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- Author: The Catholic LeaderTREASURER Josh Frydenberg's 2021 Federal Budget saw a massive $17.7 billion investment in the aged care sector, which was lauded by the peak Catholic healthcare body. The aged care package was the single biggest package in the budget. Catholic Health...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCALLING for formal recognition of "those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis," Pope Francis has instituted the "ministry of catechist." "The Spirit is calling men and women to set out and...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderWOMEN fleeing domestic and family violence will be able to access $1500 for emergency spending - just one of the initiatives outlined in the Federal budget to improve women's safety and security. The Federal Government has published an 81-page women's...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderChurch leaders in Brazil demand the withdrawal of legislation because it threatens extensive damage to rainforests and indigenous dwellers. The post Amazon bishops say bill threatens Brazil's Indigenous peoples, forest appeared first on The Catholic Leader .
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Rocket attacks, street fights: Christian leaders in Jerusalem express concern over growing violence
11 May 2021Christian leaders in Jerusalem express deep concern over escalating violence. The post Rocket attacks, street fights: Christian leaders in Jerusalem express concern over growing violence appeared first on The Catholic Leader . - Author: The Catholic Leader
Charities fear free speech at risk
10 May 2021Catholic charities are concerned they could lose the right to speak up for the vulnerable. The post Charities fear free speech at risk appeared first on The Catholic Leader . - Author: The Catholic LeaderAMID thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders. Dozens of priests, scores of nuns and hundreds of laypeople have died during the second surge since mid-April. Bishop Basil Bhuriya,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderQUEENSLAND'S prominent pro-life federal politicians shared a stage at Saturday's March For Life rally promising to fight for the rights of the unborn and for vulnerable mothers. The post Thousand take to Brisbane city streets to promote the dignity...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderA HARSH European winter - minus 10 degrees Celsius - had left half of Ziggy Pawlikowski's face paralysed. He went back to Poland to see his parents, and sought medical treatment at the time, but after returning to England still paralysed, his wife, Lucy,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTOOWOOMBA Deacon Brian Redondo saw the "overflowing happiness" from the people gathered around him at his ordination to the transitional diaconate last Saturday at St Mary's parish in Warwick. Deacon Redondo, who was ordained by Bishop Robert McGuckin,...