Part of the Australian Catholic Church's reconciliation and healing will be to introduce indigenous culture into the Catholic liturgy, as well as memorials for the "awful harm and trauma" of child sexual abuse committed by priests and Church workers...

BRISBANE auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton shared his experience of how the missionary heart of children helped curb gang violence on the streets of his parish in Mexico City. Bishop Norton was the keynote speaker on the first day of Xavier School of Mission,...

A JUMPING castle, a petting zoo, a face painting stall brought hundreds of people of all ages to St Stephen's Cathedral for Brisbane's part in the World Meeting of Families on June 25. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge celebrated Mass to open the festivities...

UNITED States priest Fr Mike Schmitz, the voice behind the "Bible in a Year" podcast, is set to launch a new "Catechism in a Year" podcast from January 1 next year. For the 365 days of 2023, Fr Schmitz will read through the entire Catechism of the Catholic...

THE Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia begins in earnest today with more than 270 Church members expected to endorse two motions of national importance - support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and an apology to First Nations...

YOUNG Aboriginal and South Sea Islanders education students, Jedda Ellison and Hayden Kubler have been awarded the Australian Catholic University's 2022 Francis Xavier Conaci scholarship to study in Rome. Yuwibarra woman Jedda said the opportunity to...

GOLD Coast's Marymount College triumphed over home team's St Patricks College 18-10, in the inaugural girls' junior rugby league Confraternity Carnival final in Mackay. "This carnival helps to create another pathway for young women in rugby league," member...

SUNNYBANK parishioner Ross Frassetto loved to see so much involvement from parishioners in the parts of the Multicultural Masses that spanned last weekend, June 25 and 26. More than 700 parishioners had a special part in the Masses. Mr Frassetto, who...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge and Banyo Nundah parish priest Fr Bernie Gallagher blessed a new cross for Holy Trinity Church on June 12. Archbishop Coleridge said the cross was "a gift not just to the people of the Banyo Nundah parish but to the...

SAINT John Fisher College student Jayden Molo said it felt "very surreal" when she found out she made the Australian under-17 netball squad. Her success came one year after she had been unsuccessful in joining the squad. Now, Jayden was set to attend...