Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTWO Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan as they were returning home to the capital, Juba. Seven other sisters survived the attack. Sisters Mary Daniel Abut and Regina Roba were members of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in...
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Australian veterans in pain as Afghanistan falls to Taliban
18 August 2021VETERANS chaplain Deacon Gary Stone says he is providing pastoral support to hundreds of Australian ex-soldiers experiencing deep pain and anguish as the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan. Deacon Stone founder of the Veterans Care Association in the... - Author: The Catholic LeaderONE hundred years ago, at the height of the Spanish Flu pandemic, Irish Father James Coyle was shot and killed by a Protestant minister in Birmingham, Alabama. Fr Coyle had faced prejudice and threats at a time when Catholics were heavily persecuted in...
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Brisbane deacon among two recipients of major scholarship
17 August 2021BRISBANE'S first aboriginal Deacon Clinton McGoldrick plans to unravel the intergenerational trauma felt by his people through education. Deacon McGoldrick and law student Onyinye Nwamadi were named recipients of Australian Catholic University's Aunty... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAUSTRALIANS are being called to unite in prayer this week for those in need and distress caused by COVID-19. The National Council of Churches Australia is encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to pray alongside their Christian brothers and...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE death toll from the earthquake in Haiti has climbed sharply with at least 1200 dead and thousands more injured. The powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island nation two days ago and has caused widespread devastation with rescuers now picking...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderALL is ready to deliver the first assembly of the Plenary Council wholly online in October. With New South Wales recording more than 400 COVID-19 cases a day and Victoria recording cases in the double-digits, Plenary Council organisers have ensured the...
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Thousands flee as Taliban seize Kabul, Pope Francis prays for Afghanistan's 'battered population'
16 August 2021PLEASE get me and my family out of here, a former interpreter to Allied forces pleaded from the Afghan capital, Kabul. "If I stay here they (the Taliban) will cut off my head," he told a worldwide audience on BBC radio early this morning. Thousands of... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Pope's message on Assumption - Mary reminds us God calls us to glory through humility
16 August 2021"MARY'S secret is humility," Pope Francis told faithful gathered at St Peter's Square for his Sunday Angelus. God looks at the heart, he said, and Mary's humility drew God's gaze to her. Oftentimes the human eye was instead overtaken with appearances... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Sue finds God's blessings among the school kids
15 August 2021THE first time Sue Williams set foot in a classroom as a teacher she knew she was where she was meant to be. That was more than 30 years ago at Zillmere North State School, on Brisbane's northside, where she had her first "prac" placement as a teaching...