Papua New Guinea Catholics calling for international aid to build church in...
A NEW parish of largely subsistence farmers in the Papua New Guinea western highlands is seeking international help to build a church of cathedral proportions. The 10,000 Catholics who live in the...
View ArticleWhen will the ‘physical’ Church resume in Brisbane archdiocese?
IT’S time for short drives and family picnics (from Friday midnight restrictions will be eased), soon there will be a staged return for schools, and our major sporting codes are plotting a course for a...
View ArticleRetired priest holds private Sunday Mass for woman he received into the...
CINDY Howie has always found a way to pop in on her “spiritual grandfather” retired priest Fr Leo Burke ever since he welcomed her into the Catholic Church in 2001. There were the times the former...
View ArticleFaithful rejoice as church doors open again after months of lockdown,...
CHURCHES across the country are re-opening, with restrictions on public worship starting to ease. Under an updated COVID-19 Safe Plan for Brisbane Archdiocese, parishes are welcoming a staged return to...
View ArticlePope Francis says COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for mission and service...
WHILE isolation, social distancing and economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic prove to be a challenge, Christians are called by God to take part in the church’s mission in the world, Pope...
View ArticleChurch prays for people who live and work at sea, especially those isolated...
SEA Sunday, celebrated on July 12, takes on an extraordinary significance this year because of the isolation experienced by seafarers unable to come ashore due to the worldwide pandemic. In Brisbane,...
View ArticleSafeguarding minors – it’s choosing the ‘standard of Christ or the standard...
CONCERN and frustration with delayed and failed responses to abuse scandals in Poland culminated in a desperate appeal to Pope Francis to help “rebuild our church.” More than 600 Polish lay Catholics...
View ArticleBrisbane deacon says Vatican parish guidelines confirms need for personal...
BRISBANE’S evangelisation director believes a new instruction from the Vatican for the renewal of parishes will help the Church to “look, feel and sound more like Jesus”. Deacon Peter Pellicaan, of...
View Article‘I’m literally repairing a building’– Franciscan following St Francis in...
AS Fr Stephen Bliss stands at the altar rail of heritage-listed St Brigid’s in Rosewood, he can appreciate his calling as a Franciscan friar is restoration. “St Francis said to repair the Church, I’m...
View ArticleAboriginal woman Cynthia Rowan transforming childhood experience of racism...
CYNTHIA Rowan knows what it’s like being the only one not invited when the other kids at school were having birthday parties, and she’s leaving no one out of what she’s got planned. Her experience is...
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