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Australian voices heard in Rome on key issues for world Synod of Bishops
THE voices of Australian Catholics from 25 dioceses and three Eastern Catholic eparchies are helping to shape the way the universal Church will communicate with the world. From February to...
Read MoreBudget 2024 is a mixed bag for Catholics
FEDERAL Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Albanese Government’s third budget last night highlighting relief on energy bills, for taxpayers and rental assistance. The 2024-25 Federal Budget showcases a surplus...
Read MoreReal Talk gala dinner to be a night of celebration
REAL Talk Australia says the Church's teachings on sex and relationships are more relevant than ever. Real Talk Australia share a message of life, love and successful relationships, all based...
Read MoreHeavy rains in Brazil leave hundreds dead or injured, half a million homeless, churches flooded
THE heavy rains that have hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since the end of April have flooded 31 churches in the four vicariates of the Archdiocese...
Read MoreAspley parish celebrates golden jubilee of the dedication of Our Lady and St Dympna's Church
FIVE decades of faith, memories and history were remembered by Aspley parishioners recently when Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge visited for the church's golden jubilee. Parishioners from the war memorial Church...
Read MoreParishioners in US stop teen armed with rifle from entering first Communion Mass
QUICK action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, in the United States yesterday. As 60...
Read MoreLargest crowd ever expected for the 2024 Corpus Christi procession through city streets
THIS year's Corpus Christi procession through Brisbane city streets will be a "beautiful illustration of the diversity and richness of our Catholic Church”, organisers have said. On Sunday, June 2,...
Read MoreOur Lady of Fatima continues to work miracles today
MAY 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to...
Read MoreQ&A - Communion under both species and the practice of intinction
By Fr John Flader QUESTION: I am now in my 80s and was a little surprised when many years ago the practice of the laity receiving Communion from the chalice...
Read More'A spirit of hope and trust in the mercy of God' on display at Three Saints Mass in Stanthorpe
WHILE the promised cannoli are a certain drawcard, it's the honouring of God through the intercession of the "Three Saints" - Alfio, Filadelfo and Cirino - that draws locals and...
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