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Fr Liam receives bravery medal after shark attack rescue
28 March 2022A CATHOLIC priest who helped rescue a surfer being attacked by a five-metre great white shark, says he's humbled after being awarded a bravery medal by Australia's governor general. "It feels like I haven't done anything extraordinary," Fr Liam Ryan,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAUSTRALIA'S Catholic bishops have welcomed a Federal Government decision that will see 450 asylum-seekers resettled in New Zealand but say hundreds more need to be offered a pathway out of detention. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews last week announced...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderWAR in Ukraine has created a tragic predicament for hundreds of surrogate babies, and the mothers who are carrying them, caught in the conflict and leaving IVF parents from around the world watching in horror. For years Ukraine, where paid surrogacy is...
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Report finds Toowoomba strong in safeguarding
23 March 2022TOOWOOMBA Diocese has "performed strongly" in a newly published safeguarding audit. Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd has released an audit report assessing the diocese's progress in implementing the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards. The standards... - Author: The Catholic LeaderNine years after taking office, Pope Francis has declared his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project started with his international Council of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. "Praedicate Evangelium" ("Preach the Gospel"), which...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderDURING the last two years of COVID-19 restrictions Sr Salvacion Bunao has witnessed a new and massive demand for her ministry delivering hot meals and good cheer to Brisbane's inner city elderly. "I have seen so many people who feel isolated and lonely...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Exaudi.org THE situation in the Kyiv- Zhytomyr diocese is worsening, diocesan Caritas director Fr Vitaliy Uminskiy said. In an interview with Family News Service, Fr Uminskiy talked about how humanitarian aid was organised in Ukraine, what people feared...
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ACU student interns will get the chance to work alongside Australia's top Holy See diplomat
21 March 2022AUSTRALIAN Catholic University students would get the rare opportunity to shadow the country's top diplomat in the Vatican as part of an agreement struck with the Australian Embassy to the Holy See. ACU Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Zlatko Skrbis... - Author: The Catholic LeaderPope Francis has again condemned Russia's war on Ukraine, calling it a "senseless massacre" and "sacrilegious" attack on human life. "Sadly, the violent aggression against Ukraine does not stop, a senseless massacre where each day slaughter and atrocities...
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Pope to consecrate Russia, Ukraine to Mary
16 March 2022POPE Francis is set to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St Peter's Basilica on March 25. On the same day, the Vatican announced Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, would carry...