THE St Vincent de Paul Society has called on new Home Affairs minister Karen Andrews to urgently release a Sri Lankan family held in detention on Christmas Island. After the announcement of the Morrison Government's ministerial reshuffle, the Society's...

WITH Greater Brisbane now in a three-day lockdown, Brisbane Archdiocese has issued new directives for Holy Week, including livestream Masses. During a media conference this morning Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said eight new community transmitted cases...

By Mark Bowling An Indonesia priest in Brisbane says his community is shocked by a suicide bombing that rocked the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar on Palm Sunday. Many among Brisbane's Indonesian Catholic community come from Makassar, the...

GREATER Brisbane is entering another snap, three-day lockdown - throwing uncertainty about how Holy Week and Easter will be celebrated. Whether churches are open or must close, web casts from across the Brisbane Archdiocese and beyond will be available...

AUSTRALIAN Catholic University's new vice chancellor and president Zlatko Skrbis was installed at a Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney last Friday. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of ACU Corporation and the Australian Catholic Bishops...

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service A CHRISTIAN life should be filled with amazement - astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realising how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said. "Can we still...

AT least 15 people were killed and more than 500 injured in the massive fires that swept through Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on March 22. A further 400 people are still unaccounted for. The scale and intensity of the fire was unprecedented in the camps,...

By Carrie McCormack MOTHERING, pregnancy and birth are the most intimate expressions of creative collaboration with God. I liken a mother's "yes" to life to the self-donation of Jesus Christ's gift of himself in the Eucharist. It's a visible sign of God's...

By Mark Bowling THE St Vincent de Paul Society has launched an appeal for those hard hit by flooding in New South Wales. After a week of record-breaking rain, the state's mid north coast is one of regions most impacted with large numbers of families evacuated,...

A LOCAL police officer was the first to arrive at the scene of a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, and the first of 10 to be killed during a shooting rampage at the store. Officer Eric Talley was an 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police...