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A video on homophobia posted in Facebook that parodies the Eucharist and says it tastes "like cardboard" and smells "like hate" has drawn criticism from Bishop John Keenan of Paisley. He said the video posted by BBC Scotland "is ridiculing and demeaning the faith of ordinary Catholics, especially at a time when Catholics are experiencing Read more

Facebook homophobia video says Eucharist smells like hate... Read more]]> A video on homophobia posted in Facebook that parodies the Eucharist and says it tastes "like cardboard" and smells "like hate" has drawn criticism from Bishop John Keenan of Paisley.

He said the video posted by BBC Scotland "is ridiculing and demeaning the faith of ordinary Catholics, especially at a time when Catholics are experiencing more and more abuse and prejudice in Scotland."

Created by Sean Lìonadh, "This is how homophobia feels in 2018" was posted on BBC's "The Social" Facebook page on 9 April. This page targets young people.

The video discusses reactions to a gay couple who are walking in a park.

The narrator says "normality is a crowd-sourced fantasy." It focuses on the moral failings of those who view homosexual acts as immoral.

"Jesus saved a lot of time when he died for our crimes, that he would've wasted teaching small minds that love is no sin," the narrator says.

A man and a pregnant woman are also depicted. The narrator says the woman's "normality" will be shattered when she suffers a miscarriage.

A street preacher is also shown, along with scenes of a Mass.

A priest elevates a cheese biscuit as a parody of a Host, and then distributes it to a kneeling woman, who makes the sign of the cross.

The narrator says during this, "See him, he thinks it's faith, but under all that din, it tastes like cardboard, and it smells like hate."

Keenan noted the video was posted "in a week when a Sunday Times poll found 20 percent of Catholics reported personally experiencing abuse or prejudice towards their faith."

Recent government figures show that 57 percent of religiously aggravated crime is directed at Catholics, an increase of 14 percent. "And we all wonder why," Keenan said.

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Facebook homophobia video says Eucharist smells like hate]]> 106000 UK Catholic and Anglican heads in first live Facebook event https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/03/uk-catholic-anglican-heads-first-live-facebook-event/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:09:42 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83362 The heads of the Anglican and Catholic churches in the United Kingdom produced their first joint Facebook Live video last week. Archbishop Justin Welby and Cardinal Vincent Nichols took part in an unscripted discussion from Lambeth Palace. They answered questions that came in and spoke on a variety of topics including Pentecost and prayer. One Read more

UK Catholic and Anglican heads in first live Facebook event... Read more]]> The heads of the Anglican and Catholic churches in the United Kingdom produced their first joint Facebook Live video last week.

Archbishop Justin Welby and Cardinal Vincent Nichols took part in an unscripted discussion from Lambeth Palace.

They answered questions that came in and spoke on a variety of topics including Pentecost and prayer.

One hour after the live video, more than 4000 people had watched it.

Many comments expressed disappointment that the video only lasted for nine minutes and 20 seconds.

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UK Catholic and Anglican heads in first live Facebook event]]> 83362 Italy's singing nun covers Madonna's ‘Like A Virgin' https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/10/24/italys-singing-nun-covers-madonnas-like-virgin/ Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:07:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=64766 Italy's singing nun, Sr Cristina Scuccia, has chosen Madonna's controversial hit "Like a Virgin" as the first single in her debut album. Earlier this year, Sr Cristina achieved worldwide fame when she won Italy's version of The Voice. Sister Cristina, 26, says her version of Madonna's pop song is a "testimony of God's capacity to turn Read more

Italy's singing nun covers Madonna's ‘Like A Virgin'... Read more]]> Italy's singing nun, Sr Cristina Scuccia, has chosen Madonna's controversial hit "Like a Virgin" as the first single in her debut album.

Earlier this year, Sr Cristina achieved worldwide fame when she won Italy's version of The Voice.

Sister Cristina, 26, says her version of Madonna's pop song is a "testimony of God's capacity to turn all things into something new" as well as her personal calling to be a nun.

In Sr Cristina's video of the song, there are none of the raunchy moves Madonna included in the original version.

Sr Cristina said: "I wanted to transmit calmness and poetry. I really think we succeeded."

When Madonna's version was first released 30 years ago, some called for the song to be banned because they believed it — and the original video clip — promoted sexual promiscuity and undermined family values.

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While New Zealand is becoming less religious overall, there's greater diversity to the country's religious make-up, according to the latest census. Most people who consider themselves religious identify as being Christian, however other religions are growing. The three that saw the biggest increase in followers between 2006 and 2013 are Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. Meanwhile, the Read more

Looking to Mecca from Ponsonby... Read more]]> While New Zealand is becoming less religious overall, there's greater diversity to the country's religious make-up, according to the latest census.

Most people who consider themselves religious identify as being Christian, however other religions are growing.

The three that saw the biggest increase in followers between 2006 and 2013 are Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism.

Meanwhile, the number of people who say they have no religion has jumped 26 per cent to 1.6 million.

In a four-part series, Ollie Neas talks to followers of New Zealand's fastest growing religions and people who don't identify with any religion.

In the first episode, we talk to Hisham Zaoui, 28, about Islam. Continue reading.

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Looking to Mecca from Ponsonby]]> 55740 McCully will talk to Fiji about video https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/12/mccully-to-talk-to-fiji-about-video-of-beating/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:30:20 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=41034

Prime Minister John Key has expressed alarm over a video showing two men being beaten by Fiji police. Key said the New Zealand government was taking reports of the attack seriously. "And we expect the Fijian authorities to deal with them appropriately and hold those people who have undertaken those beatings to account," Key said. Read more

McCully will talk to Fiji about video... Read more]]> Prime Minister John Key has expressed alarm over a video showing two men being beaten by Fiji police.

Key said the New Zealand government was taking reports of the attack seriously.

"And we expect the Fijian authorities to deal with them appropriately and hold those people who have undertaken those beatings to account," Key said.

"It's the sort of thing we worry an awful lot about," he said, adding that Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully would be raising the attack with his counterpart, Inoke Kubuabola.

On Tuesday the New Zealand Parliament will vote on a cross-party motion calling on Fiji to uphold United Nations conventions against torture and human rights.

The resolution will formally condemn the violence and call on Fiji's military government to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Opposition foreign affairs spokesman, Phil Goff, is introducing the motion to parliament.

Fiji's interim Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama has come out in strong support for the police involved in the beating shown on the video.

Speaking to the website Fijivillage, he said the escaped prisoners had terrorised Fiji before being caught.

"At the end of the day, I will stick by my men, by the police officers or anyone else that might be named in this investigation," he told Fijivillage.

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McCully will talk to Fiji about video]]> 41034 What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable. https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/08/30/what-if-starbucks-marketed-like-a-church-a-parable/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:55:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=10323

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A Jesuit priest has called for the establishment of a General Ecumenical Council to bring all Christian Churches together, and eventually all religions, in order to face together the challenge of the secularisation of society. Fr Michael MacGreil told the Irish Catholic that with the current state of religion in the world and the advance of Read more

Combat secularisation together... Read more]]> A Jesuit priest has called for the establishment of a General Ecumenical Council to bring all Christian Churches together, and eventually all religions, in order to face together the challenge of the secularisation of society.

Fr Michael MacGreil told the Irish Catholic that with the current state of religion in the world and the advance of secularisation, religions "cannot afford the luxury of not coming together".

MacGreil said he would like to see more serious religious correspondents in the media.

"There are no real religious issues being discussed in mainstream media. There is a real danger that by not discussing religion at all, people are rejecting religion out of ignorance and are suffering from spiritual malnutrition".

He said the establishment of a General Ecumenical Council "would herald a very important step in the revival of religion, and thereby, the enhancement of the quality of life of all the people. It would also open the way for effective Christian-Jewish-Muslim dialogue, which I believe is essential for the future of world justice and peace."

"I am looking forward to the day when a Christian Council comes together, and in the long-term a council that includes Christians, Jews and Muslims coming together, for the good name of religion," he said.

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