BABY Jesus could share a birthday with a boy whose life was saved by a crisis pregnancy safe house in Brisbane. Pregnancy Crisis, a volunteer-run organisation that provides crisis accommodation for women with unplanned or unexpected pregnancies, is expecting the birth of a baby boy on Christmas Eve. The precious little life will bring the number of babies born under ... Read More »
POPE Francis has abolished the obligation of secrecy for those who report having been sexually abused by a priest and for those who testify in a church trial or process having to do with clerical sexual abuse. ìThe person who files the report, the person who alleges to have been harmed and the witnesses shall not be bound by any ... Read More »
CAIRNS Bishop James Foley is to step down due to ailing health after 27 years, and is expected to cease duties early next year. “I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s (disease) earlier this year … and I submitted my resignation,” 71-year-old Bishop Foley told The Catholic Leader. One of Australia’s longest-serving current bishops, Bishop Foley has written a letter to Cairns ... Read More »
BRISBANE archdiocese has received a high rating – but still with room for improvement – in a landmark report on its safeguarding arrangements. The report is the first conducted in an Australian archdiocese by Catholic Professional Standards Limited, set up by the Church leadership in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The National Catholic ... Read More »
JULIANNE Schmid has spent the past few years preparing her sons, who were born deaf, to hear the world differently. The Mackay Catholic mum even wrote a book on the daily life of her two boys, titled Bill and Hug – A Dragon’s Tale, which explores the experience of two sibling dragons with hearing aids. But the mum from St ... Read More »
IT was a who’s who of Brisbane Catholic leadership with business professionals and ministry leaders celebrating the coming of Advent at the Assembly of Catholic Professionals Christmas party at Customs House on December 4. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge offered some brief remarks and wished everyone a happy and holy Christmas. “On behalf of so many people, as I look around ... Read More »
CATHOLICS from the breezy Sandgate Brighton community take the Greek translation of the word “eucharist” quite literally every year. “Eucharist”, which derives from the Greek word “eucharistia”, means “thanksgiving”, and once a year, Catholics from Sandgate Brighton Catholic parish make a point of thanking God for their blessings at the end of each liturgical year. To close out 2019, the ... Read More »
DARRA Jindalee parishioner Felicia Nasalio, 23, had four simple reasons for her pilgrim journey to Perth for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival this week. She wanted to connect with young people, deepen her faith, deepen her love for Jesus and ignite the spark she felt inside. She said she had been feeling lost lately, and “I feel like the Holy ... Read More »
“I DON’T know about you, but it’s been a very, very tough year,” Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said, reflecting on 2019 during a Facebook Live session with thousands of viewers from as far afield as Sydney and Suva. “… We’re preparing for what we call a plenary council; we’ve got to make big decisions about the future, and that in ... Read More »
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