BRISBANE priest Fr Marty Larsen was remembered by family, friends, students, parishioners and colleagues as a warm priest who had a "great sense of fun and a wonderful spirituality" at a Funeral Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral yesterday, April 18. Brisbane...

IN a wooden chest of draws at home, I keep copies of The Catholic Leader. Over the last decade, I've accumulated deep piles of the newspaper that report and reflect on one of the most testing of times for the Church. Some could argue the last decade has...

SYDNEY Archbishop Anthony Fisher has urged peace in the aftermath of the attack on an Assyrian orthodox church on Monday night. Archbishop Fisher has said Sydney faithful deserved to "worship without fear," as tensions remained high after a week of violence,...

FRANCISCAN Father Mario Debattista sees the heart of the Church at work in the everyday faith of ordinary people. Fr Debattista is back in Australia for a month's rest after serving as a missionary priest in Juba, South Sudan, for the last 14 months...

SYDNEY has been rocked by a second violent event in under a week, this time at Christ the Good Shepherd Church, an Assyrian community in Wakeley. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was allegedly stabbed by a 15-year-old male. The talk was live-streamed and showed...

POPE Francis will travel to the southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore later this year. The 11-day multi-country voyage from September 2-13 will be the longest international trip of Francis' papacy. The trip...

NEWLY finished icons of Saints Mary Magdalene, Peter, Mary Mother of God, John the Baptist, Paul and Mary of the Cross now light the way to the heart of the prayer life of Queensland's Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge...

FAITH leaders have expressed their sorrow at the shocking knife attack that killed six people at a Sydney shopping centre last Saturday. Five women and a male security guard were killed by Joel Cauchi, 40, during the stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction...

BRISBANE priest Fr Marty Larsen is being remembered by parishioners, friends and family as a pastoral and energetic priest who brought a lot of good cheer to his parishes. In a message to staff, Brisbane archdiocese leadership said Fr Larsen died unexpectedly...

NEWLY-ordained Rockhampton priest Fr Peter Doherty says he feels God's peace having taken his next step in his Christian life. "I'm under no illusions that it will always be blue skies and sunny days, but I've learned on my Christian journey that God...