LONG-serving Catholic education leader Dr Sally Towns died peacefully yesterday surrounded by family. Dr Towns served in Catholic education for more 30 years and led Brisbane Catholic Education for four...

ARCHBISHOP Christopher Cardone has a problem most parish priests would gladly inherit - where do you put everyone? Visiting Brisbane this week to spend time with his Dominican brothers and...

TWO Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to weeks in jail - one for placing a cigarette in the mouth of statue of the Virgin Mary and another for photographing it....

MORE than 100 people have been killed, 98,000 displaced and 217 churches destroyed in the Diocese of Wukari in Nigeria's Taraba state. Violence continues to devastate rural Christian communities in...

A BRAZILIAN Carmelite friar praying the rosary at 4am has become the nation's most-watched online streamer, drawing millions of viewers to long broadcasts centred on prayer, repentance and Catholic teaching....

AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2026 Budget with housing affordability and intergenerational equity as headline measures. The budget landed during a turbulent 12 months - petrol shocks, high...

THE country’s world-first law restricting social media for under-16s is in the spotlight as academics question the ban’s effectiveness. Researchers from Australian Catholic University say teenagers have found a workaround...

PRAYER is becoming a source of comfort for Australians as international conflict adds to anxiety about an uncertain future, a new study shows. The US-Israel and Iran war is continuing...

AS children in Haiti face unimaginable conditions, a religious sister and her team are changing thousands of lives by providing protection, education and faith formation in the nation's most dangerous...