Wales

3. An interesting blog which I've discovered (via Cath Pews):

http://maguidhir.blogspot.com/

Labels: blogs

4. Anglican slap in the face for their Catholic 'dialogue' partners: Pretender Archbishop of Canterbury appoints ladybishop to be one of the ten Anglican representatives to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission

http://www.anglicanjournal.com/nc/news-update-items/article/toronto-bishop-appointed-to-international-commission-9549.html
(discovered at
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/02/anglican-communions-greatest-contribution-to-ecumenism-ev-er/)

Labels: Anglicans, ecumenism, womenpriests

5. "Huge drop in Zimbabwe HIV rate fuelled by rise in abstinence, fidelity"

http://members7.boardhost.com/CathPews/msg/1297828973.html

Labels: contraception, H.I.V./A.I.D.S., vice

6. "Archbp. Marchetto’s book about “School of Bologna” and interpretations of Vatican II now in English"

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/02/archbp-marchettos-book-about-school-of-bologna-and-interpretations-of-vatican-ii-now-in-english/

Labels: Agostino Marchetto, Vatican II

7. Interesting article on recent High Court judgements (and "the closest that Australia comes to having a constitutional Bill of Rights")

http://www.smh.com.au/national/fingerprints-of-chief-justice-seen-in-high-court-unanimity-20110217-1ayap.html?skin=text-only

Labels: High Court of Australia, law

Reginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of St. Simeon, Bishop, Martyr, A.D. 2011