基督徒依照教會訓導選舉代議士的責任

文章原載於: 《公教報》 第3744期，主曆2015年11月22日

湯漢樞機於十一月六日發表牧函，呼籲信友在各級選舉中，「考慮候選人對於家庭和婚姻議題的立場，作為選舉議員的其中一個重要指標。」

守護信仰：宗教、言論自由面臨嚴重威脅

文章原載於: 樂山樂水

澳洲主教團面臨首宗同性戀歧視訴訟

《澳洲人 The Australian》2015年11月12日
Bishops face discrimination case
譯：Didymus

澳洲天主教會全體主教，將捲入一宗足以影響宗教自由與言論自由的訴訟，並為同性關係及跨性別歧視立下全國先例。早前，塔斯曼尼亞省反歧視委員會裁定，該教區向天主教學校學生及家長派發的一本推廣傳統婚姻的小冊子，羞辱同性戀者及跨性別人士，或已違反塔省反歧視條例。

圖片來源：Marriage Alliance (https://www.facebook.com/themarriagealliance)

Linguistic and visual analysis of a news story on the Liberal Party leadership challenge

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article written by Mark Kenny, titled Turnbull calls for era of fresh vision with the sub-title Showdown: ‘It will be a thoroughly Liberal government’ (Kenny, 2015a; Appendix A), following the dramatic event happened on Monday, in which the federal government’s by then communication minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a special Liberal Party meeting to vote for a new party leader and prime minister for the nation. The equivalent online story on The Sydney Morning Herald’s website is titled Liberal leadership: Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott to become PM (Kenny, 2015b).

「大眾的知情權」與「傳媒道德操守」：孰輕孰重？

昨天（2015年9月29日），香港某本地報章以全版頭條報導，「介紹」一個被網民濫用的智能手機應用程式。報道手法與排版設計令筆者非常反感，在此予以強烈譴責。

Release of Doves at St. Mary's Cathedral

[SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA] United Nations Australia and the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney celebrated in advance the International Day of Peace yesterday, Sunday the 20th of September, by releasing doves at the front of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. 

"Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." Hundreds of Christians demonstrates persistence in traditional marriage

[SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA] More than 300 Christians gathered at Sydney landmark Martin Place in the afternoon yesterday, Sunday the 20th of September, following a march from Belmore Park. Participants reaffirmed their stance on same-gender marriage - a teardown of the fabric of human society.

Christians arriving Martin Place. Photo: Winmas 

14 Years On... What Have We Learnt?

Today we commemorate the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. But, have we learnt our lesson?

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State-Media Relations in China: Media Commercialisation and the Rise of Citizen Journalism

In recent decades, economic reforms and technological developments have provide Chinese citizens new channels for obtaining and spreading information, namely the commercialisation of media and the rise of citizen journalism. Although state-media relations have not been evidently improved, as monitoring and self-censorship are ongoing, there have been instances that the media are getting greater attention from the Government.

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Commercialism “with Chinese characteristics”

Commercialisation is the detachment of media outlets from political parties. It is the transformation of a state-owned organisation into a privately-owned corporate, which depends on advertising and other business activities for revenue. It is commonly identified that commercialisation will “foster liberalisation, establish or deepen democracy, and encourage the development of a globalised media culture” (Hadland, & Zhang, 2012). However, this is not the case for China. Some extreme opinions argue that commercialisation causes destructive consequences to China, both politically and socially (Hadland, & Zhang, 2012).

Horror Statement Lacks Verification: Don't Break Your Integrity with a "Breaking News"

On June 1, 2015, ABC’s Media Watch presented a segment titled “Horror story lacks facts” (Barry, 2015), drawing on its investigation of a chilling and “gorging” (Barry, 2015) story told by a federal MP being reported nationally, that shocked Australians and even citizens in the UK.

The story – young man reported as an ice addict for having mental illness

The story was first published on the Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate (the Advocate)’s website (Stubbs, 2015) in a live blog reporting the Central Coast Ice Summit held on May 22, 2015. In her opening speech of the Ice Summit, federal MP Karen McNamara recalled an incident of “a young boy [who was an ice addict] taken into an emergency department for treatment who gouged out his own eyeballs and ate them” (Stubbs, 2015).