ARGENTINIAN missionary in Syria, Fr Hugo Alaniz, is urging Catholics to pray for his country in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad's regime. Russian state media is...

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...

ON December 8, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, recognising and honouring the immaculate conception of Mary. The Immaculate Conception refers to how Mary was free from...

IS the Bible -- already the most widely printed book of all time -- having a moment? As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales -- across a...

POPE Francis received a new, emission-free, all-electric popemobile from representatives of Mercedes-Benz, the German car manufacturer that has been supplying vehicles for the popes for nearly 100 years. "We are...

ELEVEN young women joined religious sisters from six congregations for a weekend spiritual retreat to explore if God is calling them to consecrated life. The Quo Vadis for women weekend...

ADVENT is a time to draw closer to the pilgrim journey of Christian life as we await the coming of Jesus Christ at Christmas. Down the ages, the Church has...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge published the SYNOD24 action plans in a final document launched in the cathedral precinct on November 28. The action plans were the fruits of the discernment...

CHURCH leaders have welcomed the installation of the third Bishop of Broome Tim Norton at a Mass at St Mary's College last night. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president and Perth...