THE three Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, whose feast day is celebrated today in the Church, are the only angels named in Sacred Scripture and all three have important roles...

Question Time by Fr John Flader Question: I work in an aged care home and, while many of the people there have frequent visits from members of their family, many...

The Catholic Leader sat down with Fr Ormond Rush who has been invited to take part in the upcoming Synod on Synodality in Rome. Fr Rush is an associate professor...

POPE Francis is preparing an apostolic letter on St Therese of Lisieux to be published next month. During a general audience, Pope Francis announced that he was writing an apostolic...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Pellicaan for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "We may call ourselves Catholic. We may say all the responses in the liturgy. But do...

By Michael Howard BORN into peasantry, kidnapped into slavery and finally a spiritual advisor to the Queen of France, St Vincent de Paul was a witness to the stark contrast...

FIFTY new Queenslanders were recently welcomed to the world in one of the busiest-ever 24 hours at Mater Mothers' hospitals. These five tiny newborns were among the 44 bubs who...

A CROWD of young people were among the first to get their hands on rosaries inspired by Australian wildflowers and shirts printed with saintly mottos, all crafted by the four...