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- Author: The Catholic LeaderIF re-elected, Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces a tough task delivering a religious discrimination act promised during the 2019 election, but withdrawn before it could pass through parliament. New legal protection is supported by the Catholic Church...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderQuestion - Friends who recently returned from Rome told me about seeing the Confession in St Peter's Basilica. I have been to St Peter's several times but never heard about it or seen it. Where and what is it? By Fr John Flader THE Confession, or Confessio...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSEARCH and rescue crews continue to comb through the debris of a luxury hotel in Cuba after an accidental explosion killed 30 people on Friday. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the explosion at Hotel Saratoga in Havana was not a bomb or an attack...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis has met new recruits to the Swiss Guard, thanking the young men for carrying on the centuries-old tradition of service to the pontiff and the Vatican. "The Holy See counts on you! Vatican City is proud of your presence!" he said in a private...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAUSTRALIA'S Catholic bishops have elected Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe as president of the Conference and re-elected Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher as vice-president on the opening day of its plenary meeting. Archbishop Costelloe would replace...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderWELL known Queensland Christian Brother Tony White died aged 92 after a covid infection complicated pre-existing health conditions on May 4. He had seen his family and friends during the day. Br White was a cherished member of Edmund Rice Education and...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderQuestion - Over the years several people have told me they visited St Peter's tomb beneath the Vatican Basilica. I have never been to Rome myself and admit to being somewhat sceptical about this. Is there really such a tomb and, if so, what evidence is...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis arrived at a meeting yesterday with superiors general of women's religious orders in a wheelchair, the first time he has used one publicly at the Vatican. The 85-year-old Pope has been experiencing severe knee pain for months and told an...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy CNS and staff reporters IT was a different world when Frederik Mayet last spoke to The Catholic Leader in 2019 as he prepared to play Jesus in the world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play. Mr Mayet was visiting Australia to promote the 2020 Oberammergau...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderELAINE and Noel Sparksman toasted their platinum wedding anniversary with a papal blessing surrounded by friends and family at a Mass and morning tea at Holy Spirit chapel, Carseldine. It was a lovely celebration, Mr Sparksman said. Mrs Sparksman said...