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14 July 2002
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School defies terrorism
Pope ‘force for freedom and good’
Vinnies reaches out: a new generation
Abuse allegations ‘devastating’
Caritas renews call for help as southern Africa faces food crisis
Jason scores with ‘no sex before marriage’
‘Return to the scapular’ call for feast day
Medjugorje visionary calls off visit
‘Boundless plains’ to share with refugees? - Spirituality in Pub
Health care ‘not a commodity’
Fr Pat goes back to St Pat’s for jubilee Mass
Queensland search for men to teach
St Vincent’s clocks up 1000
IVF baby farming banned - Govt ‘no’ to sale of eggs
Witchcraft move under fire
Editorial: Tangled web
Letters: Catholicism and the Royal Family
Conversation: Never say never - always hope - Larri Hayhurst, nurse educator
Reflections: Justice: what it means to me
Earthcare - a call to ‘expand our vision’
Opinion: Where young and old share the joy!
Comfort zone
Embryos used to find ‘morning after’ pill
Stem-cell research: Warning of embryo use in human tests
Stem-cell research: Legislation provides for ‘destruction of embryos’
Stem-cell research: ‘Key principle’ at stake
Stem-cell research: Risks to egg and sperm
Resurrection and ‘last things’ in Catechism series
Sing? Yes! Sing-along syndrome? No!
Inspirations: Joseph, 8, gives up toys for Cebu kids
Witchcraft move under fire
Victorian plans to decriminalise witchcraft have been criticised by the Melbourne archdiocese’s episcopal vicar for religious education, Mons Peter Elliot, who said endorsing witchcraft could be harmful to the young.
Witchcraft is banned under a 1966 law, which could be scrapped this year because it is rarely used.
Mons Elliot said: “I think it reflects the collapse of values and sanity in our society that this mishmash of superstition and fraud is to be recognised.
“It’s not harmless and there’s no such thing as white magic. That’s nonsense.”
Census figures show there are 2091 witches in Victoria, and another 3007 worshippers of ‘nature’ religions.