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Project Compassion offers thanks to generous supporters
31 March 2021For over half a century, generations of Australians have participated in Project Compassion. The initiative has raised millions since it began in 1965 - making it one of the nation's longest running charity campaigns. For many, Project Compassion's iconic... - Author: The Catholic LeaderNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says that one of the city's three new ferries transporting people between Staten Island and lower Manhattan will be named after Catholic Worker Movement co-founder Dorothy Day, whose sainthood cause is being considered...
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Vinnies plea for Sri Lankan family release
30 March 2021THE St Vincent de Paul Society has called on new Home Affairs minister Karen Andrews to urgently release a Sri Lankan family held in detention on Christmas Island. After the announcement of the Morrison Government's ministerial reshuffle, the Society's... - Author: The Catholic LeaderWITH Greater Brisbane now in a three-day lockdown, Brisbane Archdiocese has issued new directives for Holy Week, including livestream Masses. During a media conference this morning Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said eight new community transmitted cases...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Mark Bowling An Indonesia priest in Brisbane says his community is shocked by a suicide bombing that rocked the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar on Palm Sunday. Many among Brisbane's Indonesian Catholic community come from Makassar, the...
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Snap lockdown for Brisbane
29 March 2021GREATER Brisbane is entering another snap, three-day lockdown - throwing uncertainty about how Holy Week and Easter will be celebrated. Whether churches are open or must close, web casts from across the Brisbane Archdiocese and beyond will be available... - Author: The Catholic Leader
New ACU Vice-Chancellor and President installed
29 March 2021AUSTRALIAN Catholic University's new vice chancellor and president Zlatko Skrbis was installed at a Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney last Friday. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of ACU Corporation and the Australian Catholic Bishops... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service A CHRISTIAN life should be filled with amazement - astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realising how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said. "Can we still...
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Bangladesh refugee camp fire leaves 45,000 people homeless and at least 15 people dead
26 March 2021AT least 15 people were killed and more than 500 injured in the massive fires that swept through Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on March 22. A further 400 people are still unaccounted for. The scale and intensity of the fire was unprecedented in the camps,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Carrie McCormack MOTHERING, pregnancy and birth are the most intimate expressions of creative collaboration with God. I liken a mother's "yes" to life to the self-donation of Jesus Christ's gift of himself in the Eucharist. It's a visible sign of God's...