17+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1231+ words) CANADA'S government-sanctioned assisted suicide program " known as medical assistance in dying or MAID " turned10 years old in June and in the decade since it was launched assisted dying has become a leading cause of death in the country. Yet Alex Schadenberg,…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago  (619+ words) This is Archbishop Shane Mackinlay's Lenten pastoral letter for 2026 There have been significant changes for us in the Archdiocese of Brisbane over the last year. Shortly after Easter last year, Pope Leo XIV succeeded Pope Francis, and then in September…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (556+ words) By Archbishop Shane Mackinlay CATHOLIC teaching on the morality of war has been widely discussed over the last few weeks, especially in the context of the recent attacks in Iran and other parts of the Middle East. However, it is…...

3+ day, 4+ min ago  (447+ words) BRISBANE Archdiocese has welcomed the state government's announcement of the Queensland Protection Commission and its commitment of $250 million to strengthen the protection of children." "The protection of children is a shared responsibility. It is also a sacred one," Brisbane Archbishop…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (514+ words) AUSTRALIA'S mental health system cannot rely on crisis response alone; it also needs skilled counsellors who can provide early support, a counselling academic says. About 42. 9 per cent of Australians aged 16 to 85 had experienced a mental disorder in their lifetime, according…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (305+ words) BRISBANE parishes, schools and families are drawing on intergenerational wisdom and faith as they prepare for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 26. Archdiocesan Ministries children and families director Chantale Wilson said the resources developed for the day…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (554+ words) New book: Emeritus Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge and Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay at the launch of The Other Voice: Selected Texts of Later Years. AN unexpected season of "silence, solitude and stillness" following his retirement helped Emeritus Brisbane Archbishop Mark…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (512+ words) Special moment: The Queensland visitors meet with Pope Leo XI along with Keith Pitt, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See (far left). (Supplied: Vatican Media) "WE couldn't believe the blessings our little country school and parish have received," St Joseph's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (390+ words) POPE Leo XIV made a brief stop at Brians prison in Barcelona this week " a place steeped in suffering where inmates find some measure of consolation thanks to the prison chaplain, Father Jes's Bel. He is the co-ordinator of prison…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (780+ words) AUSTRALIAN-Ukrainian Cardinal Mykola Bychok's earliest experiences of the Church were with his parents at secret liturgies held in hidden rooms to avoid detection by Soviet authorities in the 1980s. Cardinal Bychok, 46, now stands among the highest ranks of the Church after…...