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CONFRATERNITY Carnival 2023 will boast record numbers when this year’s event begins at Queensland’s most famous rugby league venue on...
Ahead of the first session of the Synod of Bishops in October, Australian Catholics are being encouraged to continue their...
THE challenge to stop the ACT Government compulsorily acquiring Cavalry Public Hospital has been thrown out of the ACT Supreme...
THE most powerful and effective method of evangelisation is to live according to what one teaches and preaches, Pope Francis...
ORGANISERS are expecting 650 participants to attend this week’s Summit 2023, during which a new set of priorities "under the...
BRISBANE’S African Catholic community is in mourning after a highly-respected parishioner was killed in an accident on her walk to...
HOW has the worldwide Catholic Church changed since Francis was elected to be pope 10 years ago? Statistically speaking, the...
THE Catholic bishops of Oceania have expressed their condolences and solidarity to Church and civic leaders in Türkiye and Syria...
THREE prominent Christian leaders in Syria issued a joint statement calling for an end to sanctions impacting relief aid to...
CATHOLIC Social Services Australia has welcomed reports the Federal May Budget will focus on entrenched disadvantage for the most vulnerable...
THE media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis...
By Bishop Tim Harris The help that we have been waiting for has arrived. God is with us always, for...
By Bishop Robert McGuckin Over the past few weeks there have been a number of end-of-year school functions. For many...
FOR centuries, artists, authors and logophiles have debated the true definition of poetry. William Wordsworth believed “poetry is the spontaneous...
QUEENSLAND has farewelled the two police officers killed in last week’s horrific Wieambilla siege. Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold...
MATER Volunteer Jenny Summerson has spent the last 30 years perfecting her hugs as a volunteer “cuddle mum” at Brisbane’s...
THE Saint Vincent De Paul Society has commended the Labor Government’s decision to abolish the cashless debit card scheme. Yesterday,...
FATHER Thomas Joseph White said a new generation of young people are deeply invested in the study of Saint Thomas...
SO many people had a story to share about the late Ngugi elder Aunty Joan Hendriks, Turrbal elder Uncle Joe...
A million people in Puerto Rico are without electricity, and 760,000 have no running water after the devastating floods from...
DOCTOR Gracelyn Smallwood does not have time to retire. “Some people my age would be sitting by the beach, drinking...
HOW do you begin to encapsulate the legacy of a leader who ruled for 70 years and 214 days? Australian...
A FORMER funeral director who later became the first lay person to take up the role as Master of Ceremonies...
THE Federal Government has announced the closure of eight “poorly performing” national disability employment service providers, following reviews after the...
BRIAN Cantwell never wanted to teach at the same school for more than 10 years. The Catholic Education award recipient...
Advent begins this year on Sunday, December 3. Most Catholics know that Advent involves a wreath with candles, possibly a...
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