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Bishops living in Amazon ask COP26 for actions to save planet
10 November 2021BISHOPS from the Amazon region are calling on world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference to commit to protect vulnerable communities and the Amazon ecosystem. A recorded message, produced by the Pan-Amazonian Church Network, or REPAM, was released... - Author: The Catholic Leader
A map exhibit that explores the human journey
9 November 2021The world needs new maps, guides for the human journey that are focused not on borders, but on what draws all people together and makes them brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said as he opened an exhibition of maps, including old and unusual, in the... - Author: The Catholic Leader
New Catholic education executive director named for Brisbane
9 November 2021Highly-experienced educator Dr Sally Towns is to be the new executive director of Brisbane Catholic Education and will start the role next year. With more than 26 years in teaching and school and system leadership roles Dr Towns is currently director... - Author: The Catholic Leader
EthicsFinder: a new tool for enquiring minds
9 November 2021WHERE would you go to find out what the Catholic Church teaches about life issues? Or love? Or politics, ethics, philosophy, or culture? Where would you start as a teacher, student, scholar, commentator, journalist, just trying to think through the debates... - Author: The Catholic LeaderHUNDREDS of campaigners with the Church's international aid agency in Britain, CAFOD, have joined in marches for climate justice in Glasgow and cities in England and Wales. They urged world leaders and negotiators at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderDIOCESES and religious orders have injected almost $170m into the Church's insurance company to help pay reparations for abuse carried out by priests, religious and lay people. Catholic Church Insurance has recorded massive losses - $192.3m last financial...
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Pope prays for peace and victims of horrific explosion
8 November 2021POPE Francis on Sunday decried the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and remembered victims from a fuel explosion in Sierra Leone The pontiff, after praying the Angelus with the faithful in St. Peter's Square, expressed his concern over the... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTO believe in Jesus means to follow him and avoid going "the opposite way," following one's own interests and inflating one's own ego, Pope Francis said. Similarly, when Christians see one of their brothers or sisters has strayed, they must be humble,...
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Vaccinate for the common good says Church leader
4 November 2021WITH QUEENSLAND inching towards a mid-December reopening of its borders, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge HAS renewing a call for people to get vaccinated. "I encourage everyone to be vaccinated, so that together we may move towards a life that is more... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Bethlehem is back in business, waiting for tourists
4 November 2021WHEN Christy Zeidan, office manager of the Three Arches 2 souvenir shop, put the key in the door lock for the first time in nearly 20 months, she got goose bumps on her arms. "It was very emotional. It was like breathing again, but I wanted to cry when...