QUEENSLAND'S bishops have appointed Madeline Brennan as the inaugural chair of Catholic Education Queensland, which will succeed the Queensland Catholic Education Commission next January. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said Ms Brennan's "outstanding...

THIS Lent, sales of The Way by St Josemaria Escriva have skyrocketed thanks to Hallow's Lent Pray40 Challenge, with listeners diving deeper into the writings of the Spanish-born saint in his most well-known book. The Way reached the number one spot on...

ST Patrick built the foundation of Christianity in Ireland and set an example for many of the Church’s future saints. St Patrick is said to have been born around 389 AD in Britain. Captured by Irish raiders when he was about 16, St Patrick was taken...

THE Vatican press office has released the first photo of Pope Francis since he was hospitalised in mid-February. The image shows him concelebrating Mass that morning in the chapel of his suite of rooms at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Mass also was...

CHURCH leaders have welcomed the Crisafulli Government's decision to pause the implementation of Labor's changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 to allow "further consultation and policy work". A government statement said the changes were "pushed...

BRISBANE Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner ordered council workers to take steps to remove people sleeping in tents from the city's parks yesterday. Mr Schrinner told media that people living in parks would be given 24 hours' notice from Thursday to move on...

POPE Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate on Thursday from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for pneumonia for nearly a month. Hospital staff commemorated the occasion by presenting the 88-year-old pope with...

A NEW model of sporting competition across four Catholic colleges has been launched for six colleges across the Gold Coast. Catholic Colleges Sport offers six full-days of sport across the calendar year for Aquinas College, Ashmore; Assisi Catholic College,...

ACTIVITY packs designed by Archdiocesan Ministries children and families team aim to make the Year of Jubilee come alive for Brisbane's littlest "pilgrims of hope". Project officer Charlotte Pitot said their team had looked at what activities were available...

CAIRNS Bishop Joe Caddy wants to hear from people across the community he announces a diocesan synod to begin later this year. Bishop Caddy said the diocese was "vast and diverse", hoping the synod would "help us listen more deeply to the voices of our...