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- Author: The Catholic LeaderPOPE Francis announced the appointment of three women to the Vatican committee that assists in the selection of bishops. Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini, Salesian Sister Yvonne Reungoat and Maria Lia Zervino became the first women to be named members...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderBRISBANE Deacon Peter McDade was retiring after a "dream run" of 16 years active ministry in his home parish St William's Church in Grovely. St William's had been his church before he entered the diaconate, and while most ordained men were not posted...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderThe care of the environment and the fight against climate change is not a lofty goal for humanity but a moral imperative, Pope Francis said. The worsening climate crisis can no longer be ignored, and it is up to all human beings, who were entrusted by...
- Author: The Catholic LeaderTOKYO Archbishop Isao Kikuchi said he was "deeply saddened and shocked" after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination and deplored violence as the answer to differing political opinions. "Violence kills freedom. Violence kills justice," he said...
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Boris Johnson's legacy: a Catholic view
13 July 2022AFTER the dust has settled at Number 10 Downing Street, there's time to consider what is the legacy of Boris Johnson - Britain's first Catholic Prime Minister, now caretaker PM until a new leader is announced on September 5. Baptised as an infant into... - 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...