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SYDNEY has been rocked by a second violent event in under a week, this time at Christ the Good Shepherd Church, an Assyrian community in Wakeley. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was allegedly stabbed by a 15-year-old male. The talk was live-streamed and showed...

POPE Francis will travel to the southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore later this year. The 11-day multi-country voyage from September 2-13 will be the longest international trip of Francis' papacy. The trip...

NEWLY finished icons of Saints Mary Magdalene, Peter, Mary Mother of God, John the Baptist, Paul and Mary of the Cross now light the way to the heart of the prayer life of Queensland's Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge...

FAITH leaders have expressed their sorrow at the shocking knife attack that killed six people at a Sydney shopping centre last Saturday. Five women and a male security guard were killed by Joel Cauchi, 40, during the stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction...

BRISBANE priest Fr Marty Larsen is being remembered by parishioners, friends and family as a pastoral and energetic priest who brought a lot of good cheer to his parishes. In a message to staff, Brisbane archdiocese leadership said Fr Larsen died unexpectedly...

NEWLY-ordained Rockhampton priest Fr Peter Doherty says he feels God's peace having taken his next step in his Christian life. "I'm under no illusions that it will always be blue skies and sunny days, but I've learned on my Christian journey that God...

By Terry Lees FOLLOWING the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, Simon Peter and the other disciples returned to Galilee where their encounter with Jesus first began. On the Sea of Galilee, they tried to relive their former occupation as professional...

SAINT Thomas' devotion is overshadowed by one moment of doubt. He witnessed the ministry of Jesus. He saw the miracles first hand. He gave up everything to be one of the chosen few. Hiding in that room, St Thomas would have been devastated by his lack...

By Greg Harbort SOME readers might remember Uncle John's Children's Page ran in The Catholic Leader from 1955 to 1980. The page was filled with puzzles, pen pals, jokes and riddles and illuminating facts and stories for children and adults alike. What...

THE number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Holy See's 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. The figures from 2021...