- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn early December 2013, I wrote to you concerning the then upcoming Royal Commission public hearing which was to focus on Archdiocese of Brisbane. It involved a case study of...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneSometimes Catholic Bishops are not the bravest and most adventurous of people, but sometimes they are. Way back in the 1870s the Australian Bishops, none of them then born in...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneSTATEMENT BY THE MOST REVEREND MARK COLERIDGE, ARCHBISHOP OF BRISBANE I very much welcome the appointment by Pope Francis of Fr Michael McCarthy as the tenth Bishop of Rockhampton to...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbanePresentation delivered by Archbishop Mark Coleridge at "Lift Up Your Hearts" National Liturgy Conference Wollongong, 15-18 January 2014 Among the documents bequeathed to us by the Second Vatican Council, the...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneI very much welcome the news of the appointment of Bishop Christopher Prowse to The See of Canberra and Goulburn. I know both Bishop Prowse and the Archdiocese of Canberra...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThe Archdiocese of Brisbane welcomes the arrival of the McClellan Royal Commission and promises full cooperation and support. As part of this commitment, the Archdiocese is currently collating files and...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThere is much that is absurd about war. But there is nothing absurd about the self-sacrifice we remember on ANZAC Day. There is much that is enslaving about war. Yet...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneDear brothers and sisters, Tonight Australian time we will see the inauguration of Pope Francis as Bishop of Rome and Universal Pastor of the Catholic Church, standing in a line...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneLike many others in the Church and beyond I was seriously surprised at the election of Pope Francis: he is the first Latin American Pope; he is the first Jesuit...
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Statement from Archbishop Coleridge on the surprise news of Pope Benedict XVI's Resignation
12 Feb 2013News of Pope Benedict's decision to resign reached me as I was waiting for my bags at Brisbane airport after flying home from Rome after meetings there. On Thursday I...
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