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Caritas responds to Typhoon devastation in the Philippines
28 September 2022THOUSANDS are displaced and eight dead after Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the north of the Philippines on Sunday night The severe storm caused intense flooding, power outages, and uprooted trees across Manila and surrounding regions, forcing at least... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Sr Melissa Dwyer leaving Brisbane for Rome to take on leadership role for six years
28 September 2022CANOSSIAN Sister Melissa Dwyer will be leaving Brisbane for Rome in November after she has recently been elected during the Canossian Institute's General Chapter to the congregational leadership team for a term of six years. The leadership team oversees... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Cardinal Zen stands trial in Hong Kong
28 September 2022CARDINAL Joseph Zen and five others stood trial in Hong Kong for failing to properly register a fund to provide legal aid to pro-democracy protesters. The 90-year-old cardinal and retired bishop of Hong Kong arrived at the court in West Kowloon on Monday... - Author: The Catholic LeaderBrisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has delivered a rousing message of equality and inclusion during this year's Multicultural Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral. Representatives from more than 30 cultural communities celebrated the diversity and vibrancy...
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Cathedral parish is looking for a talented young musician to become Brisbane's next organ scholar
27 September 2022THE search has begun on for the Cathedral of St Stephen's next organ scholar. Cathedral music director Christopher Trikilis said the organ scholarship, named in honour of former director and prominent Brisbane musician Dr Ralph Morton, was again on offer... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Ignite: Moments of transformation in Christ
26 September 2022Individual and collative faith-filled moments coloured this year's Ignite Conference themed, "The Moment" and held at St Laurence's College, South Brisbane, for the first time in its decades-long history. Opening the four-day conference for 1300 participants... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Church opens canonical investigation into Bishop Saunders
26 September 2022The Holy See has initiated a canonical investigation into former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders, with Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge appointed to oversee the investigation. Bishop Saunders stood aside as Bishop of Broome in March 2020 after media... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Welcome, support, accompany migrants, pope says
26 September 2022POPE Francis has visited the ancient Italian city of Matera, marking the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, calling on everyone to work together to build a more inclusive and fraternal future. "Migrants are to be welcomed, accompanied, supported and... - Author: The Catholic Leader
'Sharing is healing'- NATSICC conference gathers in Townsville
23 September 2022SAINT Patrick's College, Townsville hosted the 2022 National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) assembly this week. NATSICC Chair and Indigenous Australian, John Lochowiak said the five-day event was a fantastic opportunity to... - Author: The Catholic Leader
Why are young Catholics interested in St Thomas Aquinas?
23 September 2022FATHER Thomas Joseph White said a new generation of young people are deeply invested in the study of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The Dominican theologian and rector of the Angelicum in Rome said he had witnessed both a new academic emphasis on historical accuracy...