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Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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24.01.2022 Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who helped launch the campaign, described the Abdallah family’s ability to forgive in the days after the accident as breathtaking, and he referred to the Lord’s Prayer and its message of forgiveness.

24.01.2022 More than 100 East Timorese arrived in Bowen and have spent a full season picking capsicums, pumpkins and tomatoes, working hard to earn the respect of the local farmers, as well as the local St Mary’s Church community.

23.01.2022 "Our (guardian) angel is not only with us; he also sees God the Father. He is in relationship with Him. He is the daily bridge, from the moment we arise to the moment we go to bed. He accompanies us and is a link between us and God the Father," Pope Francis said at a Mass in 2018.

23.01.2022 A rising poet from Brisbane’s bayside suburb of Wynnum has capped off a stellar year by placing third in the 2020 Australian Catholic University’s Prize for Poetry.

23.01.2022 From the end of this month Queensland residential tenants will lose the protection from eviction that’s been in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

22.01.2022 Evangelisation Brisbane director Deacon Peter Pellicaan said the Multicultural Mass was a great expression of the diversity in the Catholic Church in Brisbane.

18.01.2022 Former military officer and chaplain Deacon Gary Stone says in the wake of the "utterly reprehensible" behaviour of the Special Air Service Regiment, there are lessons for the Church and its handling of the sexual abuse crisis.

17.01.2022 The national body representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics has offered an Australia Day reflection, calling for a more equitable and caring nation after COVID-19. "Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)

16.01.2022 As soon as January arrives Donna Longland and her friends start preparing for the Iona Passion Play, which has its home at Iona College, on Brisbane’s bayside.

16.01.2022 Forty-five couples celebrated their love at the Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass last Sunday. Many more couples and extended family participated over livestream too.

16.01.2022 Responding to a report about the Thai King's lavish lifestyle in 60 Minutes, his former mentor Deacon Gary Stone described him as "quiet, reserved, polite and respectful person, who likes his own privacy".

15.01.2022 A family of seven have made the most of their time cooped up in hotel quarantine by running 300km to raise money for charity.

15.01.2022 The letter reaffirmed euthanasia was an act of homicide that no end can justify and that does not tolerate any form of complicity or active or passive collaboration.

15.01.2022 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Archangels, St Michael, St Gabriel and St Raphael. Holy Archangels, pray for us

14.01.2022 Pray for your next deacons! Francis Fernandes, William Iuliano and Jack Ho will be ordained for the Archdiocese of Brisbane on Friday, while Ashwin Acharya will be ordained for Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton on November 18.

14.01.2022 Carmelite Father Paul Chandler was a reluctant recruit to Queensland’s Holy Spirit Seminary at Banyo, but his past decade as spiritual director there has proven to be one of the great blessings of his life.

14.01.2022 The easing of Queensland's border is welcome news for Arnaud and Pia Hurdoyal and their young son Micah, who have missed seeing their families at weddings and a first birthday celebration because of the pandemic.

14.01.2022 Just as the Holy Family needed to register for the census around the birth of Christ, all Brisbane Catholics must reach out to their local parish to register for Christmas Masses.

14.01.2022 When Deacon Gary Stone stepped up to receive an Order of Australia Medal for his charitable work supporting veterans and their families, he wanted his own family to be recognised too.

13.01.2022 Isaiah Levi is a proud Torres Strait Island man who spoke about his experience of visiting Moa Island for the first time.

13.01.2022 In the past year, more than 260 million Christians experienced high levels of persecution and 2983 Christians were killed for their faith.

13.01.2022 Iona College, where Matthew Field had been a member of the Class of 2000, joined a throng of people praying for the couple, their families and friends, and paying tribute to them. The couple were expecting their first child.

11.01.2022 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT After 10 months on hold, The Catholic Leader print newspaper will return in 2021. Experience our new-look monthly newspaper on February 7 by subscribing today. Please note that the final free digital newspaper will be the January 31 edition. ... Full details: https://catholicleader.com.au/subscribe

10.01.2022 Jesus asks you to be like him: strong, disciplined, but humble and in service, Pope Francis said.

09.01.2022 Rosies has been helping school leavers on the Gold Coast since 1987, the longest running non-government organisation to do so.

09.01.2022 This miracle baby has a medical condition that meant she couldn’t always be picked up if she was distressed or upset, so the tiny newborn learnt to be comforted by the smell of her parents on a Cuddle Heart.

04.01.2022 Today is the feast day of St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower. St Therese, pray for us

02.01.2022 One young schoolboy even told a teacher that he thought God had written it in the sky. Read the full story here: https://catholicleader.com.au//students-cheer-for-jesus-af

02.01.2022 When Jacinta Elks and her younger brother Kevin Donahoe lost their mum three years ago, they started a journey of rediscovering their Catholic faith - something their parish priest was entirely unaware of when he invited them to an Alpha program.

01.01.2022 The Catholic Church is opposed to voluntary assisted dying. However, the Church strongly supports high-quality palliative care, respect for patient autonomy, preservation of personal dignity and a peaceful end to life. Nobody is morally compelled to suffer unbearable pain, nobody should feel like a burden, and nobody should feel that their life is worthless, the bishops' statement said.

01.01.2022 Ignite Youth director Kym Keady said this year’s Ignite Summer Camp was the biggest they had ever had, flying in the face of pandemic expectations.

01.01.2022 Dr Brendan Miller said new research by the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Berghofer that found each additional pregnancy experienced by a woman, including those that resulted in miscarriage, could reduce the risk of endometrial cancer, was consistent with the approach of Catholic-approved science NaPro Technology.