AS Pope Francis’ condition remains stable, which is a sign of continued improvement, he followed the start of the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia by video linkup and met again with two top Church ...

BAY islands and coastal parish communities are finalising preparations as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes its way slowly ...

THE Church has a series of practices and traditions that mark the liturgical calendar and guide the spiritual life of its faithful. Among these are fasting and abstinence during Lent, the 40-day ...

RETIRED Brisbane priest Fr Leo Burke died on Wednesday, February 26, aged 86, and has been remembered for his love of priestly life and his keen sense of adventure. Fr Burke celebrated his 60th ...

CHURCHES and schools across South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales are cancelling Masses and events ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Alfred expected on Friday or Saturday. Parishioners are ...

Dear brothers and sisters, We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the imposition of ashes. The Church, our mother and teacher, invites us to open our ...

POPE Francis has expressed his gratitude for the outpouring of prayers from all over the world, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, who has visited the Pope twice in the hospital, said. “Each time I had the ...

ONE of the Church’s steadfast companions on the journey of Lent has customarily been the penitential psalms. These are the psalms numbered 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143 in a Catholic Bible, which ...

IT’S not often that a parish and their school community are able to bask in the joy of two sesquicentenaries. When Toowoomba Bishop Ken Howell visited the parishioners, students, staff, parents and ...