BRISBANE Catholic Maria Girgenti was remembered for her loving support for the priesthood and deep faith at a Funeral Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral on January 10. She died on December 20 aged 91 years . Toowoomba Bishop Ken Howell celebrated the Funeral...

POPE Francis had suffered a "contusion" on his right forearm after falling at his residence that same morning, the Vatican reported on Thursday. While the arm was not fractured in the accident, it was braced "as a precautionary measure," the brief communication...

MATT Fradd is coming to Brisbane to host Real Talk's gala dinner at Victoria Park on February 3. Mr Fradd hosts one of the world's most popular Catholic podcasts, Pints With Aquinas, and has written books on apologetics and the harms of pornography. At...

CATHEDRAL Dean Fr Anthony Mellor has encouraged Brisbane’s faithful to pilgrimage to St Stephen’s and encounter the renewal of the Holy Door as part of the Year of Jubilee in 2025. He said the Holy Door is an invitation to leave behind sin...

DOMINICAN Father Joseph Truong was remembered as a dedicated man of God by family, friends, his brothers in religious life and the wider Carina parish at his funeral Mass on January 9. Fr Troung died on December 22 after battling serious illnesses for...

NOT every sacristan gets a party thrown for them by their parish, but that's what happened to Don Symss of Our Lady of Victories, Bowen Hills. After 30 years of service, Mr Symss retired from his role as altar server and sacristan last year, and though...

THE Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name "America," has been designated a 2025 Jubilee church. Italy’s Military Ordinariate Archbishop Santo Marciano officially designated the ship...

WHEN children are baptised, their parents and the Church are giving them the greatest gift ever - the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptiSing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel. “Let us ask the Lord that they grow in the faith, a true humanity...

TOOWOOMBA Bishop Ken Howell has announced the appointment of Dianne Swan as the new executive director of CatholicCare Social Services. Ms Swan assumed her role on January 9. She replaced Kate Venables, who served as executive director for 10 years. Ms...

By Fr Michael My Van Tran FROM this weekend, we enter a new liturgical season, called "Ordinary Time". During this season, we do not celebrate any particular mystery of the life of the Saviour, but together contemplate Jesus in many aspects, as he carries...