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- Author: The Catholic LeaderA LABOR promise to review the National Disability Insurance Scheme is an important first step in ensuring the sustainability and operation of one of the country's most important social support services, according to Catholic Social Services Australia...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service CATHOLIC priests, nuns and church agencies are providing some relief in East Africa's drought, which scientists and experts describe as the worst in 40 years. But the need for food, water and other basics in the...
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Faithful Mary's testament to Christ's resurrection
19 April 2022By Lindsey Weishar During Lent, I found myself time and again alongside Mary Magdalene. She may be one of the most written-about saints in poetry and prose. She's one in whom, to quote the "Victimae paschali laudes" sequence declared on Easter Sunday,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Bishops call for 'a better kind of politics'
19 April 2022AUSTRALIA's Catholic bishops are calling for a shakeup of the country's politics with a focus on the common good of all, including the most vulnerable who struggle to participate in the community. In the second week of a federal election campaign, Australian... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Bishop Tim Harris AT the writing of this short reflection, the war in Ukraine continues to produce horrific scenes depicting death and destruction. These images are real and confronting, especially for those of us who have never experienced war first-hand...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Bishop Michael McCarthy THE year has been off to a turbulent beginning - with the COVID wave, unrest in the Ukraine and natural disasters affecting a large portion of the east coast, impacting food supplies and the cost of living. We do still have...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Terry Lees EASTER, along with Christmas, is a holiday that is based out of Christianity. For Christians, traditional holidays like Easter have very special meanings and are a celebration of religious faith. But what is faith? Once all the congregation...
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Easter speaks of a love which is stronger than death
17 April 2022By Archbishop Mark Coleridge IN considering Easter, we need to be clear about two things: first, that Easter isn't "once upon a time", and second, that Easter doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's true that Jesus did die and rise at a particular time in history,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
The light of the Risen Christ brings hope to the world
16 April 2022By Bishop Robert McGuckin DID you find Lent a challenging time? I think we can all say that so far 2022 has been very challenging - COVID-19 is still with us and we have witnessed devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales. At the same time... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Bishop Tim Norton AUSTRALIAN philosopher and writer Michael Leunig published a pre-Easter cartoon some years ago with one smiling Roman centurion saying to another as they looked at Jesus on the cross - "Look at that! Brilliant! You kill the leader...