Oct 7, 2024 · POPE Francis has named 21 news cardinals including one for Australia – Bishop Mykola Bychok of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne. The announcement will make Cardinal-Designate Bychok, 44, Australia’s only cardinal and the youngest cardinal. Pope Francis made the announcement from a window overlooking St Peter’s Square after […]

Dec 25, 2024 · 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 of the Christmas story. Their journey is the journey of every human being. It reaches deep into our […]

Oct 31, 2024 · LUCE is an animated mascot clad in a yellow raincoat and mud-caked green boots and only days after she was announced, she’s already weathered her first storms in online forums and social media feeds. The cartoon mascot was launched by Church officials on Monday as the face of the Church’s upcoming Year of Jubilee 2025. […]

Oct 18, 2024 · ST Luke contributed more to the New Testament than any other single author, offering us the most detailed account of Jesus’ life and the early Church. He is also credited with founding Christian iconography, worked as a physician, and was a close companion of St Paul until his death. St Luke is believed to have […]

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Oct 29, 2024 · ON October 28, the Church celebrates the feast of St Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. Historians account the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible, to his work, and he is often depicted with a club or axe. This symbolises his martyrdom, which was likely in […]

Oct 4, 2024 · IN 1219, at the height of the Fifth Crusade, St Francis travelled to the Middle East with the aim of converting the Sultan to Christianity and ending the bloodshed. The battle lines were at a standstill. Both the Christian and Muslim forces had suffered losses. Francis crossed enemy lines to meet Sultan Malik-el-Kamil, the nephew […]

Dec 27, 2024 · By Rockhampton Bishop Michael McCarthy. MY mind goes back to this time, two years ago when I visited the Holy Lands. The diocesan pilgrimage began in Jordan where we visited the Baptismal site, climbed Mt Nebo where Moses glimpsed the Promised Land, travelled to Nazareth where the Angel announced to a young woman she was to bear a son, Bethlehem where the Prince of Peace was born and Jerusalem ...

Apr 5, 2024 · WHETHER you are a parent of a child to be baptised or a recently-named godparent, you are probably full of questions about godparents – this explainer has got you covered. First of all, being named a godparent is an incredible privilege, Evangelisation Brisbane’s children and families associate director Chantale Wilson says. “It is a way […]

Aug 22, 2023 · The Catechism, in the section on the Holy Spirit in the liturgy, says of it: “The Epiclesis (“invocation upon”) is the intercession in which the priest begs the Father to send the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so that the offerings may become the body and blood of Christ and that the faithful, by receiving them, may themselves become a living offering to God” (CCC 1105).