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THE 2026 Brisbane Catholic Education Rugby 7s season has wrapped up, bringing together 1800 primary aged students from across 75 schools and once again showing how sports can connect communities and feed into essential life skills. St Columba’s Primary School, Wilston principal Nick Fogarty said across four weeks of competition, students pulled on their school jerseys and rep...

POPE Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend. “To sanctify Sunday, it is essential to celebrate the Eucharist,” the pope said at his August 12 general audience in St Peter’s Basilica. “In this regard, I urge everyone to seek the best […]

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TAFE Queensland chief executive officer Tim Rawlings told a gathering of Catholic professionals that the support of his childhood parish in Surfers Paradise anchored his family at a time of personal hardship marked by his father’s declining health and eventual death.  Speaking at the Brisbane Catholic Professionals luncheon, Mr Rawlings shared his journey from humble […]

THE living witness of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop calls all Christians to set their hearts on God’s love, Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay told crowds of faithful gathered at St Stephen’s Cathedral on her solemnity on August 8. St Mary was determined, he said, to ensure all “those who had the risk of being […]

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POPE Leo XIV appealed for peace amid a serious humanitarian situation in Sudan, where a prolonged military siege has left more than 500,000 people without access to basic supplies. “I continue to follow with concern the tragic situation in Sudan, especially in the city of el-Obeid,” Pope Leo said in English during his Sunday Angelus address on […]

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