POPE Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, ...

POPE Francis has appointed Salvatorian Father George Kolodziej, as the new bishop of a vast diocese in Western Australia, the ...

By Terry Lees THE story of the Three Wise Magi depicts the journey of renowned men who diligently and wholeheartedly ...

BRISBANE couple Anne and Patrick McNulty have received a papal award for their longstanding and ongoing contribution to the ...

WHEN Catholics go to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to ...

MY mind goes back to this time, two years ago when I visited the Holy Lands. The diocesan pilgrimage began in Jordan where we visited the Baptismal site, climbed Mt Nebo where Moses glimpsed the ...

ONCE again, we gaze into the Christmas crib and are amazed by its simplicity. It is easy to forget that this tiny baby also cried as all babies do. Baby tears are real and later the same Jesus would ...

CHRISTMAS isn’t just about the birth of the Child who is God-with-us. It’s certainly about that, but it’s also about the human response to the birth of the Child. That’s why the Magi are such a part ...

‘The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light: on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone.’ (From the readings of Midnight Mass). THIS reading from the Prophet Isaiah ...