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- Author: The Catholic LeaderRED floodlights have been switched on at St Stephen's Cathedral to symbolically wash the stone facade in the blood of persecuted Christians as the Church remembers and prays for them in November. One in nine Christians around the world are persecuted...
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Margaret Somerville says good citizens need to do more than vote for the right leader
13 November 2020IF you voted in the recent Queensland state election and you think you've done your job for another four years, or if the people of the United States think they have too, leading Australian bioethicist Professor Margaret Somerville has news for you. Professor... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Students cheer for Jesus after seeing mysterious skywriting
13 November 2020THE first letters "T" and "R" had students almost certain the skywriting pilot was going to spell out United States President Donald Trump's surname as they looked skyward from their oval at Holy Cross School, Wooloowin, last Wednesday morning. By the... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAMID fears that labour shortages will leave crops unharvested due to coronavirus, one North Queensland community is singing the praises of Catholic pickers from East Timor. More than 100 East Timorese arrived in Bowen and have spent a full season picking...
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NAIDOC WEEK: "Moa Island will always be homeland for me"
12 November 2020ISAIAH Levi visited Moa Island, in the Torres Strait, for the first time when he was 16 and he immediately felt at home. Moa Island is the home of his family on his mother's side. Isaiah, 18, is a Year 12 student at St Columban's College, Caboolture,... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA BRISBANE Catholic deacon and former military chaplain has defended Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is under fire for his lavish lifestyle and quirky behaviour. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Bangkok to speak...
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Emotions running high as four Queensland men prepare to be deacons
12 November 2020THREE Brisbane seminarians Francis Fernandes, William Iuliano and Jack Ho are taking their next steps towards priesthood, set to be ordained transitional deacons at St Stephen's Cathedral on Friday, November 13. Rockhampton diocese seminarian Ashwin Acharya... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Clergy abuse survivors face a lifetime of recurrence of PTSD
11 November 2020CLEVELAND (CNS) -- New job in hand, Jim Richter was adjusting well to life in Minneapolis several months after leaving his hometown of Chicago. He was enjoying his fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical Center despite the long hours and he... - Author: The Catholic LeaderWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's unusual transparency in a report detailing the ascent to power of former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, despite top church officials' knowledge of his sexual abuses, brought feelings of betrayal and hurt...
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The Life Ahead
11 November 2020NEW YORK (CNS) -- Six years after her most recent role in her son Edoardo Ponti's film "Human Voice," fabled actress Sophia Loren returns to the screen in "The Life Ahead" (Netflix). Already playing in theaters, the Italian-language drama, subtitled in...