Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHREE Brisbane-based religious women and men will bring the voice and experience of their vocation to the Plenary Council's first session in October. Canossian Sister Melissa Dwyer, Dominican provincial Fr Anthony Walsh and Mercy Congregation leader Sr...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSOUTH EAST Queensland's current COVID-19 lockdown has been extended until 4pm next Sunday to combat further spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant. "This outbreak, unfortunately, is escalating," Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young told a media...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderWITH Zoom fatigue setting in and today's announcement Ignite Sydney will be cancelled, young people are being encouraged to register for Australia's most recognised youth conference in Brisbane from September 22-25. Themed "Unleash", Ignite Youth will...
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Vatican astronomer ready to join the race into space
2 August 2021WITH private companies planning to expand their offerings in orbital and suborbital space tourism and more and more civilians already shooting into space, a Jesuit astronomer said if he were ever offered the possibility, he would go. "I know enough to... - Author: The Catholic Leader
South-East Queensland plunged into three-day lockdown from 4pm today and churches will be shut
31 July 2021SIX new delta variant coronavirus cases in Brisbane has forced health officials to plunge the 11 mask-wearing local government areas into a three day lockdown from 4pm today. The new cases today were related to the Indooroopilly High School case discovered... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Lives of the Saints - St Maximilian Kolbe's starvation shows heights of self-sacrificial love
30 July 2021TODAY is the not the feast day of St Maximilian Kolbe, but yesterday was the first day of his starvation by his Nazi overseers at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1941. His feast day, the day he finally died, will not come until August 14. On July 29,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
First member of clergy to experience zero-gravity takes 'Universal Church to a whole new level'
30 July 2021DEACON Gary Nosacek does not hesitate when he gets to take his ministry outside the walls of the church, but this time he took it further than ever before. His most recent adventure found him floating weightless at 10km above the earth -- wearing his... - Author: The Catholic LeaderON the streets of Yei in southern South Sudan, dazed youths meet for their daily dose of cocaine and marijuana. Others are seen in neglected structures consuming alcohol and using illegal substances. John Sebit is one of them. "I don't know how I found...
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Mitochondrial donation legislation crosses threshold to 'three-parent babies' with no certain results
29 July 2021ONE child a week is born with a severe form of Mitochondrial Disease in Australia. The disease affects the mitochondria of human cells and leads to muscle fatigue, seizures, fatigue and can be fatal. Think of mitochondria as the powerhouses of human cells... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHIRTEEN teenagers walked the streets of Brisbane City for four days and slept at the Cathedral precinct as part of an immersion to learn more about how Jesus worked in the lives of local poor and vulnerable people. The teenagers were all students at...