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- Author: The Catholic LeaderCATHOLIC Social Services Australia has welcomed reports the Federal May Budget will focus on entrenched disadvantage for the most vulnerable Australians. Treasurer Jim Chalmers recently told the Guardian Australia's politics podcast he was working with...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSOPHIA College, Plainland has developed their own science, ecology and technology (SET) subject, designed to help students care for the environment and become solution-focused global citizens. "What is most exciting about this program is that it encourages...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderFRANCISCAN Father Mario Debattista said there was a "real buzz" around his parish in Juba, South Sudan, for Pope Francis' upcoming visit this week. "There's really a sense of excitement," he said. Fr Debattista had been interviewed by a local TV news...
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Pope Francis calls for an 'amnesty of the heart' to build peace
2 February 2023IN a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancour. "That is what Christ wants. He wants to anoint us with his forgiveness,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Retreat to connect Aboriginal and Benedictine spirituality
2 February 2023THE spiritual similarities of Australia's Aborigines and the early Christian desert fathers will be explored in a new online retreat to be launched this month. The retreat is a unique collaboration between Sr Antonia Curtis of the Benedictine Abbey in... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Church call to action as Pacific nations face 'life or death' struggle to survive climate change
1 February 2023BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge will join dozens of Church leaders from across Oceania for a five-day meeting in Fiji, with a clear agenda to help small Pacific Island nations struggling to survive climate change. Archbishop Coleridge said he was going... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Police seek to block George Pell funeral protesters
1 February 2023POLICE in News South Wales are seeking a court order to block a protest by a LGBTQI group planned for the Sydney funeral of Cardinal George Pell. A police application to the NBSW Supreme Court will aim to prohibit the protest, citing safety concerns for... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Francis joins 'pilgrimage of peace' to Congo and South Sudan
31 January 2023POPE Francis will depart Rome today (Tuesday) for Africa, arriving first in Kinshasa capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country home to more than 52 million Catholics. It will be the first papal trip to Congo in 37 years. John Paul II visited... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Francis calls for Holy Land peace after recent "spiral of death"
30 January 2023POPE Francis has called for peace in the Holy Land, calling the recent spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence a "spiral of death" that accomplishes nothing. In his Sunday Angelus address on January 29, the pope expressed "great sorrow" for the death of... - Author: The Catholic LeaderMORE than 30 Josephite Sisters celebrated almost 2000 combined years of religious life at their diamond jubilee this month. Congregational Leader Sr Monica Cavanagh welcomed the 21 jubilarians, who celebrated 60 years of religious life, Sisters, and guests...