Latest 'The Catholic Leader' news articles.
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSAFE, organised, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote. "If this is not recognised, there is a risk that fear will erase people's future and justify those barriers against which lives are shattered," he...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has thanked Church employees for their service during a Mass celebrating the Solemnity of St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass in St Stephen's Cathedral was attended by hundreds of Brisbane archdiocesan...
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Principals at risk as violence in schools escalates
20 March 2023"THE job is certainly getting much harder," school principal Dan McMahon says, reflecting on research that shows increasing levels of violence in schools, and with half of all school leaders at risk of serious mental health concerns including burnout... - Author: The Catholic LeaderLIVING Waters parish priest Fr David Pascoe said he was struck by how "engaged, excited and joyous" the entire parish community felt at their first joint gathering since the parish was established in 2020. After three years waiting for pandemic measures...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Sr Mel Dwyer GREETINGS from Rome, Italy! It's been three months since I left Brisbane to begin a new ministry role in the International Leadership Team for my Religious congregation, the Canossian Daughters of Charity. I'm only at the start of my six-year...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderFRANCISCAN Father John Boyd-Boland died aged 82 last night at Regis Aged Care, Lutwyche. Ipswich parish priest Franciscan Father Stephen Bliss was at his side. "We offer sympathies and prayers for his family, to the friars, members of other religious...
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Mark's on a mission of meaning at ACU
16 March 2023MARK Doyle wants to learn how we make meaning in our lives. While heading National Evangelisation Teams (NET) Ministries, he worked with "hundreds of young people, who were in that 18-25 year range, asking the big questions of life - who am I, what gifts... - Author: The Catholic LeaderTWO Australian archbishops have warned law changes proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission would prevent Church schools from being authentically Catholic, arguing they would discount the rights of people with a religious faith. The fears were...
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Students suspended after toilet block vaping video
15 March 2023A CENTRAL Queensland Catholic college has suspended more than 30 students after a video surfaced of students vaping in a toilet block. In the video, a large number of students appear sitting and standing around, with a hazy smoke in a room identified... - Author: The Catholic LeaderSETTING up clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope Francis said. In a message to participants at the second Latin American congress on the prevention of abuse, the pope said...