They're the towering limestone stacks that draw visitors from across the world – and now scientists have finally worked out how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were formed. The immense structures, ...

“Jesus … chose twelve, whom he called Apostles” (Luke 6:13). In her book Team of Rivals, author Doris Kearns Goodwin tells how President Lincoln deliberately ...

After the death of Jesus, his core group of followers went on to spread the good news about the life, death, and resurrection of their leader. Known as the Disciples or the Apostles, this cluster of ...

When we imagine the Apostles watching Jesus ascend through the clouds into the heavens, the event of Our Lord’s Ascension might strike us as a rather sad event. After all, the Apostles had spent three ...

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have uncovered for the first time how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were formed, finding tectonic plate movements over millions of years lifted and ...

During the last 100 years, archaeologists have all but confirmed the location of the tombs of Sts. Peter, Paul, and John. (We have to hedge a bit here, because unlike other branches of the sciences, ...

The limestone stacks of the Twelve Apostles, which jut out of Victoria’s cold surf on the Great Ocean Road, are among the state’s most popular tourist attractions: in 2019, 2.8 million people made the ...

Tectonic plate movements over millions of years have lifted and tilted the layers, with records of ancient earthquakes in the rocks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...