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Australian religious body are urging Christians to buy slavery-free Easter eggs this year
18 February 2021A CATHOLIC organisation fighting modern slavery and human trafficking has launched it's slavery-free Easter Chocolate Campaign. Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) is asking people to name their 'chocolate change' in Lent... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Lent is the time to make ethical chocolate choices
18 February 2021A CATHOLIC organisation fighting modern slavery and human trafficking has launched it's slavery-free Easter Chocolate Campaign. Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) is asking people to name their 'chocolate change' in Lent... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Pope Francis updates Vatican criminal code aimed at rehabilitation and streamlining trials
17 February 2021POPE Francis has updated the Vatican's legal code to grant reductions in sentences, changes to trials in absentia and streamlining the appeals process. The changes are outlined in Pope Francis' motu proprio "Introducing modifications in the area of justice",... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Archbishop Coleridge calls Catholics to a new kind of prayer, one of listening to the Father who sees all
17 February 2021THOUSANDS of Brisbane Catholics are lining up in churches today to start their Lenten journey with a COVID-safe sprinkling of ash as the liturgy adapts to the ongoing pandemic. The new practice brought in to maintain social distancing has been the custom... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Nuns protest Myanmar military coup
17 February 2021CATHOLIC nuns, priests and laypeople have joined protests in Buddhist-majority Myanmar following the coup on February 1. Hundreds of Catholics, including dozens of nuns, marched on the streets of Yangon on February 14, and recited prayers and the rosary... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Brisbane Franciscan Friar calls for urgent aid as caretakers mark 600 years supporting Holy Land
16 February 2021HOLY Land Commissary for Australia and Kedron parish administrator Franciscan Father Mario Debattista said 600 years of the Commissariats of the Holy Land was a significant milestone but warned the caretakers were in dire need of donations. Fr Debattista... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'Be More' - the theme for Project Compassion 2021
16 February 2021BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has presided over the launch of Project Compassion 2021, explaining that "God wants to give all His children what they need for life". Usually brimming to capacity with Catholic school students and teachers, this year's... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Biloela Tamil family spared deportation, but remains in detention
16 February 2021A Tamil family seeking asylum in Australia will remain on Christmas Island, denied from returning to their Queensland country home of Biloela, after a Federal Court ruling today. Today the full Federal Court upheld a previous ruling relating to the immigration... - Author: The Catholic LeaderWHEN Benedictine Father Robert Nixon gave up his music career in 2013 to become a monk in Western Australia, he was resigned to the fact that he might never perform in public again. The Mt Isa-born pianist and former music teacher is a Benedictine priest...
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Campaign to overhaul aged care services and funding
15 February 2021ABOUT 1,000 health providers - including Catholic not-for-profit services - have formed a powerful coalition to advocate for better aged care standards and funding The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) today launched with a report entitled 'It's...