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By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service Soon after the United States and its allies, including Australia, withdrew from Afghanistan last...

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service ACCORDING to a self-described "fanatic" about science and "a bit of a nerd" for...

FATHER Kevin Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counsellor and loyal friend to scores of active and retired firefighters in...

THERE'S been a record surge in attempts to cross the United States - Mexico border. During a recent visit to...

WHEN a state premier declares a pandemic lockdown and mandates people to stay at home, what does that mean for...

New advice: The Vatican's doctrinal office says any form of blessing of same-sex unions is "illicit," but that the negative...

Guiding principal: Dan McMahon says “the formation of hearts and minds and souls" is the core business of Catholic schools....

Paris Mass: Priests and nuns pray during a Mass at Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais church in Paris. Photo: CNS CATHOLIC clergy in France...

Workers repair the doorway of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq. Pope Francis plans to visit Qaraqosh...

New finding: More doctors and nurses needed to work in palliative care. AUSTRALIA has only half the number of palliative...

Complex debate: “The complex relationship between white Australia and its Indigenous people makes the notion of Australia Day an abstract...

Tim Staples: "There’s a growing crucial need for Catholics also to be able to give reasons...

Caring for environment: Judicial vicar Fr Adrian Farrelly explains what making environmental protection part of canon...

Back to basics: “... Beyond the headlines there has been an important realisation from all sides...

Unity: “Marriage is a beautiful thing. It’s the foundation of a civil society and forms the...

IN the previous edition of The Catholic Leader, I urged Catholics firstly to engage in the marriage debate with truth...

Vote issues: Peter Pellicaan with his wife Leone on their wedding day. Photo: Supplied. ON January...

United in prayer: Dominican Father Pan Jordan is demanding a fair process for asylum seekers. Photo: Mark...

Meeting the future: Kids with robots at the World Festival of Science. We already feel comfortable...

Steve Dickson: “I don’t go to church regularly. I pray a lot because I have a...

Family issues:“Our view is you’ve got to trust the parents to be parents, and the government...

Transgender rise: In 2014, using a statistic from a youth survey in New Zealand, which claimed...

Leading in faith: Fr Kevin Mullins leads a Good Friday procession in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. DRIVING...

Faith in marriage: “This is not a simple problem that can be easily addressed by reciting...

Marcus Riley: “The fact that we are living longer is a triumph for humanity. We should...