The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

Queensland's Catholic bishops have issued a pastoral letter calling for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Reporter PETER BUGDEN looks at what the letter says about our responsibility for the reef.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The battle of the sexes and, particularly, the subjugation of women are the result of Original Sin and not of God's original design for creation, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has deplored a string of deadly car bomb attacks on five Catholic churches in Iraq, calling on Muslims and Christians to unite against "all forms of violence" and to work together to bring peace and stability to the country...

On July 28, Brisbane archdiocese launched Let Your Light Shine, a document that sets out the vision, priorities and planning for a vibrant local Church. Here is a summary of the document.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS): Pope John Paul II has urgently appealed for an end to worldwide indifference to ongoing conflicts in Uganda and Sudan...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): A special investigator, appointed by the Pope, has started to look into a pornography and sex scandal in an Austrian seminary...

A group of volunteers in Brisbane is helping to fulfil the appeals for help from Africa and elsewhere that follow a missionary priest as he visits Third World countries. PETER BUGDEN reports:.

BANGKOK (CNS): AIDS represents "the greatest threat to Africa since the slave trade", according to the head of a network of Church-sponsored prevention and treatment programs in Africa...

DUBLIN (CNS): Pope John Paul II has accepted "in principle" an invitation to visit Ireland, but the Vatican said the acceptance does not mean a papal trip is a sure thing...