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by CNS and staff writers A KENYAN bishop has urged hope as his diocese continued to mourn the death of...

THE newly installed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong has promised action to heal divisions within the Catholic community and wider...

By CNS and staff reporters POPE Francis has greeted refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, saying the world needs...

NIGERIAN priest Fr Bako Francis Awesuh remembers watching late-night television in mid-May when he heard gunshots outside. Speaking to Aid...

POPE Francis described himself as walking in the footsteps of the first missionaries as he set foot on the “blessed”...

A EUROPEAN Union communications guide replacing “Merry Christmas” with “happy holidays” and “Christmas holidays” with “Winter break” was retracted after...

SIXTEEN heavenly voices illuminated in twinkling candlelight are sure to lift Christmas spirits at Red Hill’s historic St Brigid’s church...

CNS and staff reporters WHEN the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments today for the biggest abortion case in...

AN independent review into parliamentary workplace culture has found sexual harassment and bullying to be part of “normalised” misconduct, with...

AN Ethiopian bishop has called for an immediate end to aerial bombardment in Tigray, the Ethiopian region where a deadly...

THE Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has heard of the terrible ripple effect of suicide that touches not...

IT was sad to “see Christians in the armchair”, paralysed by life’s mediocrities, and asleep to the Gospel message, Pope...

A GROUP of 30 young people with disabilities, their carers and volunteers cherished the chance to make new friends and...

TWO dozen Dominican friars and sisters ministering on the Solomon Islands are safe despite extensive damage and fires across the...

THOUSANDS of Brisbane Catholics are practicing their faith through a digital lens post-lockdown for all sorts of reasons and Brisbane...

DEACONS Louie Jimenez and Nathan Webb are ready to serve the people of God after their ordinations to the transitional...

BOTH the federal government and opposition have promised a commission to oversee the prevention of violence against women and children,...

By CNS and staff reporters WALKING through the mainly Christian town outside of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, it's...

The Catholic Church along with other Christian, Jewish and Islamic groups have called for “bipartisan support” of the religious discrimination...

AUSTRALIA'S Catholic bishops have followed the recommendation of their key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisers by endorsing the Uluru...

POPE Francis has told young people that, with Jesus, people can find the courage to swim against the current, to...

LOUIE Jimenez will have his family watching by live stream from the Philippines when he and fellow Brisbane seminarian Sean...

LAWYERS representing six defendants, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, on charges of financial crimes accused Vatican prosecutors of omitting evidence and...

MEMBERS of Brisbane’s religious communities have met as part of the consultation leading towards the world Synod of Bishops in...

ABOUT 600 leaders from Catholic communities across Australia have signed letters urging the Australian Government to step up protecting people...