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- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis and the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem have responded to the outbreak of conflict in Israel and Palestine over the weekend. The Pope said at the end of a public address on Sunday he was following the violence "with apprehension and sorrow,"...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Michael Howard THE Holy Rosary has been drawing people to Jesus' side for more than 800 years. Its significance to the life of the Church is difficult to overstate. Today, October 7, marks the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The beads had ancestors...
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Analysis: Pope Francis' Laudate Deum is a warning of the human temptation to power offered by technology
6 October 2023POPE Francis' Laudate Deum, an update to his encyclical Laudato Si', is a heartfelt and frustrated warning about a malicious ideology that drives the existential threats posed by environmental decay. The letter rings with pastoral concern like a father... - Author: The Catholic LeaderMAKING Jesus our all and proclaiming him to the world is the Church's "greatest urgency, the truest reform," the bishop of Assisi, Italy, said this week in a letter to the Synod on Synodality. Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino oversees a diocese in central...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis offered guidance to participants on how the monthlong assembly would proceed in his opening remarks for the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday. Pointing synod delegates to texts by St Basil on the Holy Spirit, the pope emphasised the importance...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTODAY the church celebrates the memorial of St Mary Faustina Kowalska. St Faustina was born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905 to a poor but devout Polish family in 1905. At the age of 20, with little education, and having been rejected from several other...
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Couples renew vows at golden wedding anniversary Mass
4 October 2023NEWLYWEDS and longstanding couples renewed their vows and received a blessing at St Stephen's Cathedral for the Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass last Saturday. Among them were Mario and Lilly Mangano from Everton Park, who were celebrating "47 and a half"... - Author: The Catholic LeaderCOMPETING notions of authority and giving certain Christian truths preeminence over others can not only derail the assembly of the Synod of Bishops but, worse, cripple the church's ability to share Christ with the world, Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe...
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'Giant of holiness' St Francis of Assisi remembered across the world on his feast day
4 October 2023TODAY Catholics celebrate the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the Italian deacon who brought renewal to the Church through his decision to follow Jesus' words as literally as possible. In a January 2010 general audience, Pope Benedict XVI recalled this... - Author: The Catholic Leader
National liturgy and music conference sees big ideas from around the world come to Brisbane
3 October 2023THE way we worship matters. That is what dozens of people were saying at the National Liturgy and Music Conference in Brisbane, where 500 liturgists and liturgical musicians had come from around Australia to network and share ideas over three days last...