A cluster of maritime support agencies is working frantically to ease the distress of sailors left in limbo by the Coronavirus. Centacare Brisbane’s Apostleship of the Sea is a part...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane was advised this week that a prosecution brought against Fr Dan Carroll has been withdrawn. This brings to a close a very difficult time for Fr...

The High Court of Australia has today announced that it has quashed Cardinal George Pell’s convictions on historical sexual abuse charges. The Court has ordered that he be released from...

The Blessing Urbi et Orbi St Peter's Square Friday 27 March 2020 “When evening had come” (Mark 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks...

TO THE PASTORS AND PEOPLE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE Last night the Federal Government suspended all non-essential gatherings for an initial 4 weeks to reduce the spread of coronavirus...

TO THE PASTORS AND PEOPLE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE These are anxious times as we enter new and uncharted territory. The spread of the coronavirus is alarming for a...

Following a decision by State and Federal governments to ban events with more than 500 people, public attendance will be limited at the Funeral Mass for the retired Archbishop of...

The retired Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, John Bathersby, has died following a recent stroke. Emeritus Archbishop Bathersby, 83, led the Archdiocese from December 3, 1991 until his retirement on November 14,...

Parishes within the Archdiocese of Brisbane will introduce some additional precautions, proportionate with the risks outlined by public health authorities. These extra measures are designed to give parishioners peace of...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge says Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazonia) is not just for a distant and alien part of the world, but has much to offer the...