Church's cartoon mascot Luce welcomed into pop culture, but …
Oct 31, 2024 · LUCE is an animated mascot clad in a yellow raincoat and mud-caked green boots and only days after she was announced, she’s already weathered her first storms in online forums and social media feeds. The cartoon mascot was launched by Church officials on Monday as the face of the Church’s upcoming Year of Jubilee 2025. […]
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - honouring the Mother …
Dec 8, 2024 · The apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes has since become a major site for Catholic pilgrimage. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognise with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human being has been created by God to fulfil a particular mission that he and only he can fulfil.
The Catholic Leader - Keeping Faith with You
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The cause for beatification of Irish Sister Clare Crockett opened
Nov 5, 2024 · THE congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification. The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother announced that the opening ceremony of Sr Crockett’s cause will take place on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at the Cathedral […]
Australian cardinal named by Pope Francis - The Catholic Leader
Oct 7, 2024 · POPE Francis has named 21 news cardinals including one for Australia – Bishop Mykola Bychok of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne. The announcement will make Cardinal-Designate Bychok, 44, Australia’s only cardinal and the youngest cardinal. Pope Francis made the announcement from a window overlooking St Peter’s Square after […]
The story of St Francis and the Sultan - The Catholic Leader
Oct 4, 2024 · IN 1219, at the height of the Fifth Crusade, St Francis travelled to the Middle East with the aim of converting the Sultan to Christianity and ending the bloodshed. The battle lines were at a standstill. Both the Christian and Muslim forces had suffered losses. Francis crossed enemy lines to meet Sultan Malik-el-Kamil, the nephew […]
The feast of St Jude – the quiet apostle and martyr
Oct 29, 2024 · ON October 28, the Church celebrates the feast of St Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. Historians account the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible, to his work, and he is often depicted with a club or axe. This symbolises his martyrdom, which was likely in […]
The feast of St Luke – evangelist, physician and artist
Oct 18, 2024 · ST Luke contributed more to the New Testament than any other single author, offering us the most detailed account of Jesus’ life and the early Church. He is also credited with founding Christian iconography, worked as a physician, and was a close companion of St Paul until his death. St Luke is believed to have […]
Pope Francis receives new all-electric popemobile
Dec 7, 2024 · POPE Francis received a new, emission-free, all-electric popemobile from representatives of Mercedes-Benz, the German car manufacturer that has been supplying vehicles for the popes for nearly 100 years. “We are overjoyed to be able to fulfill the Holy Father’s wish for an electric popemobile and are particularly …
The feast day of St Padre Pio – popular saint and mystic
Sep 23, 2024 · St Padre Pio’s life was marked by change. Born to peasant farmers in Italy in 1887, Padre Pio worked on the land until the age of 10. By then he had already decided to devote his life to God, and was able to enter the novitiate of …