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Millions of Australians living in poverty
15 March 2022ALMOST 3 million Australians, including nearly 750,000 children, are living in poverty according to a major new report. According to the report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, released this week, nearly 11.8 percent of the population are live... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER devastating flood waters swept through Lismore, the city's Trinity Catholic College today reopened for students on campus at Southern Cross University. Every classroom at the Marist Schools Australia college was damaged in last week's flood disaster...
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Lent is a time to be led by the Spirit to love's transformation, Archbishop Coleridge writes
14 March 2022"Grace be with you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an incorruptible love" (Eph 6:24) By Archbishop Mark Coleridge THE Gospels tell us that Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert where he fasts for forty days (Matt 4:1-2; Luke 4:1-2). The same... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Francis appeal: 'Stop this massacre'
14 March 2022APPEALLING again for an end to the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said those who invoke God to promote or justify violence "profane his name." "In the name of God, I ask: Stop this massacre," the pope said at the end of his Sunday Angelus address. With... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'Just amazing' - Cathedral guides and welcomers looking for more to share their joyful ministry
14 March 2022JUDY Harris took on a role with St Stephen's Cathedral guides and welcomers because she thought "it'd be a lovely thing to do in retirement". She transitioned into the volunteer role after a career of 50 years in nursing in Redcliffe. She's loved every... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA SIMPLE conversation with his daughter convinced a Brisbane Catholic medical specialist to mount an ongoing fight against euthanasia. Queensland became the fifth Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying after a parliamentary vote last September...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE'S vibrant and rapidly growing Vietnamese Catholic community is rejoicing as building begins on a new church and community centre that will be the heart of their worship and cultural activities. "It is wonderful - we've been waiting for so long,...
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The joy of hobbits is found in the story of Christ
11 March 2022AFTER what must be a hundred screenings of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a couple false starts on the novels, I stumbled across one of JRR Tolkien's essays that changed my outlook on my faith. The essay was called - On Fairy Stories... - Author: The Catholic LeaderSYNOD of Bishops organisers have encouraged everyone to have their voice heard on crucial Church issues as submissions close this Sunday. More than 700 submissions were sent through the national online Synod of Bishops portal, with a large number of those...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAS Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, faith leaders across the world are calling for all of us to intensify our prayers for peace. Russia's invasion of Ukraine coincides with the beginning of Lent - a season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in...