Tag Archives: Roman Catholic Church

LONG-serving Brisbane priest Fr Pat Dowd died at his Camp Hill residence on 0. Fr Dowd served as parish priest at Carina, Upper Mt Gravatt, Caboolture, Kingaroy, Gayndah and Childers. Brisbane auxiliary Bishop Ken Howell said the archdiocese was thankful to God for Fr Dowd’s faithful service,

FRENCH Daughter of Charity Sr Andre has been “cured” of COVID-19 and has recovered in time for her 117th birthday today, marking a World Day of the Sick like no other. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-January but was quickly declared asymptomatic.

Fair work: at the heart of Catholic industrial relations demands. KEY Catholic organisations are demanding urgent industrial relations reform to protect Australia’s vulnerable workers and improve pay and conditions. Action is needed according to both …

FOUNDATIONAL students, all dressed in fresh uniforms and eager smiles, bussed into Brisbane’s CBD for the inaugural Mass of the newly-opened San Damiano College, Yarrabilba. Principal Peter Edwards said it was a great occasion to mark the opening of the school.

THE St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on the Federal Government to release refugees still in detention in Australia. It has made the call while welcoming the Government’s recent decision to release 58 refugees,

AMERICAN pro-life campaigner Brad Mattes believes “things are looking up” even though the country’s new President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (pictured) have wasted no time in stressing their commitment to legal abortion.

A CATHOLIC Mission leader in Australia says he holds “tremendous concern” for the people of Myanmar after a military coup that has resulted in the arrest of civilian leaders, and the cutting of flights and the internet.

Baumann, 2021 Senior Australian of the Year, is pleased to have helped her remote Northern Territory community reverse “oneway traffic” in relations with the rest of Australia. Ms Ungunmerr-Baumann, a prominent Catholic in the Northern Territory,

BRISBANE Deacon Ivan Ortiz says the feast of Word of God Sunday, instituted by Pope Francis in 2020 and set for February 7 in Australia, is a fantastic opportunity to elevate Scripture in our daily lives.

AUSTRALIAN bishops have taken the lead of Pope Francis, calling for the international prohibition of nuclear weapons. The Bishops’ Delegate for Social Justice Bishop Terry Brady has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison,