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3rd February 2012: At 10 pm AEDT it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Leslie Tomlinson, an Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, as Bishop of Sandhurst (Bendigo) Victoria. He replaces the late Bishop Joseph Grech, who died suddenly just over a year ago.
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27th January 2012: Former Manchester United star to become a Catholic priest
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26th January 2012: Ordinariate magazine 'The Portal' celebrates its first year
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26th January 2012: All former Anglicans who are now Catholics can join new Ordinariates in UK & USA. There is an Australian one on the way.
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24th January 2012: Pope praises silence and potential of Social Media
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22nd January 2012: Archbishop of Abuja (capital of Nigeria) slams media reports of 'civil war'
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20th January 2012: Vatican official: Jesus makes Christian Unity possible - speaking at beginning of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Northern Hemisphere
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13th January 2012: "We've felt the joy of coming home" - Ordinariate Catholics celebrate first anniversary of their 'coming home' to the Catholic faith from Anglicanism
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12th January 2012: Retiring Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Tim Fischer, says that countries without a Rome-based embassy to the Vatican suffer for it
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11th January 2012: Nigerian bishops reject their government's destabilising move on fuel subsidies
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6th January 2012: Pope names new cardinals to be elevated at a consistory on 18th February -- a here is a list of the new cardinals
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2nd January 2012: fallout from the deadly Christmas bombings in Nigeria continues
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1st January 2012: Pope Benedict XVI has established an Ordinariate in the United States for former Episcopalians (Anglicans) who wish to join the Catholic Church. He has appointed Rev Fr Jeffrey Steenson (a married former Episcopalian bishop) as its first Ordinary.
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23rd December 2011: Pope received Timothy Fischer - Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See - on his farewell visit
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22nd December 2011: Pope's review of the year speech to the Roman Curia
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18th December 2011: Homily of Archbishop Philip Wilson (President of Aust. Catholic Bishops' Conference) at inaugural Mass for new national Sisters of Mercy Institute
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14th December 2011: Prayer should always include Praise - says Pope
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14th December 2011: Archbishop Martin of Dublin says lapsed Catholics should admit their non belief
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14th December 2011: Church announces dates for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2013 - see also http://en.rio2013.com
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14th December 2011: Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth worries that Europe is losing its Judeo-Christian soul
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9th December 2011: Pope turns on huge solar Christmas tree
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9th December 2011: Papal visit to Cuba announced for next year
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8th December 2011: Vatican to host international media seminar
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8th December 2011: the Church should fear the sins of its members more than persecution - says Pope
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7th December 2011: Pope Benedict XVI announced the appointment of Father Michael Kennedy of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga as Bishop of Armidale upon the retirement of Bishop Luc Matthys
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2nd December 2011: new religious culture magazine now available in English
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2nd December 2011: Expert addresses false claim of breakaway schismatic Pius X Society
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2nd December 2011: Pope says new evangelisation needs committed Catholic families
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2nd December 2011: Archbishop Nichols of Westminster & Civil Unions
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