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- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis has condemned the "senseless" mass shooting that killed seven people and injured at least 40 others at a Fourth of July parade in Chicago on Monday. In a telegram sent to Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich, Pope Francis said he joined...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAMIDST global debate about the role of women in the Catholic Church, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge says it will be "a close call" today whether a motion to support women becoming Church deacons is supported at Australia's historic Plenary Council...
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'For the moment, no,' - Pope Francis dismisses resignation rumours in wide-ranging interview
5 July 2022POPE Francis has said he has no plans to resign soon and that his knee injury is healing. Reports of Pope Francis resigning began to spread last month in light of three events to happen in late August, including the creation of new cardinals and a day... - Author: The Catholic LeaderPart of the Australian Catholic Church's reconciliation and healing will be to introduce indigenous culture into the Catholic liturgy, as well as memorials for the "awful harm and trauma" of child sexual abuse committed by priests and Church workers...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton shared his experience of how the missionary heart of children helped curb gang violence on the streets of his parish in Mexico City. Bishop Norton was the keynote speaker on the first day of Xavier School of Mission,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA JUMPING castle, a petting zoo, a face painting stall brought hundreds of people of all ages to St Stephen's Cathedral for Brisbane's part in the World Meeting of Families on June 25. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge celebrated Mass to open the festivities...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderUNITED States priest Fr Mike Schmitz, the voice behind the "Bible in a Year" podcast, is set to launch a new "Catechism in a Year" podcast from January 1 next year. For the 365 days of 2023, Fr Schmitz will read through the entire Catechism of the Catholic...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia begins in earnest today with more than 270 Church members expected to endorse two motions of national importance - support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and an apology to First Nations...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderYOUNG Aboriginal and South Sea Islanders education students, Jedda Ellison and Hayden Kubler have been awarded the Australian Catholic University's 2022 Francis Xavier Conaci scholarship to study in Rome. Yuwibarra woman Jedda said the opportunity to...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderGOLD Coast's Marymount College triumphed over home team's St Patricks College 18-10, in the inaugural girls' junior rugby league Confraternity Carnival final in Mackay. "This carnival helps to create another pathway for young women in rugby league," member...