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- Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER a 30 year career and a remarkable rise through the ranks, Caritas Australia is farewelling Sothy Lay, Caritas Australia's Country Representative in Cambodia. Starting his career as a driver, Sothy Lay worked his way through the organisation to become...
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Desire for eternal youth is 'delusional', pope says
11 August 2022THE passing of time in one's life is meant to be lived as a God-given grace and not a meaningless pursuit to preserve one's youthfulness, Pope Francis said. Men and women are "apprentices of life" who amid trials and tribulations "learn to appreciate... - Author: The Catholic LeaderFORTITUDE Valley mum and midwife Kristen Meadows said participating in Mater's new HOPE program was a "blessing" for her twins Ivy and Ella. Her girls were born via an emergency caesarean, when she went into labour 13 weeks early at Mater Mothers' Hospital...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderQuestion - I have a Protestant friend who thinks we Catholics are foolish for believing in the bodily Assumption of Our Lady into heaven when there is no reference to it in the Scriptures. How can I answer her? AS we have said in this column a number...
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Approaching homelessness in our Christian lives
10 August 2022By Auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton, Brisbane. JUST a few days before the recent national Homelessness Week (August 1-7), staff in the St Stephen's Cathedral precinct in Brisbane's CBD were invited to a meeting to learn more about those sleeping rough outside... - Author: The Catholic LeaderHOLY Spirit Chapel at Australian Catholic University's Banyo campus is now home to a regular Sunday Mass and a growing faith community. Holy Spirit Seminary Queensland rector Fr Neil Muir said the push for a Sunday Mass had come from the seminarians...
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Pope prays for the victims of fire in Cuba
9 August 2022POPE Francis said he is spiritually close to those hurt or killed in a fire at an oil facility in Matanzas, a city on the north-western shore of Cuba. The Argentine pope has long been close to the Cuban church and visited the island in 2015. The fire... - Author: The Catholic LeaderWRITER, historian, and social justice activist, Dr Jackie Huggins AM believes Australian churches have a key role in "truth telling" - an essential part of reconciliation in which the history of Australia's First Nations peoples is told. The Bidjara /...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderYEAR 12 St Mary MacKillop, Nundah students Vashti Hooper and Gopika Raj said their school's patron saint was an "inspiration for all of us". The two students joined hundreds of Brisbane Catholics in today's feast day celebration of Saint Mary of the Cross...
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Biloela family finally granted permanent residency
8 August 2022IT was a quiet afternoon visit last Friday by a Department of Home Affairs team that finally delivered the Tamil "Biloela" family with they had been waiting for permanent residency granted by the Albanese government. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles...