By Sr Mel Dwyer GREETINGS from Rome, Italy! It's been three months since I left Brisbane to begin a new ministry role in the International Leadership Team for my Religious congregation, the Canossian Daughters of Charity. I'm only at the start of my six-year...

FRANCISCAN Father John Boyd-Boland died aged 82 last night at Regis Aged Care, Lutwyche. Ipswich parish priest Franciscan Father Stephen Bliss was at his side. "We offer sympathies and prayers for his family, to the friars, members of other religious...

MARK Doyle wants to learn how we make meaning in our lives. While heading National Evangelisation Teams (NET) Ministries, he worked with "hundreds of young people, who were in that 18-25 year range, asking the big questions of life - who am I, what gifts...

TWO Australian archbishops have warned law changes proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission would prevent Church schools from being authentically Catholic, arguing they would discount the rights of people with a religious faith. The fears were...

A CENTRAL Queensland Catholic college has suspended more than 30 students after a video surfaced of students vaping in a toilet block. In the video, a large number of students appear sitting and standing around, with a hazy smoke in a room identified...

SETTING up clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope Francis said. In a message to participants at the second Latin American congress on the prevention of abuse, the pope said...

BRISBANE'S Vicar for Religious Ursuline Sister Mel Williams said women religious around Australia were a "powerhouse of prayer and wisdom", praising their contributions to the life of the Church during Catholic Sisters Week. She said women religious in...

FAITH leaders are backing a call for Australians to divest from fossil fuels as a way of caring for the earth. Speaking at a multi-faith prayer service organised by the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), Parramatta Bishop, Vincent...

HOW has the worldwide Catholic Church changed since Francis was elected to be pope 10 years ago? Statistically speaking, the Church has grown, keeping pace with and even exceeding overall world population growth. The total number of Catholics worldwide...

CATHOLICS are being urged to speak up for the homeless and lobby for a continuation of federal funding that provides support workers for those seeking shelter. The Brisbane Archdiocesan Justice and Peace Commission is calling on Catholics to contact their...