SEVERAL Catholics have banded together to create a support system for Catholics on the autism spectrum. Autistic Catholics, an online resource and support group, kicked off this week with the group's first online meeting. Allen Obie John Smith, a Catholic...

OTTOMAN forces gathered in freshly conquered Cyprus and mustered to take Venice and Rome - and all of Christian Europe from there. They struck fear on land and sea. "The Ottomans continue to grow in power and audacity, believing that no Christian nation...

POPE Francis has named 21 news cardinals including one for Australia - Bishop Mykola Bychok of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne. The announcement will make Cardinal-Designate Bychok, 44, Australia's only cardinal...

THE beauty of sacred music never diminishes, Christopher Trikilis says. "We live in a world of endless sound," the 39-year-old St Stephen's Cathedral music director said. "Everywhere you go, there's music: you hop in your car, the music's on; you get...

HELENA McIlwain's dream to build a house for young adults living with disabilities is coming true. Her mum, dad and sister - surrounded by family, friends and supporters - turned the sod at a site in Carina on September 16. Helena tragically died from...

THINK 21st Century romance and you probably imagine dating apps, selfies and clubs - but more and more young Catholics are putting their love life in God's hands. Ashton D'Mello, 25, serves in the Australian Army and has had experience dating within his...

IN 1219, at the height of the Fifth Crusade, St Francis travelled to the Middle East with the aim of converting the Sultan to Christianity and ending the bloodshed. The battle lines were at a standstill. Both the Christian and Muslim forces had suffered...

BELOVED 10-year-old Schnauzer Strudel, who nearly lost her life last year, was among the line-up of animals blessed by chaplain and Scalabrinian Father Steve Michelat Australian Catholic University yesterday. Strudel's owner Damien Stannard said she was...

POPE Francis has called for a global day of prayer and fasting on Monday, October 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel amid escalating violence in the region. The Pope's surprise announcement, made at the end of his homily...

LUNCHROOM conversations are usually about family life, the latest tv shows, movies or books, or even about how good the Brisbane lions are – sorry Sydney. But in the St Stephen's cathedral precinct, workers were taking on some of life's big questions...