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- Author: The Catholic LeaderJESUS brings peace to today's shattered world through meekness and not through an "armed peace" that seeks to subjugate others, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience on April 13, the Pope said that the war in Ukraine, "like every war,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA QUEENSLAND bishop has renewed a demand to bring home the remaining Bali Nine, convicted after smuggling drugs in 2005 and still languishing behind bars in Indonesia. "I call on the Federal Government to formally request the return of these Australians...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSEVEN people, including two Church workers, sheltering in a Caritas Ukraine office in Mariupol were killed when Russian forces fired on the building, according to a statement on Caritas Ukraine's website. "Unfortunately, we do not have accurate information...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSOME 40 soldiers forcibly took control of a Catholic cathedral in Myanmar's northern city of Mandalay prior to a Lenten prayer service on Friday and detained an archbishop and dozens of other worshippers. The soldiers entered Sacred Heart Cathedral at...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderJESUS obeyed the most challenging of commandments: to love one's enemies; and he invites humanity to do the same by breaking a vicious cycle of evil, sorrow and hatred with love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. "As disciples of Jesus,...
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Political leaders brace for 40 days of campaign battle
11 April 2022FORTY days and forty nights. That's the long and grinding timeline ahead for Australia's 2022 federal election, with campaigning expect to be a tough battle throughout. Just as in the Bible, 40 days is shorthand for "a long time" - the great flood lasted... - Author: The Catholic Leader
All Hallows' students helping Queenslanders with disability to bridge a connectivity gap
8 April 2022EIGHT All Hallows' School students eagerly filed into a learning space before the first school bell to unbox and set-up donated smartphones, tablets and laptops for Queenslanders with disability on March 15. One of the students preparing devices that... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Art saves people, Sulpician priest says
8 April 2022CAREFULLY unrolling an enormous canvas on the living room floor of his Reisterstown home in early March, Sulpician Father Peter Gray unveiled a striking image of Christ that he considers one of his best works. In vibrant colours, Jesus was portrayed at... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAT least 10 armed men abducted United States Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, from her convent in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, on April 5. The Marianites of the Holy Cross congregation said Sister Tennyson was sleeping when the men burst into the convent,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Francis Sullivan LAST week's budget speaks loud and clear as to where the Coalition government sees itself and who it needs to talk to in the lead-up to the May general election. It is a budget that puts politics before fairness and the "comfortable...