The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

ON the eve of the aged-care royal commission, the Federal Government announced funding boosts for home-care packages, and for vital building modifications to help seniors stay living independently at home. An additional 5000 level-three and 5000 level-four home-care packages will be allocated by mid-year, providing funding for up to $50,000 of care services per person per year including nursing, home ... Read More »

SOME of Australia’s largest aged-care providers have submitted tens of thousands of incident reports of abuse, neglect and poor care to the royal commission into the quality and safety of aged care that opened on Friday (January 18). Amongst the flood of information received by the commission is evidence that some elderly nursing home residents have been doped for years ... Read More »

NEWLY-appointed Brisbane archdiocese chancellor Pat Mullins says more lay people should step up to take on Church roles.  “It’s a good direction that the Church is going in, I think. It’s the way of the future,” he said. Uniquely qualified for the role of chancellor, Mr Mullins is believed to be Australia’s only canon lawyer simultaneously practising as a common ... Read More »

WHEN Darryl and Kerry Cox went to see their family doctor he advised the couple to go out and make memories, and take lots of photos. Darryl has already been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and was suffering severe short-term memory loss. Following their doctor’s advice the Cox’s embarked on a Mediterranean cruise of a lifetime.  “We took lots and lots ... Read More »

In countries across the world the jury is still out on the effects of drugs on society and individuals’ health, however a case in Queensland reflects softening attitudes and changing laws against some drugs. QUEENSLAND parents who pleaded guilty to treating their five-year-old son’s autism with cannabis oil, recently walked free from court in what the judge described as an ... Read More »

PRO-LIFE group, Cherish Life has stood by a pledge to publicly name and shame Queensland state members of parliament who voted to legalise abortion – part of a wider campaign to oust them from office. The group has released a pamphlet that identifies each MP and how they voted on the controversial Termination of Pregnancy Bill passed by 50 to ... Read More »

2019 is shaping as a year of reckoning for religious freedom in Australia, with the Church welcoming a Federal Government move to protect freedom of religion in law. “Our preference is that the law recognise religious freedom in a positive way as a basic, internationally-protected human right – and one that deserves protection,” the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference spokesman on ... Read More »

AFTER world leaders gathered in Poland for the United Nations’ annual climate conference, a Catholic advocate in the Pacific has warned of the environmental damage being suffered on her island home. “The effects of climate change are being felt on a daily basis,” Caritas Tonga director Amelia Ma’afu said. Tonga and other countries across the Pacific are among those most ... Read More »

2018. IT was the year a fully electric vehicle had its first test run on Australian roads – here in Queensland.  And it was the year Brisbane Catholic schools embarked on a pioneering clean-energy project that aims to contribute to a planet-saving “ecological conversion”. “We’ve made a public commitment to living Laudato Si’ … it’s not just about saving power ... Read More »