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- Author: The Catholic LeaderSAINT John Fisher College Year 11 student Prabhdeep Kaur was on her way to becoming a leader of tomorrow after she was accepted into the United Nations Student Ambassadors Program. Prabh said she has long had an interest in international relations and...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLICS living in south east Queensland can look forward to a major shakeup of church activities with the Brisbane archdiocese committing to a seven year "ecological conversion" plan. Brisbane's Laudato Si Action Plan - one of the first documents of...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency POPE Francis has announced that his prayer intention for the month of June is families. The choice is fitting, since families from around the world will gather in Rome later this month for the World Meeting of Families on June...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderETHIOPIAN Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel landed in Australia just in time to watch Election Day 2022 unfold. Cardinal Souraphiel, who was a political prisoner of the Derg communist dictatorship which ruled Ethiopia from 1974 until 1987, told...
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Bishop Barron is moving to Minnesota and hopes to be a 'good spiritual father' to his new flock
3 June 2022LOS Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron said he was "overjoyed and humbled" to be named to Winona-Rochester diocese in Minnesota but he would have to brush off his Chicago winter coat after six years in Santa Barbara. Retiring Winona-Rochester Bishop... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE new executive director of Brisbane Catholic Education Dr Sally Towns considers Brisbane's patron St Mary MacKillop a perfect example of a courageous leader. "Leadership is stewardship," Dr Towns, a highly-experienced educator said, stepping into the...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBANYO Nundah parishioner John Carr has been fixing up computers and bringing them to people in need for 16 years. It began as a hobby, putting together broken computers, but when the fixed computers started to pile up at home, he needed somewhere to take...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Catholic News Agency TULSA diocese has called for prayers for everyone affected by a mass shooting at a medical office building near the city's Saint Francis Hospital. Tulsa Police reported on their Twitter that five people were now confirmed dead...
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Q&A - Did good souls like St Joseph and Moses wait for Christ's Ascension to go to Heaven?
2 June 2022By Fr John Flader Question - I remember someone saying that the souls of the good people who died before Christ, like Moses and St Joseph, only went to heaven when Christ ascended there. Is this true? WHILE not a dogma of faith, the proposition you mention... - Author: The Catholic LeaderNew ministers in the Labor Government have huge challenges on their hands as they work to address the systemic disadvantage millions of Australians face every day, according to Catholic Social Services Australia chair Francis Sullivan. "We warmly welcome...