A PANEL of Australian theologians, clergy, historians and ministry workers are unpacking one of the largest topics in the Church today - the theology of priesthood. The panel is the fruit of a five-year research...

CALEB Bryant says young people in his parish want to feel part of something genuine and have a space to belong because the world has left them wanting. He says there are other places they can go to for better...

By Deacon Peter Devenish-Meares EACH year we gather on Remembrance Day with solemn hearts to remember those who gave everything. We also pray for the living and those who suffer as a result of service. The absence of those who paid the supreme price...

POPE Leo XIV invited the faithful to contemplate "the mystery of unity and communion with the Church of Rome" and to recognise that "the true sanctuary of God is Christ who died and rose again" during his Sunday Angelus on the feast of the Dedication...

THE ongoing presence of the risen Christ fills life with meaning and proves that the human yearning for eternity is not only justified but is within reach, Pope Leo XIV said. “Christ’s resurrection is not an idea, a theory, but the event that...

AS Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance, Catholic education in Brisbane is seeing gains using a Vatican-approved technology design. Brisbane Catholic Education was the first K-12 organisation in the world to be approved for the Rome Call...

DANIEL Eduardo Hincapie Gallego and Stefania Osorio Ceballos’ dreams came true when Pope Leo XIV blessed their marriage recently. "To stand in the presence of the Holy Father and receive his blessing felt like the crowning moment of our sacrament,"...

MERCY Sister Angela Mary Doyle has been honoured for her lifetime of service to Queenslanders with Mater's highest award, the Catherine McAuley Medallion. The award celebrates the legacy of Catherine McAuley - who founded the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin...

WHILE praising devotion to the Blessed Mother, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as “co-redemptrix” or “co-mediatrix”. In a lengthy doctrinal note titled Mater Populi Fidelis...

A GROUP of teenagers from the Sunshine Coast has swept up two music national music awards competing with bands from across Australia. The Spice Boyz from Siena Catholic College in Sippy Downs won the Harwyn Rocking the Nation competition in Melbourne,...