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- Author: The Catholic LeaderVOCATION Brisbane's new team leader Nick Kelly saw our God-given vocation as embracing Jesus' promise - "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full," (John 10:10). Mr Kelly, a husband and father, has worked in Church ministries like...
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Sebastian's cancer diagnosis brings a focus on Christian hope
10 November 2022By Sebastian Condon WHILE undertaking our studies for the priesthood, we often joked among ourselves that 33 was the age of male theological perfection - for obvious, Jesus-related reasons. I had my 33rd birthday in September this year and the following... - Author: The Catholic Leader
No climate justice without land justice: African bishops
10 November 2022AS the United Nations climate change conference unfolds in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Catholic bishops in Africa are warning there cannot be climate justice without land justice. The bishops of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa... - Author: The Catholic LeaderA DOVE in flight lays a blanket over a homeless person in a new sculpture blessed by Pope Francis this week. Francis blessed the statue, titled Sheltering, as Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz looked on with about 60 representatives of the Vincentian religious...
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Fr Mick nominated for top award
9 November 2022MOUNT Isa priest, Fr Mick Lowcock is in the running for the 2023 Queensland Senior Australian of the Year Award to be announced next week. Fr Lowcock is well-known as an indigenous advocate and founder of the North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic... - Author: The Catholic LeaderRUSSIA'S ambassador to the Holy See confirmed Pope Francis helped facilitate recent prisoner exchanges with Ukraine and said the Vatican was ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia. The Italian news agency Askanews reported the ambassador,...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderWORLD leaders gathered in Egypt for the U.N. climate summit have "a moral obligation" to act seriously and together to safeguard the planet and to offer concrete aid to people suffering the "more frequent and more serious humanitarian impacts caused by...
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Rosies celebrates 35 years helping Queensland's most vulnerable
8 November 2022ICONIC homeless support agency Rosies - Friends on the Street has started its year-long celebrations marking 35 incredible years helping Queensland's most vulnerable. A special, month-long state tour during November aims to help the charity raise awareness... - Author: The Catholic Leader
French cardinal admits to abusing teenage girl 35 years ago
8 November 2022FRENCH Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops' conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago. The revelation came in a letter from Cardinal Ricard read by Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, president... - Author: The Catholic LeaderEVERY year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their "ministry of mercy" as confessors. The huge number of participants, from 500 to 800 ordained and soon-to-be...