By Terry Lees I'M staring at a printed tax invoice docket I received earlier today following a purchase from a book shop. The docket has a product code in numerals, the titles of the books, the price, the amount of GST and the total price in dollars and...

POPE Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St Marie-Leonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs. “Those who dominate do...

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...

MATER surgeon Dr Richard Lewandowski has literally brought smiles to the faces of more than 30,000 children around the world. The plastic, craniofacial and reconstructive surgery specialist is the founder of Operation Smile Australia - a medical charity...

MATISSE Reed is Queensland 2025 Rhodes Scholar, one of the world's highest academic honours. Ms Reed graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 2023, and will use her Rhodes Scholarship to pursue...

TOWNSVILLE Bishop Tim Harris said a fear campaign was being spread over the fate of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation ahead of the next state election. In recent days, Labor MP for Thuringowa, Aaron Harper claimed an incoming Liberal National Party...

ST Bonaventure's College is a Prep to Year 12 College planned to be one of South East Queensland's newest schools in 2026, catering for more than 1800 students once all stages of development are complete. The college will join Brisbane Catholic Education's...

MORE than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica, but the impressive view from the top of 100-foot-tall bronze structure has been reserved for a select few - cleaners, contractors...

HAPPINESS comes from God, not material things, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address yesterday. "Let us remember this - true wealth is not the goods of this world; true wealth is being loved by God and learning to love like Him," Pope Francis...

POPE Francis has appointed Brisbane auxiliary Bishop Tim Norton as the third Bishop of Broome today. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said the "only surprise of Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Tim Norton SVD as the new Bishop of Broome was its timing"...