A GROUP of Brisbane-based Papua New Guinea Catholics waited in the hot Italian sun for hours to hear Pope Leo XIV declare Peter To Rot a saint. "The important thing was we were there; we were present," PNG Brisbane-Gold Coast Catholic community president...

THE supreme rule in the Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said. “No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded; we...

AUSTRALIA'S future priests are learning the path to the altar sometimes runs through the soccer field. Seminarians from across Australia - Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wagga and Brisbane - took to the pitch for a soccer competition on October 12. For...

FAITH, hope and music filled Adelaide as liturgists, ministers and musicians from across Australia and the South Pacific gathered for the National Liturgy and Music Conference from October 1 to 3. Conference co-director and Australian Pastoral Musicians...

BRISBANE'S art world is mourning the loss of two of its most significant contributors in William Robinson and Lawrence Daws. Mr Robinson, a practicing Catholic, was widely-regarded as one of Australia's most accomplished artists and died on August 26...

POPE Leo XIV welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the Vatican for an historic day of prayer in the Sistine Chapel. It was the first time since the Reformation in the early 16th century that the pope and a British monarch prayed together at an...

A DAY that began with strong faith ended in friendship and a shared meal for about half a dozen different Catholic communities. Our Lady of the Angels Parish in Chermside has celebrated its vibrant community, a reflection of the universal Church, with...

POPE Leo XIV will name St John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on October 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council's declaration on Christian education. St John...

EUCHARISTIC miracles were on display at Stella Maris Catholic Parish in Maroochydore during the St Carlo Acutis exhibition. It brought in many parishioners and friends who were keen to know more about our first millennial saint. St Carlo is known as the...

By Kymberlee Gomes and CNA HISTORY has been made after Pope Leo XIV declared Peter To Rot a saint, the first for Papua New Guinea. To coincide with the canonisation on Sunday, October 19, the local PNG community in Brisbane held a Mass in Marian Valley...