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Renowned indigenous elder to meet Pope Francis
15 May 2023RENOWNED Australian Aboriginal elder, educator and artist Dr Miriam Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM is to meet with Pope Francis next week. On her first trip from Australia's 'outback' to Rome is expected to have a private audience with the pope during a visit... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER literally hundreds of public prayers for peace in Ukraine and 443 days after Russia launched an all-out war on the Eastern European country, Pope Francis welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Vatican. The topics of the conversation...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderDAMIEN Walker lovingly pieces together the broken bodies and faces of Jesus and his saints every day. Mr Walker, a young New Zealand-based artist, had just finished high school when a magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit Christchurch in 2011. The quake claimed...
- Author: The Catholic Leader"PASSIONATE" is the way Carmelina Vitale would like to be known and remembered. In fact, when dating her husband of 21 years, Sebastian Vitale, whom she met at an Italian youth group at 26 years of age, the unstoppable and vibrant woman of faith gave...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLIC cultural communities will take to the streets of Brisbane on June 11 to give public testimony to their faith and belief in the Eucharist. The Corpus Christi Procession will start and end at the St Stephen's Cathedral and includes prayers, rosary,...
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Teacher Sue Webb writes new book about her path back from panic and the stresses of her vocation
12 May 2023CAREER teacher Sue Webb remembers the weekend she suffered a paralysing panic attack while on a busy Sunshine Coast motorway. The stresses of being a teacher had come to a head and would later spiral into emotional chaos. "It was originally diagnosed... - Author: The Catholic LeaderSIXTEEN teachers, campus ministers, youth leaders and Brisbane Catholic Education office staff will be setting off for two prayerful weeks among crowds of young Catholics for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023. Six of the pilgrims spoke to The Catholic Leader...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLIC and allied care agencies have generally welcomed the latest Federal Budget that pledges increases in unemployment benefits and cheaper health care. The headline items in Treasurer Jim Chalmers' 2023-24 Budget, are a $14.6 billion cost-of-living...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderFOR newly-released prisoners across south east Queensland finding a roof over their head is one of their immediate challenges. Amid a housing crisis many find themselves homeless or forced into risky low-rent boarding houses. "Transitioning is hard, it's...
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Churches Together raising awareness on ways to help eliminate domestic and family violence
9 May 2023CAROLE Danby hopes to see the Church do more to raise its voice against the scourge of domestic and family violence in Queensland. Mrs Danby, a parishioner at Our Lady of Graces Church, Carina, is the Catholic representative on the Queensland Churches...