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Mater patients dance their way to better health
10 May 2022MATER physiotherapists are hitting the dance floor in a move aimed at helping elderly patients and people with brain injuries improve their mobility, memory and flexibility. A partnership between Mater and Queensland Ballet is developing tailor-made standing... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Biden condemns violence, threats after churches and Supreme justices' homes targeted over abortion row
10 May 2022By CNS and staff reporters ADMINISTRATION officials for U.S. President Joe Biden have condemned protesters who descended on churches and the homes of Supreme Court justices, as demonstrations over the abortion issue become increasingly threatening and... - 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Scott Morrison faces a tough task delivering a religious discrimination act promised during the 2019 election, but withdrawn before it could pass through parliament.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...