CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary MacKillop. The pioneering religious sister founded the ...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Benedict XVI will create six new saints Oct. 17, including Blessed Mary MacKillop, who will be Australia's first saint, and the Canadian Blessed Andre Bessette, who will be the ...

The Pope noted that MacKillop did not have an easy path to fulfilling her mission of sharing the Good News with those in need, but she persevered. Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's ...

THE VATICAN will get its first Australian saint on October 17 and Maryborough will celebrate the historic event with a strong personal link. “This parish of St Mary’s Maryborough, has a very close ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Ipswich. Followed categories will be added to My News. The MacKillop Cross, accompanied by the Knights of the Southern Cross, will be at the Yarrow Centre in the ...

IT MAY be made of floorboards, but the Mary MacKillop Cross signifies the hard work of Australia’s first Catholic Saint. In the lead-up to Mary MacKillop’s canonisation next month, the cross has been ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. WITH an ancient formula intoned by Pope Benedict XVI, before the majestic mother church of Roman Catholics and a jubilant congregation ...

At his first general audience in three weeks, Pope Francis praised the evangelization efforts of St. Mary MacKillop, a religious sister who devoted her life to providing Catholic education to the poor ...