SEA Sunday, celebrated on July 12, takes on an extraordinary significance this year because of the isolation experienced by seafarers unable to come ashore due to the worldwide pandemic. In Brisbane, as in ports everywhere, ships coming in to dock, carrying...

WORKING parents around the world would agree with me - Robert Adler is our hero. In 1956 the engineer and prolific inventor created a button that would save ears from the distress of offensive sounds. It was intended to block the noise of television ads,...

AUSTRALIANS have been dealt a relatively good hand when it comes to government financial aid through the pandemic, with the likes of employment benefits and tax-return incentives. A new Deloitte Access Economics report released last week predicted Australia's...

A GROUP of survivors of sexual abuse have defended the Seal of Confession as a vital lifeline and aided their recovery. Their testimonies paints the confession box as a safe place to speak and ease their trauma, and contradicts the intent of new laws...

MATER across South-East, Central and North Queensland has merged to form the state's largest Catholic not-for-profit healthcare provider. The July 1 merger saw Mercy Health and Aged Care in Central Queensland, Mater Health Services in North Queensland,...

FORMER Brisbane archdiocese priest and now Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo has outlined a strong vision for Catholic education. Launching Towards 2025, an education strategy for the Diocese of Broken Bay, Queenslander Bishop Randazzo said he supported...

YOUTH Off The Streets founder Fr Chris Riley was reportedly "very unwell" and 2GB Radio personality Ben Fordham called out for listeners to write to him on June 30. Youth Off The Streets chief executive officer Lex Lutherborrow told 2GB that Fr Riley...

EVANGELISATION is at the heart of an upcoming podcast series written and presented by Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge looking at the life of St Paul and the early Church, which will air its first episode next Wednesday, June 15. The podcast, called...

BISHOP Ken Howell has echoed the words of Pope St John Paul II in calling for a renewed commitment to recognition for and reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The Brisbane auxiliary bishop, speaking at the annual Aboriginal...

MONSIGNOR Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, died aged 96 on July 1. On July 2, Pope Francis wrote a letter of condolence to Pope Benedict, assuring him of his prayers and entrusting his late brother to God. "You had the...