Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderEDUCATION, a change in lifestyles and a model of development focused "on fraternity and on the covenant between human beings and the natural environment" are urgently needed to slow climate change and care for its victims, Pope Francis said in a message...
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"Our prayers answered" as Cleo Smith found alive
3 November 2021Missing four-year-old Cleo Smith, who disappeared while camping with her family more than two weeks ago, has been found 'alive and well' in Western Australia. WA Police Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch said Cleo had been found early this morning inside... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Cursillo rises to modern challenges
2 November 2021THE World Catholic Cursillo Movement was introduced to Brisbane in the late 1960's and since then thousands of people have experienced the movement's life-changing influence. Cursillo began on the Spanish Island of Mallorca in 1944 when a group of young... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Royal call to rise above politics to tackle climate change
2 November 2021The Queen has delivered a call to arms to world leaders to "rise above the politics of the moment, and achieve true statesmanship" when it comes to tackling climate change. In a pre-recorded speech to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the 95-year-old... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Cathedral funeral for filmmaker "hero" Max Stahl
1 November 2021FILMMAKER and journalist Max Stahl, whose film footage of Indonesian troops firing on protesters in East Timor in 1991, brought global attention to a massacre there, has died in Brisbane. A Catholic, Mr Stahl, 66, is to be honoured by members of Australia's... - Author: The Catholic Leader
The saints are seeing God 'face to face'
1 November 2021CATHOLICS do not shy away from talking about death. We have a whole month dedicated for the dead - November. We pray for them and we ask them to pray for us. This month, The Catholic Leader print edition is themed around All Saints' and All Souls' days... - Author: The Catholic Leader
70 years of marriage a sign of courage, hope and joy
29 October 2021AS boat people who fled war torn Vietnam, Dinh Nguyen and his wife Phien survived dangers at sea, and started from scratch as refugees in a new land - yet their long life together is filled with joy as they celebrate their platinum, 70th wedding anniversary... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Euthanasia and compassion
29 October 2021Question Time by Fr John Flader QUESTION: I was born in Africa and migrated to Australia with my family many years ago. I am appalled by the big push for euthanasia in Australia. Where I come from we wouldn't think of ending anyone's life by this means... - Author: The Catholic LeaderREKNOWNED medical scientist, Professor John Fraser has been busy during the global pandemic - with an Australian team of researchers devising a ground-breaking method to improve survival rates among heart disease patients. Professor Fraser's team at the...
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Questions raised over Hinkler electorate's 'disadvantage' status
28 October 2021A PROMINENT Bundaberg councillor and member of the town's Catholic community has questioned research findings that the federal electorate of Hinkler is more disadvantaged than any other in Australia. The research was carried out by Catholic Social Services...