ARCHBISHOP Shane Mackinlay was joined by leaders of nine other Christian churches in Brisbane for the week of prayer for Christian unity service. Held in St Stephen’s Cathedral on May 19, the service also brought together staff and students from...

By EWTN News IT has been announced that Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical will be published on May 25 with the title Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo will speak at a presentation for the release of the social encyclical -- a papal letter to the Church -- at...

FAMILIES with children at three Brisbane Catholic schools are being supported as major changes get underway to keep up with the evolving educational landscape in Queensland. The latest Brisbane Catholic Education school to transition to a co-educational...

POPE Leo XIV has urged Catholics and communicators to promote forms of communication that respect the truth of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, while also calling for renewed care for creation and peace as Laudato Si' Week begins...

LONG-serving Catholic education leader Dr Sally Towns died peacefully yesterday surrounded by family. Dr Towns served in Catholic education for more 30 years and led Brisbane Catholic Education for four years until her resignation in March this year...

ARCHBISHOP Christopher Cardone has a problem most parish priests would gladly inherit - where do you put everyone? Visiting Brisbane this week to spend time with his Dominican brothers and concelebrate Mass in St Stephen's Chapel, the Archbishop of Honiara...

TWO Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to weeks in jail - one for placing a cigarette in the mouth of statue of the Virgin Mary and another for photographing it. The soldier in the photo was sentenced to 21 days in prison and the one who took the photo...

MORE than 100 people have been killed, 98,000 displaced and 217 churches destroyed in the Diocese of Wukari in Nigeria's Taraba state. Violence continues to devastate rural Christian communities in the region, according to Church leaders. In a statement...

A BRAZILIAN Carmelite friar praying the rosary at 4am has become the nation's most-watched online streamer, drawing millions of viewers to long broadcasts centred on prayer, repentance and Catholic teaching. Fr Gilson Pupo Azevedo, better known as Frei...

AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2026 Budget with housing affordability and intergenerational equity as headline measures. The budget landed during a turbulent 12 months - petrol shocks, high inflation, rising interest rates, a housing...