Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderIN vitro fertilization (IVF) has dominated political discourse in the United States in the past months after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling in February recognised the personhood of embryonic human life. The Catholic Church and many other pro-life advocates...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Rockhampton Bishop Michael McCarthy The Easter Sunday Gospel of Jesus speaks to a friend, Mary of Magdala, and brings hope to those who had thought all was lost. In the recognition of the Risen Christ, her pain of loss was turned into joy. This is...
- Author: The Catholic Leader
Easter calls us to a second chance to be hands and feet of Jesus, Bishop Tim Norton writes
31 March 2024By Brisbane auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton He is risen. Alleluia. Christians all over the world, rich and poor, healthy and ill, young and old, celebrate this day with immense joy. This is the day that we prepared for during Lent. This day gives us yet another... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge DEATH has been much on my mind in recent times. First, because an old friend and mentor of mine Redemptorist Father Tony Kelly died after a long and slow journey to death; and then Archbishop Frank Carroll, my predecessor...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAUSTRALIAN Catholic University theology lecturer Jacqui Remond has encouraged students of a new global online course on Integral Ecology to unlearn the egocentric behaviours causing crises in the world. Ms Remond, co-founder of the Laudato Si' Movement,...
- Author: The Catholic Leader
Like rainfall waters the dry earth, Jesus rises from the tomb, Bishop Ken Howell writes
30 March 2024By Toowoomba Bishop Ken Howell AS a new bishop in a rural diocese, I'm discovering the critical need for rain in our various regions. I'm told that a good amount of this precious gift has come to the western parts of our diocese. Although unexpected,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Townsville Bishop Tim Harris SAINT John Paul II in 1989 said: "Christ's resurrection is the greatest event in the history of salvation and indeed, we can say in the history of humanity, since it gives definitive meaning to the world". Indeed it does...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year was "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection." In a letter published March 27, Pope Francis told the region's Catholics that he was remembering...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderFATHER Juan Maria Solana, director of the Magdala Centre in the Holy Land, has made four recommendations for living a worthwhile Holy Week. 1. Holy Week is an opportunity to receive grace Fr Solana, a Mexican priest, said that "the first guidance I can...
- Author: The Catholic Leader
Archdiocese of Baltimore ministers to victims' families, stranded crew of bridge collapse
28 March 2024IN the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge's collapse on Tuesday, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has been at the forefront of efforts to help the victims. Archbishop William Lori called for prayer and held a special Mass for the victims on Tuesday at Baltimore's...