CHRISTMAS is a special time for Catholics, and we are called to prepare ourselves in the weeks leading up to it. This year, Advent begins on Sunday, 30 November, and runs for about four weeks until December 24. In Brisbane, parishes are preparing with...

BEFORE joining hundreds of people for lunch, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all Christians would share “the love of God, which welcomes, binds up wounds, forgives, consoles and heals”. With thousands...

AS the annual storm and bushfire season builds, new research has shown community organisations like the St Vincent de Paul Society play a vital role in disaster recovery in Australia. The research, supported by the Australian Research Council’s...

BRISBANE is a leader in synodality in the universal Church, three Brisbane delegates say after returning from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams in Rome last month. Deacon Peter Pellicaan, who is executive director at Archdiocesan Minsitries, said...

THE rapid expansion of artificial intelligence online and in schools demands stronger government-enforced safeguards, education in the critical use of media and more consistent monitoring by parents and teachers, Pope Leo XIV said. “Children and...

THE Ipswich Catholic community is unique, according to Franciscan priest Father Stephen Bliss, who says he will miss the people the most. He joined the parish in 2016 and was appointed as parish priest in 2018. Fr Bliss has recently been appointed as...

A PANEL of Australian theologians, clergy, historians and ministry workers are unpacking one of the largest topics in the Church today - the theology of priesthood. The panel is the fruit of a five-year research...

CALEB Bryant says young people in his parish want to feel part of something genuine and have a space to belong because the world has left them wanting. He says there are other places they can go to for better...

By Deacon Peter Devenish-Meares EACH year we gather on Remembrance Day with solemn hearts to remember those who gave everything. We also pray for the living and those who suffer as a result of service. The absence of those who paid the supreme price...

POPE Leo XIV invited the faithful to contemplate "the mystery of unity and communion with the Church of Rome" and to recognise that "the true sanctuary of God is Christ who died and rose again" during his Sunday Angelus on the feast of the Dedication...