Rajut Kebersamaan sebagai Bangsa

30 Oktober 2006 09:12

Tanggal 28 Oktober 1928, para perintis kemerdekaan kita berikrar untuk Satu Nusa, Satu Bangsa, dan Satu Bahasa. Komitmen ini menjadi awal pengikat kolektif dari Sabang sampai Merauke, dan menjadi kekuatan untuk meraih kemerdekaan. Kini, kebersamaan yang ditumbuhkan sejak Sumpah Pemuda 1928 itu tidak tampak pada reaksi ...

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Who will say no to Benedict XVI?

28 Oktober 2006 01:19

By John L Allen Jr

Of all the questions generated by the Regensburg crisis, perhaps the one of greatest long-term consequence for this pontificate, across a range of issues much wider than Catholic-Muslim relations, is the following. Who will say no to Benedict XVI? It's a question only now coming into view, as the immediate need for ...

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Ecclesiastic Celibacy in the present-day secularised context

27 Oktober 2006 20:48

by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello

Vatican City (Fides Service) - The sad case of African Bishop Milingo reopened the controversial question of marriage for priests, perhaps updated as an opportunity or convenience to avoid cases of paedophilia and homosexuality. Apart from the fact that this would be a return to the vituperated idea of matrimony as...

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Mati Lemasnya Kesadaran Kritis!

27 Oktober 2006 03:22

Mudji Sutrisno

Mengapa kita sebagai konsumen mau dimanipulasi untuk terus membeli komoditi? Mengapa andaian (asumsi) bahwa kita makhluk rasional yang bisa melakukan pilihan-pilihan melalui kesadaran budi yang menimbang terus menerus "kalah" terhadap rayuan iklan komoditi? Lalu mengapa pula kesadaran budi kita tidak berdaya menghad...

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Power And Responsibility

19 Oktober 2006 15:46

The situation in the East Java town of Sidoarjo, where a flood of hot mud from a gas drilling site has displaced more than 10,000 people, reflects the face of Indonesia. It is about the accountability of those in power and the government's inability to help its people. It is about greed and lack of concern. The face of...

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The Danger of a New Selective Eugenics, Which Aims to Destroy Embryos With Defects and Illness

15 Oktober 2006 16:32

By Dr. Hyacinth Ennis, OFM. Pretoria, South Africa

Because of the wonderful advances made in recent years by human embryology, scientists can now detect various things about the young embryo while in the womb of its mother. Among the things that can be discovered are the presence of certain physical and even mental disabilities or handicaps in the embryo.Unfortunat...

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Isu Nuklir dan Benturan Peradaban

12 Oktober 2006 11:08

Isu nuklir merupakan bagian benturan peradaban dalam Perang Teror, dan jauh lebih komplek dari benturan ideologi dalam Perang Dingin. Isu nuklir Iran dan Korea Utara tak kunjung selesai bahkan memanas. Bush menganggap kedua negara sebagai negara anggota poros kejahatan. Pemerintah Iran enggan melakukan penghentian peng...

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