By Deacon Peter Devenish-Meares FOR many of us with Irish heritage, and my ancestors are from Cork, Cavan and Donegal, the Trinity first came alive through the simple image of St Patrick holding a shamrock. St Patrick used that small three-leaf plant...

THE Archdiocese of Brisbane is calling on federal parliament to take action stating that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia feel less safe than they did three years ago. Racism directed at First Nations people was “structural,...

MORE than 6000 Brisbane Catholics are preparing to publicly share their faith in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ at the Walk with Jesus Procession from St Stephen’s Cathedral this Sunday. Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay will preside over the...

AN Australian childhood disabilities advocate and one of the most influential women in the Vatican have received honorary doctorates from Australian Catholic University. Rose Babic is a mother of two, including her 21-year-old son Eric who lives with...

BISHOP Danny Meagher said he could see the river of God's grace flowing in Rockhampton’s Church community as he was installed the 11th bishop of Rockhampton at St Joseph's Cathedral on May 28. In his homily, Bishop Meagher drew on the Book of Ezekiel,...

AI is never truly neutral, Pope Leo XIV says, highlighting the risks and exploitation of human beings for profit in his first encyclical. This column is written by Australian Catholic University academics: computational intelligence professor Niusha...

BRISBANE Church leaders, Catholic school students, churchworkers and parishioners turned to God in a commitment to truth-telling and healing at a Mass for National Reconciliation Week at St Stephen's Cathedral today. St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge,...

POPE Leo XIV has invited Catholics around the world to join him in praying a rosary for peace on May 30. Her is set to pray the rosary live from the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens at 7pm Rome time. It will begin at 3am Sunday Brisbane time. The...

HUNDREDS of Sunshine Coast residents and advocates took to the streets to march with victim-survivors of domestic and family violence on May 6. Victim-survivor Delaney Starling spoke at the march in Maroochydore and shared her personal experience of coercive...

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...