{"id":1067,"date":"2009-02-09T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/over-the-top-down-under-a-parish-confronts-excommunication-threat-updated.html"},"modified":"2009-02-09T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T16:52:00","slug":"over-the-top-down-under-a-parish-confronts-excommunication-threat-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/over-the-top-down-under-a-parish-confronts-excommunication-threat-updated.html","title":{"rendered":"Over the top Down Under: a parish confronts excommunication threat &#8212; UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The saga of St. Mary&#8217;s in Brisbane, Australia has attracted a surprising amount of attention.  The blog <a href=\"http:\/\/te-deum.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/wayward-australian-parish-heading.html\">Te Deum laudamus<\/a> has a write up, and no less a luminary than <a href=\"http:\/\/wdtprs.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/more-from-brisbanes-fr-kennedy\/\">Fr. Z.<\/a> has also weighed in.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know what all the fuss is about, just take a look below.    <\/p>\n<p><B>UPDATE:<\/b> CNA has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/new.php?n=15036\">the latest<\/a> on this controversy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The saga of St. Mary&#8217;s in Brisbane, Australia has attracted a surprising amount of attention. The blog Te Deum laudamus has a write up, and no less a luminary than Fr. Z. has also weighed in. If you want to know what all the fuss is about, just take a look below. 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