CHURCH leaders have welcomed the Crisafulli Government's decision to pause the implementation of Labor's changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 to allow "further consultation and policy work". A government statement said the changes were "pushed...

BRISBANE Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner ordered council workers to take steps to remove people sleeping in tents from the city's parks yesterday. Mr Schrinner told media that people living in parks would be given 24 hours' notice from Thursday to move on...

POPE Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate on Thursday from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for pneumonia for nearly a month. Hospital staff commemorated the occasion by presenting the 88-year-old pope with...

A NEW model of sporting competition across four Catholic colleges has been launched for six colleges across the Gold Coast. Catholic Colleges Sport offers six full-days of sport across the calendar year for Aquinas College, Ashmore; Assisi Catholic College,...

ACTIVITY packs designed by Archdiocesan Ministries children and families team aim to make the Year of Jubilee come alive for Brisbane's littlest "pilgrims of hope". Project officer Charlotte Pitot said their team had looked at what activities were available...

CAIRNS Bishop Joe Caddy wants to hear from people across the community he announces a diocesan synod to begin later this year. Bishop Caddy said the diocese was "vast and diverse", hoping the synod would "help us listen more deeply to the voices of our...

FR El Louie Jimenez donned his wet-weather gear and met up with volunteers from the parish and local schools around Petrie and Dayboro to clean up the damage of Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred on Monday. Prior to the cyclone, he said he was worried about the...

THE Bremer River in Ipswich has peaked just below the major flood level of 11.7 metres overnight but parish priest Franciscan Father Stephen Bliss said it would "do a lot of damage and has done a lot of damage". Heavy rainfall across the region from Ex...

A QUEENSLAND mum has given birth to a healthy baby girl during Tropical Cyclone Alfred after arriving at Mater Mothers' Hospital "just in time". Ashleigh Alofokhai made it to the hospital's birth suite just four minutes before her second daughter, Theodora,...

QUEENSLANDERS are rallying after Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred brought flooding rains and damaging winds to parts of the state across the weekend. The Gold Coast was among the worst-affected areas in Queensland, where floodwaters have devastated communities...