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BROKEN Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo lamented a "profoundly sad and disappointing day" yesterday as New South Wales' Voluntary Assisted Dying Act came into effect. "Assisted suicide is a completely unacceptable solution to the problem of suffering," he...

POPE Francis will not attend the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai this week due to his continuing struggles with lung inflammation stemming from influenza, the Holy See Press Office said on Tuesday. The Holy See Press Office announced...

YENNY Tjoe prays to God for the strength to see through His plan for the people of West Timor. She first went there in 2014. She was a researcher and lecturer with Griffith University looking at - among other topics - how the people of West Timor had...

ANGELA Moore says the smiles on students' faces are one of the best parts of her role. Ms Moore is closing off her first year as a principal at St Sebastian's Primary School Yeronga. The seasoned St Sebastian's Primary School community member initially...

EVANGELISATION Brisbane is calling for nominations for their Youth Leader Awards as they prepare for a night of thanksgiving for Catholics working and volunteering to support youth ministry. The event is an initiative of EB's Youth & Young Adults...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge ordained Paul Jensen and Conrado Medequiso to the permanent diaconate at St Stephen's Cathedral on Saturday. Deacon Medequiso said being ordained felt like getting married. "(I) did not have much sleep the night before...

TWO Brisbane married men Conrado Medequiso and Paul Jensen will be ordained to the permanent diaconate at St Stephen's Cathedral on November 25. Mr Medequiso, a father of four, is a parishioner at Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Springfield. He has worked...

POPE Francis expressed his concern about concrete initiatives individual dioceses and the Church in Germany as a whole are taking, including the establishment of a synodal council, which, he said, threatened to steer it away from the universal church...

A YOUNG priest recently helped a distressed homeless woman bring two young lives into the world. He shared the remarkable story with Catholic Extension and now is wondering what God was trying to tell him through the extraordinary experience. Father Jesus...

THE material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a "scandal" that Christians were called to address by putting their God-given capacity for charity and love into action, Pope Francis said. The poor, whether "the oppressed, fatigued,...