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- Author: The Catholic LeaderCatholic bishops in the Philippines have vowed to accelerate evangelisation by being with the poor and reaching out to all sections of society, but lay Catholics remain skeptical in the absence of a concrete plan of action. "We open doors for us all to...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBy Fr John Flader Question - In my travels I have attended Mass in many parishes and have seen it celebrated in very different ways, in some places with great care and reverence, but in others with little care for the rubrics, even leaving out some prayers...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAustralia's historic Plenary Council ended on Saturday with a Mass and approval of a final statement by the 277 Council members that "The Holy Spirit has been both comforter and disrupter". The Council's final six-day assembly in Sydney included tense...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAustralia's historic Fifth Plenary Council assembly - the first in more than 80 years - has voted to promote the role of women in the Church. The landmark vote follows a day of drama two days earlier, when dozens of plenary members, mainly women, some...
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Are Catholic funerals a dying rite?
8 July 2022ARE funeral rites still meaningful in modern secular society? Liturgy expert Fr Paul Turner hopes to address this question in an online lecture at the Australian Catholic University on July 18. Fr Turner said the purpose of funerals had slowly shifted... - Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis said he will appoint two women to a historically all-male Vatican committee that assists in the selection of bishops. The role of women in the Church was one of the main topics the Pope discussed during his interview with Reuters at the Vatican...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderSTREAMLINING procedures has helped members at Australia's Plenary Council assembly discuss and vote on complex motions after a day of disruption that included a walkout and silent protest, when a vote to elevate the role of women in the Church failed...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTHE Church needs to be flexible, and with the Spirit this can be achieved, says Maltese-born Charles Gauci, known to many as the outback bishop. The Bishop of Darwin, Gauci has brought four decades of pastoral wisdom to the Australian Plenary Council...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderAFTER two years of depravation, living for months at a time on board ships with nowhere in the world to step ashore due to COVID-19, restrictions have finally eased on seafarers. Stella Maris Seafarer Centre, co-located with Mission to Seafarers at the...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderRITAS Australia chief executive officer Kirsty Robertson has called for an immediate response for ugent famine prevention relief after meeting with Caritas Ethiopia to discuss responses to the famine crisis in the Horn of Africa. "The food crisis is acute,...