PASTORAL ISSUES

The following encyclical issued by the Sacred Synod of the Church of Greece is meant to uphold the Orthodox Christian principles of marriage and family, and its opposition to the so-called Free Cohabitation Agreement issued by the Greek Government, which is positioned as an alternative form of permanent cohabitation and should not be considered a “soft” marriage. “Family and Society …

The combined wealth of the world’s richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the world’s population – or 3.5 billion of the poorest people – according to a new report from Oxfam. According to the report, 210 people have become billionaires in the past year, joining a select group of 1,426 individuals with a combined …

RUSSIA DENOUNCED BY EURO-SOCIALISTS FOR PROHIBITING PROMOTION OF HOMOSEXUALITY AMONG MINORS Moscow, February 1, 2013   An attempt by Russia to protect the nation’s youth from homosexual exploitation has provoked threatening language from a homosexual German minister and warnings from the European Union, according to local and international media. The eurocrats’ ire has been provoked by a new law recently …

Transcript of part of a homily by Protopresbyter Fr. Constantine Strategopoulos, during the summer of 2003 for an audience of young people with related queries. Question: Why aren’t premarital relations permitted? Fr. Constantine: Look, my child, all things possess a lovely use, so I can’t use them the way that I want, right? Everything has a lovely use. So, we …

iDisorder: Part 1 By Fr George Liangas Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Assistant priest, St Nectarios Church, Burwood, Sydney “If you can make use of something that makes your life easier while maintaining enough inner strength and freedom to avoid dependence, you are the master. If you do not cultivate this inner strength and freedom, you become the slave”. Ulrich Weger, …

By Fr George Liangas Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Assistant priest, St Nectarios Church, Burwood, Sydney 2012 was another fruitful year in the research and discussion of the effects of electronic media. Here we provide a ‘Top 10’ of interesting and important articles, from a range of related topics. These articles vary from research articles to newspaper editorials, podcasts and commissioned …

Teenagers all over Australia are experimenting with sex at an alarmingly younger age, but what does this mean for our community? 23 Oct 2013 By PENNI PAPPAS Mass media, the internet, social media and smart phones have created a new sexual revolution for our teenagers, resulting in them having sex and experimenting in sexual behaviours at an earlier age. Add …

October 10, 2013 Lisa Cox Legislative Assembly reporter for The Canberra Times. The ACT government has vowed to fight an Abbott government challenge in the High Court to the territory’s same-sex marriage laws. I’m not surprised but I’m disappointed that there is a failure to acknowledge that this fundamental matter of inequality needs to be addressed.  ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell …

Ilias Sourdis asks whether or not a lack of values, family love and a taught respect has created a generation of liars and cheats… (Source: Neos Kosmos – 16 Aug 2012) Many of my generation were born long before electricity had reached our rural areas and started our lives with many beautiful human values such as respect for self and …

Author: ED LIVESEY Sydney Morning Herald – July 10, 2013 Georgia Leaker wrote of her experience being one of the nearly one in five under-25s unemployed in Australia. Now, a fellow 24-year-old job hunter responds. The interns and Gen Ys of the world are calling their banners. We have finished university, have experience through internships and applied for copious jobs …