A PACKED church gathered to give thanks for the life of Dr Sally Towns, one of the pillars of Catholic education in Brisbane. The funeral Mass was presided by Emeritus Archbishop Mark Coleridge and concelebrated by vicar general Fr Peter Dillon, Fr Michael...

ONE of the biggest feast days in the Church, Pentecost was celebrated at Holy Spirit Chapel, Banyo amid seminarians, families and clergy including Emeritus Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Pentecost concludes the Easter season and celebrates the birth of the...

POPE Leo XIV's first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), published today, lays out his hopes for humanity's future alongside growing technological power as well as his concerns about artificial intelligence and the conditions to be...

ROBY Curtis wakes under the west Queensland sky at 3.15am to start another 50km-day towards the Red Centre. He and his companion Jeff Hoffard are just past halfway at the 1360km mark in a nine-week trek. He is feeling a "lift" in his legs after week four...

MARTIN Daubney has been re-appointed Australian Catholic University chancellor for a second five-year term. ACU Corporation president Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay said he was "delighted" at Mr Daubney’s reappointment...

ZILLMERE local Danny McCudden retired in 2023 and returned to the community that saved his family. For 45 years, Mr McCudden's life was defined by the steady rhythm of the glass and aluminium trade until a few years ago, when his mother was diagnosed...

POPE Leo XIV goes through his day centred on prayer, silence and seeking God amid his responsibilities at the helm of the Church, said his personal secretary, Peruvian priest Father Edgard Rimaycuna, in an interview released May 18 by the Order of St...

AT his first Curia Mass, Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay acknowledged the diversity of the archdiocese and the contribution of its staff in carrying on the mission of the Church. Over his eight months with the archdiocese, he said to the large congregation...

By EWTN News POPE Leo XIV lamented that after being confirmed, many young people no longer attend church. He asked those awaiting confirmation to "pay special attention" to one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, perseverance. The pope met May 16, with those...

GOLD Coast’s Assisi Catholic College hosted students from six Franciscan schools in south-east Queensland for a day of on prayer, dialogue and advocacy calling for peace in the world. The theme for the Student Justice and Peace Day, coordinated...