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Townsville Bishop says Good Samaritan Sisters leaving Charters Towers ‘did ‘good’ things in this part of the world’
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 10:15 pm IN 117 years, more than 200 Good Samaritan Sisters have served in the Charters Towers area. On May 28, all this came to an end as the remaining three sisters departed the...
Christians express concerns over proposed Satanic memorial in Belle Plaine
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 6, 2017 at 10:04 pm Father Brian Lynch presented serious issues with the proposed Satanic memorial for Belle Plaine's Veterans Memorial Park at the community's city council meeting June 5.
Emmaus College student inspired to pursue music career despite losing knockout round on The Voice
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 10:04 pm SOULFUL singer and Emmaus College student Ruby Jo has described her time on television series The Voice as a “blessed” experience. The 15-year-old Chambers Flat musician performed...
Student sexting ‘is rampant’ among youth and children, Queensland Catholic school principal says
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 10:00 pm RAMPANT “sexting” – the culture of sending and receiving nude images – is a major problem among students, a Catholic school principal said. Bundaberg’s Shalom College principal...
So Is It Ethical to Have Many Children?
Creative Minority Report - Jun 6, 2017 at 9:59 pm Foreign Policy Mag wonders "As Environmental Catastrophe Looms, Is it Ethical to Have Children?" Guess what the answer is. They ask two ethics professors, one from Georgetown...
Former Capuchin friar sent to jail for indecent assault of child
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm A FORMER Capuchin friar who sexually abused a young girl attending a Brisbane Catholic school on four separate occasions in 1974 has been jailed for four months. Anthony Colbourne...
Principals of schools formerly run by Christian Brothers apologise to student victims and survivors of sexual abuse
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 8:29 pm PRINCIPALS of Catholic schools have apologised to survivors and victims of sexual abuse inflicted on students at their schools. Edmund Rice Education Australia led a “National...
Rockhampton Bishop stands with workers as hundreds face job cuts with Aurizon workshop closure
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 7:52 pm ROCKHAMPTON Bishop Michael McCarthy has spoken out in support of hundreds of Aurizon workers told they would lose their jobs with the closure of the city’s railway workshops. “I...
Australians invited to Rome for Catholic Charismatic Renewal 50th anniversary thank Pope Francis for ‘joy-filled’ gathering
The Catholic Leader - Jun 6, 2017 at 7:02 pm AUSTRALIAN Catholics swept up in the grace of the Holy Spirit through the Catholic Charismatic Renewal finished a “joy filled” five-day pilgrimage to Rome for the movement’s 50th...
The Current Destruction of Venezuela & The Role of the Church
OnePeterFive - Jun 6, 2017 at 6:36 pm Image credit: Alberto Rodriguez
Editor’s Note: The following testimony was sent to us by Dr. Carlos Augusto Casanova Guerra, Professor of the University of St. Thomas in Chile and...
Yael Deckelbaum continues to wage peace with “This Land”
Aleteia - Jun 6, 2017 at 6:00 pm The "Prayer of the Mothers" Ensemble is back for the "Women Wage Peace" movement.Yael Deckelbaum is a seasoned musician with 3 albums under her belt. Since winning “Best Young...
Irish bishops praise court ruling recognizing the dignity of work
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:47 pm Dublin, Ireland, Jun 6, 2017 / 04:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Ireland's Catholic bishops have praised a Supreme Court decision in the country that will allow asylum seekers to find...
Newborn Baby Found Being Eaten by Ants After Abandoned in a Shopping Bag
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:33 pm An abandoned baby was discovered naked and covered in ants on Monday in China, a possible consequence of the country’s oppressive population control laws.
The Daily Mail reports...
Laudato Si’, the Commitment of Catholics: Goodbye Fossil Fuels
Vatican Insider - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:27 pm To move financial investments from fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil to other equity markets, that are compatible with environmental sustainability and are in accordance with...
Mike Pence: “President Trump Stands With the Most Vulnerable, Including the Unborn”
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:11 pm In his address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast this morning, Vice President Mike Pence renewed the White House’s commitment to the sanctity of life. This was a...
Africa-China Conference on Population and Development Raises Questions
LifeSiteNews - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:04 pm Many conference participants spoke positively about China’s population control strategies, holding China’s brutal Planned Birth policy up as an example for developing countries to...
Is your college kid still acting like a kid?
Aleteia - Jun 6, 2017 at 5:00 pm Here's how to set clear boundaries when your college kid comes home for the summer. I love seeing all the Facebook updates from college kids, driving home for the summer with a...
Texas Gov. Signs Bill Banning Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2017 at 4:59 pm Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed a bill to protect unborn babies from brutal dismemberment abortions.
Texas Senate Bill 8 prohibits dismemberment abortions, a method...
'Buuuuuuut is it true?' Readers question reporting on billboard that has outraged Muslims
GetReligion - Jun 6, 2017 at 4:50 pm The billboard described "The Perfect Man" as a "slave owner & dealer" with "13 wives, 11 at one time." https://t.co/V8IsUQ1yJe
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 6, 2017
In...
Italian Bill Would Allow Dehydrating Patients to Death
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2017 at 4:24 pm Euthanasia Prevention Coalition – VP, Kristina Hodgetts, was featured at a press conference today in Rome speaking out against the “living will” bill “Testamenti Biologici” (“...
