Archbishop Costelloe, who was born in Melbourne in 1954, noted that Archbishop Coleridge led the conference at a difficult time

Australia has ‘moral duty’ to take 20,000 more Afghan refugees, Catholic bishops sayElection statement also calls for a special intake of Ukrainians and a wider reassessment of refugee policies

Payments from the Vatican Secretariat of State to the Australian office of a tech security company could have been used to register a top level domain name, according to an

Reading Time: 4 minutesTeachers in Australia are among the best in the world. PHOTO: PHOTO: PRESSFOTO / FREEPIK Recently, there has been much discussion in the media about the professionalism

Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - As a sign of prayer, awareness-raising and charity, the Pontifical Mission Societies (Catholic Mission) in Australia have launched a network of prayer and fundraising to respond

Among the goals of Catholic Earthcare Australia is developing lifelong ecological conservation – living an ecological life of being responsive to God and Creation at every turn. Throughout the years,

ALMOST 3 million Australians, including nearly 750,000 children, are living in poverty according to a major new report.According to the report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, released this week,

MISSIONARY priest Tim Norton has been ordained as an auxiliary bishop for Brisbane archdiocese – the first member of the Society of the Divine Word religious order to become a

A very important book critically addresses proposals that statutes protecting the confidentiality of religious confession should be abolished. by Massimo Introvigne Article 1 of 5. Religious Confession and Evidential Privilege in the 21st

ROME — Catholic groups and abuse survivors on Tuesday called on the Roman Catholic Church in Italy, which has yet to reckon with the scourge of sexual abuse by priests,

Police officers in protective face masks patrol a street in Melbourne, Australia, July 2020. (Sandra Sanders / Reuters) West Australian police barged into a Catholic mass Friday to check for mask

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Marilyn Rodrigues and Adam Wesselinoff Catholics have been honoured for their service to education, charity, professional life and the Church in this year’s Australia Day honours. Sydney

“It marks for the first time in Australia a decision that exercises attribution of liability to a bishop for the