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- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Megan and Nahum Kozak EVERYWHERE you look, people seem to be talking about mental health and it is no surprise. The past 18 months have been a challenge, to say the least. With Mental Health Week running from the October 9-16, now is the perfect time...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA SYNOD calls on everyone to become experts in "the art of encounter" in a way that is uplifting and transformative, Pope Francis said after formally opening the process leading up to the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 2023. "Celebrating a synod...
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Brisbane-based online platform tackles questions of faith
11 October 2021BRISBANE Deacon Peter Pellicaan is answering some of humanity's most profound questions about God and the universe in a new podcast series called Catholic Christianity, which launched on September 21. Deacon Pellicaan, who is Evangelisation Brisbane's... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Reading Jesus and the rich man is a test of our faith, pope says
11 October 2021REFLECTING on the Sunday Gospel of Jesus and the rich man, Pope Francis said this man Jesus meets is a mirror for us to "test our faith". "Reading this, I test myself on my faith," Pope Francis said. Jesus "tested" the man in three steps, he said. First,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE day after authorities announced her release from kidnappers in Mali, Colombian Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti was at the Vatican for a Mass in St Peter's Basilica and was greeted by Pope Francis. He greeted Sister Narvaez before and blessed...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE first assembly of Australia's historic Plenary Council has closed with Mass and a call from Brisbane's Archbishop Mark Coleridge for the Council's 280 members to continue journeying with the Holy Spirit to discern the future shape of the Australian...
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Plenary task: "Reveal the face of Christ"
9 October 2021Archbishop Peter Comensoli in today's Mass for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has said the Council's task is to reveal the face of Christ - a face that blends cultures, languages, ethnicities and histories. The Melbourne Archbishop celebrated... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Meet the Ipswich teenagers making God part of their lives
8 October 2021NINETEEN newly baptised and confirmed teenagers from Ipswich said "yes to following Jesus" at St Mary's Church last month. A group of 14 St Mary's College students along with five St Edmund's College students took part in the Rite of Catholic Initiation... - Author: The Catholic Leader
The Plenary Council confronts Church abuse
8 October 2021MEMBERS of Australia's historic Plenary Council assembly has spent a day confronting the abuse and hurt committed inside the Church. One of the 278 Council members, Francis Sullivan described Day 6 of the Plenary as "harrowing". "The atmosphere was solemn,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
If religion becomes an afterthought, 'our society loses its soul', Bishop Barron says
8 October 2021WITH tensions rising over the proper role of religion in society, the broader culture appears to be compartmentalising religious faith and moral thinking into something akin to "a hobby," Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron said. He made the...