AUSTRALIA
The Age
December 25, 2014
Aisha Dow
Dressed in their Sunday best, families across Victoria flocked to church services on Christmas morning. But not everyone was content to celebrate Jesus’ birth the traditional way.
In Sunshine North hundreds gathered at a huge concrete warehouse – Enjoy Church’s western campus – where the “doof doof” of the band could be heard even in the car park. …
Melbourne Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart said sometimes people wonder why bad things happen to good people. He also made a reference the ongoing Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
“During these days of the Royal Commission we pray especially for the innocent victims of sexual abuse in the church and acknowledge the courage of those victims who have come forward to speak of their abuse,” he said.
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