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Urgent campaign to keep family together
28 March 2023PARISHIONERS in Brisbane will tonight hold a last-minute prayer vigil in support of a well-known and much loved Sri Lankan asylum seeker who faces deportation as early as Thurday, despite his wife and child having the right to remain in Australia under... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Church responds as housing crisis grips Queensland
27 March 2023AS Queensland's housing crisis deepens, the Catholic Church and its agencies are playing a key, frontline role providing services and seeking new ways to accommodate the homeless. The situation is dire, with more Queensland families being forced to live... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Vatican has published new legislation that extends to lay leaders of Catholic organisations the existing rules for investigating bishops over sex abuse or its cover-up. Updated procedures for investigating sexual abuse allegations specify that leaders...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER driving down a dried riverbed in Ethiopia, 18 kilometres from the nearest road, Kirsty Robertson arrived at the village where Caritas worked and there she met a woman named Mali. "She encouraged me, even pleaded with me, to tell her story and to...
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Discovering Pier Giorgio Frassati: Film sheds light on humanity, holiness of Italian blessed
23 March 2023THAT Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati liked to go mountain climbing is not a surprise to those who know even a little about the 20th-century Italian youth's story. "To the Top," a new docudrama produced in co-operation with EWTN, uses this aspect of his... - Author: The Catholic LeaderFOUR in ten Australians would attend an Easter service if they were invited by a close friend or family member, a recent survey found. The survey, conducted by the Australian Community Survey, also found that 19 per cent of respondents were unsure about...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderPROPOSED laws in Victoria to ban the Nazi salute could actually lead to more negative responses from extremist groups, warns Dr Bill Swannie. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews put forward the legislation after neo-Nazi protestors crashed a feminist protest...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAN enormous contributor to education in Queensland for more than 50 years, Dr Alan Druery, has died. Dr Druery was integral in forming the state's Catholic education system, and ensuring that Catholic schools have professional, well trained staff. An...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched a document highlighting Christianity's unique relationship with Judaism and celebrating the positive relationship the two faiths enjoy in Australia. "Walking Together: Catholics and Jews in the Australian...
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Bob Out remembered as the 'good man of Padua'
21 March 2023ROBERT Out, former Padua College rector, died aged 65 at his home with his family by his side. Padua College rector Peter Elmore said he was a proud Franciscan and Paduan, and his contribution and commitment to Padua College and Catholic education were...