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- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHERESA Grace woke up one night and could no longer see. She was barely a teenager, in Year 8, studying by distance education "At the time, I didn't know what was happening," she said. Her eyes were inflamed and pressure was building up. By the time morning...
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Aleppo is facing a 'bombardment' of poverty
18 August 2022ALEPPO, besieged and destroyed in Syria's war, is calm now, but 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished. "We don't have any direct violence, armed groups or bombardments on or around the city since the end... - Author: The Catholic LeaderPope Francis dedicated his general audience talk to the urgent need for young and old to come together so older people can share their faith and wisdom about the world. "Let's think about dialogue, about the alliance between old and young," he said, as...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLICS in Australia have expressed a strong need for a Church that is missionary and a Eucharistic community that is inclusive, a national document compiled for the global Synod on Synodality reveals. The document - known as the Australian Synthesis...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE heart of hospital pastoral care is to intentionally engage in Mission, Centacare Pastoral Ministries director Judy Norris said. She said through each patient encounter, the pastoral carer is aware of the Spirit of God present and active as the animator...
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Connection alone is not enough to communicate
17 August 2022Vatican News Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, has addressed this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol". There... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Queensland Premier announces truth telling inquiry as part of path to treaty with First Nations peoples
16 August 2022QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a path to treaty between the state and First Nations people which includes a three-year truth telling and healing inquiry. Ms Palaszczuk said her government accepted all 22 recommendations from the... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Myanmar Cardinal warns military action will escalate
16 August 2022MYANMAR's Catholic prelate, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, has warned the military in his country is cracking down hard on dissident civilians and rebel armies in a campaign to gain undisputed control by the end of this year. "They [the military] are trying... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAUSTRALIAN Catholic University lecturer Dr Richard Galeano loves telling his students why he became a paramedic. "I was walking down Swanson Street in Melbourne when suddenly this ambulance came roaring down the tram tracks," he said with a wave of his...
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Pope Francis describes faith as 'not a lullaby'
15 August 2022The fire of faith should spur us to conversion, not lull us into complacency, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. In his weekly message on the Gospel, the pope reflected on a passage from St. Luke, who wrote: "Jesus said to his disciples:...