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Reconciliation experts identify truth telling as key to healing
10 October 2022ALFREDO Barahona, has a message to Australian Catholics as the Church navigates a path of reconciliation with First Nations peoples - let's practice what we preach. "We preach compassion, we preach forgiveness, we preach truth - so let's practice it,"... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Pope canonises two new saints
10 October 2022POPE Francis has declared two new saints: St. Artemide Zatti and St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, in an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square. The two saints were both born in Italy in the 19th century and ministered to others amid the massive emigration... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Number of homeless older women will double by 2031
7 October 2022NEW research from independent think-tank Per Capita revealed women over the age of 55 were the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness. Per Capita's report published two days ago estimated more than 15,000 older women would be homeless within... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Brisbane priest and former meteorologist Fr Joe Sardie remembered this morning at funeral Mass
7 October 2022BRISBANE priest Fr Joe Sardie was remembered by family, friends, parishioners and brother priests as a compassionate and humble gentleman" at a funeral Mass celebrated by Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge at St Stephen's Cathedral this morning. Fr Joe... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Brisbane's man of justice is going national
7 October 2022FOR the past 21 years Brisbane social justice activist Peter Arndt has campaigned tirelessly for "those on the periphery", even at the risk of arrest. The 65-year-old is leaving his post as executive officer of Brisbane archdiocese's Catholic Justice... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Vinnies welcomes end of cashless debit card scheme
6 October 2022THE Saint Vincent De Paul Society has commended the Labor Government's decision to abolish the cashless debit card scheme. Yesterday, more than 17,000 Australians were given the choice to leave the controversial program, after amended legislation passed... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Catholic educator and artist Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann receives top honour from ACU
6 October 2022CATHOLIC Aboriginal elder, educator and artist Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann has received a Doctor of the University from Australian Catholic University. The honorary doctorate recognises Dr Ungunmerr-Baumann's authentic servant-leadership and her... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Becoming a sent church
6 October 2022By Emmanuel Community Moderator, Pat Keady OUR community just concluded an intense but fulfilling two weeks of joy-filled evangelising mission, all in the name of the Catholic Church in 2022. If that combination of words sounds jolting, I get it! Yet... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton has called on Catholics to be "bridge builders" and "mediators" in reconciliation with First Nations Australians. "The Church has a role to establish safe places and communities of reconciliation where the harsh truth...
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Vatican marks ecology saint's feast day with a film premiere
5 October 2022POPE Francis is featured in a documentary film on climate change and the environment that had its global premiere at the Vatican on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. It was the same day the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris...