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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 between rich and poor, in both wealth and spirit. Pope Benedict XVI noted that...

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 were born at Mater Mothers' in Brisbane on August 30, with another six babies...

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 Brisbane Catholic women who founded The Lily Rose Room. The Lily Rose Room is...

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 of St John Bosco's brain, less than 1cm long, which is hidden beneath the clothing of the wax replica...

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 Reconciliation Dinner on September 14. "(The RAP) hasn't...

"LIFE is Christ", and the Church was enriched by how different cultural traditions expressed this truth, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said at the Multicultural Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral yesterday. "Each culture gathered in this cathedral has...

POPE Francis condemned euthanasia and abortion as actions that "play with life" and said there was such a thing as "bad compassion" during a press conference aboard the papal plane from Marseille to Rome on Saturday. "You don't play with life, neither...

OU September 23, the Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest St Pio of Petrelcina, better known as "Padre Pio" and known for his suffering, humility and miracles. The man later known by these names was originally named Francesco Forgione, born...

IT is a windy Spring day and stallholders are bracing both for the September gale rifling through their leaflets and posters and the throng of young people pouring out of the morning rally to the outdoor space at Brisbane's Ignite Conference 2023. I find...

CARITAS Australia has confirmed Russian troops hit an industrial enterprise in Lviv, where a Caritas-Spes Ukraine humanitarian aid warehouse was located on the night of September 19. Caritas-Spes Ukraine is working to calculate the final details of the...