By Rockhampton Bishop Michael McCarthy MY mind goes back to this time, two years ago when I visited the Holy Lands. 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 ...

BROTHER Marinus always “just did” what he thought was right. He served the Benedictine congregation in Newtown, New Jersey, ...

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.’ ...

ACCORDING to the song written by Australian songwriter Paul Kelly, Joe writes to his brother Dan on the 21st of December from ...

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 ...

RELIGION researchers have long taken for granted that women were just more religious than men – but new research might flip that trend on its head. Findings from the Australian Community Survey run by ...

QUEENSLAND Premier David Crisafulli has banned discussion of abortion in state parliament for the next four years. Mr Crisafulli used his LNP majority in parliament to quickly pass a motion banning ...

MELBOURNE-based Ukrainian Bishop Mykola Bychok was made a cardinal by Pope Francis at a consistory in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. Cardinal Bychok, 44, who leads the Eparchy of Saints Peter and ...