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THE Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that do not alter the Church's teaching on marriage, Pope...

THE three Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, whose feast day is celebrated today in the Church, are the only angels named in Sacred Scripture and all three have important roles...

Question Time by Fr John Flader Question: I work in an aged care home and, while many of the people there have frequent visits from members of their family, many...

The Catholic Leader sat down with Fr Ormond Rush who has been invited to take part in the upcoming Synod on Synodality in Rome. Fr Rush is an associate professor...

POPE Francis is preparing an apostolic letter on St Therese of Lisieux to be published next month. During a general audience, Pope Francis announced that he was writing an apostolic...

By Michael Howard BORN into peasantry, kidnapped into slavery and finally a spiritual advisor to the Queen of France, St Vincent de Paul was a witness to the stark contrast...

FIFTY new Queenslanders were recently welcomed to the world in one of the busiest-ever 24 hours at Mater Mothers' hospitals. These five tiny newborns were among the 44 bubs who...

A CROWD of young people were among the first to get their hands on rosaries inspired by Australian wildflowers and shirts printed with saintly mottos, all crafted by the four...

A FIRST class relic of St John Bosco accompanied by a wax replica of the saint will travel between a number of Brisbane churches. The relic is a tiny piece...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge said the second iteration of the archdiocesan Reconciliation Action Plan was the fruit of a long journey. The second RAP was launched at an inaugural Archdiocesan...