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- Author: The Catholic LeaderTO understand the Gospel, its beauty and its power, people need to read it, Pope Francis said. "I invite you to rediscover the beauty and ever-new strength of the Gospel," he told employees, directors and agents of the Inspectorate for Public Security...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSHARING the faith is the "oxygen" that "invigorates and purifies" Christian life, Pope Francis said. Beginning a new series of catechesis focused on evangeliSation and apostolic zeal, the Pope said when Christian life lost its aim of proclaiming the Gospel,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHIS is Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge's statement on the life and achievements of Cardinal George Pell after the cardinal died aged 81 in Rome, January 10. The Catholic Church in Australia has known few more extraordinary figures than George Pell...
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Cardinal Pell dies aged 81
11 January 2023CARDINAL George Pell has died aged 81 in Rome. Reports indicate Cardinal Pell suffered complications after undergoing hip surgery and went into cardiac arrest. He had attended the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI only days before. Ordained a priest in 1966... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'Catechism in a Year' podcast tops Apple charts - 'It has a beauty that speaks to the heart'
10 January 2023FOR the third year in a row, a Catholic podcast has bolted out of the gate after New Year's Day to take the top spot on Apple Podcasts, beating out secular podcasts from The New York Times, NBC News, and NPR. But 2023 was slightly different from 2021... - Author: The Catholic LeaderAt least 12 priests and five religious sisters were murdered during 2022 while fulfilling their mission. According to information collected by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Nigeria was the country with the highest number of victims, with four priests...
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Boy still critical after Gold Coast helicopter crash
9 January 2023MEMBERS of St Padre Pio Parish, Glenmore Park, in Western Sydney continue to pray for a 10-year-old boy fighting for life after last week's fatal helicopter crash on the Gold Coast. Nicholas Tadros had just taken off on a Sea World joy flight with his... - Author: The Catholic LeaderFRANCISCAN Father Mario Debattista has another three years in mind for his upcoming mission to Juba, South Sudan. He ministered for three years from 2013 to 2016 before civil war-related tensions flared up and he was forced to leave with two students...
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Time is God's
3 January 2023By Selina Venier IT'S timely about now to look back on the year and consider what went well, as the change of month and year looms, yes? As we are "cup half full" rather than empty, people, allow some recollection of thoughts. In alignment with this idea,... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Benedict's passing marks end of an era
1 January 2023By Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge At the end of a long life, Benedict XVI, like Elizabeth II, seemed almost the relic of a bygone age - a link with the Second World War, the embodiment of values and styles morphing or passing even in their lifetime,...