Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA CATHOLIC bioethics institute has critcised a decision by the High Court in London to allow doctors to withdraw ventilation from a brain-damaged boy on the grounds that he was very likely - though not definitely - dead. "It seems extraordinary that questions...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Catholics attending Mass at St Francis Xavier Church on Pentecost did not know how much it would cost to participate in the suffering of Jesus, Oyo Bishop Emmanuel Badejo said. "How much do we understand when he says to us, 'The time is coming when...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency and staff reporters A SPANISH bishop has used his weekly pastoral letter published a few days before ordaining five new priests to write that the Catholic Church cannot live without her priests, stressing they are "a vital necessity"...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency THE Feast of Corpus Christi is a time for Christians to remember that God will meet their basic needs to eat and to be filled with the joy and amazement of receiving loving nourishment from Jesus Christ, Pope Francis said Sunday...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency CORPUS Christi Sunday, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, falls this year on Sunday, June 19. Originally proposed as a feast day by St Thomas Aquinas, this liturgical solemnity honours the Eucharist,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderARNIE Hurdoyal and David Kruse are eager to draw people to encounter Jesus in their new roles in Evangelisation Brisbane's adult formation team. Mr Kruse grew up Catholic, but far away from Brisbane. He grew up in Minnesota in the United States, a place...
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Padre Pio was canonised 20 years ago yesterday
17 June 2022By Catholic News Agency TWENTY years ago yesterday, more than 300,000 people crowded into St Peter's Square as Pope John Paul II canonised St Pio of Pietrelcina, calling his life a witness to the "glory of the cross". John Paul II said the life and mission... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency GOVERNMENT soldiers ransacked and burned a Catholic church in a village in eastern Myanmar Wednesday, sources told CNA. St Matthew Catholic Church in Dawnyaykhu in Phruso Township in Karenni State was gutted by the flames, visible...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPEOPLE have a responsibility to care for the elderly and cherish their wisdom rather than regard them as a burden on society, Pope Francis said. Instead of learning from older generations, those who ascribe to the throwaway culture prevalent in today's...
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Minimum wage increase still leaves many workers below the poverty line, Church peak body says
16 June 2022THE 5.2 per cent increase to the minimum wage from the Fair Work Commission was not enough for many low-income workers still struggling to make ends meet, Catholic Social Services Australia chair Francis Sullivan said. For a worker on minimum wage the...