Benedict XVI announced tonight at a meeting of cardinals in the Vatican that the canonisation ceremony of Mother Mary would take place on October 17. He recognised in December a miracle in which ...

UPDATE 10.20am: TERMINAL illnesses such as cancer can be cured by prayer, the head of the Catholic Church in Australia says. But Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell admits such cures, ...

An estimated 6,000 people have flocked to the tiny town of Penola in South Australia's south-east for the canonisation festivities today. Accommodation in Penola booked out months ago, and residents ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story begins at its end, in the nook of a North Sydney chapel where an elderly woman in black kneels on a cushion crocheted with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The black and white portrait of Mary Mac-Killop returns the gaze of the camera, penetrating eyes framed by full nun's habit.

When the Vatican sent their Devil's Advocate from Rome to investigate Mary MacKillop, there was just one lay person deemed important enough for a personal visit - Max Harris. The moment he came up ...