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Pope celebrates 52 years of priesthood
14 December 2021YESTERDAY marked 52 years of priesthood for Pope Francis. He was ordained on December 13, 1969. He credits his lifelong faith to an event in the confessional when he was a teenager. He was almost 17 years old. It was the feast of St Matthew, September... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Fr John Flader Can you tell me something about the name Christmas and also the meaning of names like Yule and Noel? Also, why there are three different Mass texts for Christmas? THE original Latin names for Christmas were Festum Nativitatis Domini...
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Tornadoes flatten Kentucky town, killed up to 100 people
13 December 2021A TORNADO gutted churches, tore down a water tower, flattened the courthouse, crushed the fire and police stations, reduced houses to rubble and killed up to 100 people last Friday in Mayfield, Kentucky. Wind speeds reached higher than 330km/h as the... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Do not 'live a fake, commercial Christmas', Pope says
13 December 2021THE Christmas tree and Nativity creche should evoke the joy and the peace of God's love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said. He said the traditional Christmas symbols brought an atmosphere that was "rich in... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Marian star shines across Barcelona skyline
13 December 2021By Exaudi.org MARY is the "Star of the New Evangelisation," Pope Francis said in his video message to those celebrating the inauguration of the Spire of the Virgin Mary of the Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, which took place on the solemnity... - Author: The Catholic LeaderHOSTING the picture-perfect Christmas is a costly endeavour and the temptation to "buy now and pay later" hides a threatening debt-trap for low-income families, a Catholic peak body warns. Catholic Social Services Australia chair Francis Sullivan said...
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God is the roadmap for men of family and faith to diaconate
9 December 2021TWO new permanent deacons followed their faith halfway around the world to discover their vocations in Brisbane. Deacon Ernesto Villalba, born in Venezuela, and Deacon Adrian Eldridge, born in England, were ordained by Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Vatican Christmas stamps painted by homeless artist who turned away from life of alcoholism
9 December 2021ADAM Piekarski, a homeless man from Lodz, Poland, never imagined that the sketches he would draw in his free time while waiting for the public showers near Bernini's Colonnade would lead to the opportunity of a lifetime. In November, the Vatican Philatelic... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Church maintains call for human rights mission to West Papua
8 December 2021THERE is a renewed Church call for the Australian Government to pressure Indonesia to allow a United Nations human rights mission to West Papua. The call comes from Brisbane's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, seven years after the killing by Indonesian... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Deadly Java volcano spews smoke and ash
8 December 2021POPE Francis has expressed his sorrow for the death and destruction caused by the eruption of the Semeru volcano in Indonesia. Mount Semenu in East Java has spewed smoke and ash killing at least 34 people, with dozens still missing. Pope Francis said...