THE Jamberoo Abbey community is mourning the death of Sister Hildegard Ryan, a Benedictine religious whose life of devotion, music and service touched hundreds of lives across Australia. Sr Hildegard, born Mary Ryan in Brisbane in 1948, died peacefully...

POPE Leo XIV carried Jesus through the city streets of Rome in a Corpus Christi procession on June 22. A procession with the Eucharist was a way to present Jesus “to the hearts of those who believe, so that they may believe more firmly” and...

NEWLY-ordained Brisbane priests Fathers Sang Duc Bui and Sean Woods are sharing their love and gratitude to God. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge ordained the two men at St Stephen's Cathedral on June 13. Fr Bui said he "felt and received so much...

A PROCESSION of thousands of Catholics filled Brisbane's city streets in a public witness to the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist yesterday on Sunday, June 22. Brisbane apostolic administrator Archbishop Mark Coleridge carried the Blessed...

REACTING to what he called the "alarming news" of US airstrikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pleaded with the international community "to stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable abyss". "Today more than ever,...

WAKKA Wakka Elder Uncle Eric Law said for him, growing up in Cherbourg in the 1950s was "probably the best place in the world and it's crazy for me to say that". Mr Law shared his experiences growing up under the Protection Act of 1898 at the Laurel Blow...

STUDENTS played classic games from the 1970s and imagined what schools might look like in the future as part of the golden anniversary celebrations at St Francis Xavier School, Runaway Bay, on June 6. St Francis Xavier School secretary Jess Garland and...

ARCHBISHOP-elect Shane Mackinlay touched down in Brisbane from his diocese of Sandhurst as part of a short stay today to introduce himself, to see the archdiocese and meet with leaders and staff. He offered a message of welcome and hope as he toured the...

POPE Leo XIV has appointed Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay as the new archbishop of Brisbane. "I am deeply honoured by Pope Leo's decision to appoint me as archbishop of Brisbane - a diocese that has such a strong tradition of fostering the liturgical,...

IN the presence of the mother of the newly beatified martyr, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui would intercede to finally bring peace to Congo. “This African martyr, on a continent rich in young people, shows how they can be...