Australia

THE largest grouping of non-government aged care providers urged National Cabinet to extend the mandatory vaccination of the aged care...

CATHOLICS from South East Queensland will mask-up at Masses across the next two weeks as three new local cases triggered...

SOUTH Australia has become the fourth state to legalise euthanasia after the VAD 2020 Bill passed the state parliament yesterday....

AUSTRALIAN-based medical researchers are invited to apply for a grant of $100,000 to support a diverse range of research all...

ROCKHAMPTON Bishop Michael McCarthy penned a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying the Murugappan family were like many Australian...

THE agenda of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia calls those attending the Council assemblies to “develop concrete proposals to...

IMMIGRATION Minister Alex Hawke has used his powers under the Migration Act to allow a family of Tamil asylum-seekers to...

FEWER Australians gave to charity over the financial year 2018-19, the lowest in 50 years, new Australian Tax Office data...

A BRISBANE Catholic who works in relationship and sex education said the Australian Government’s push on an age-verification system to...

AUSTRALIANS have always understood a Fair Go. It’s the treatment we expect from one another, a reflection of the Golden...

VICTORIA'S Supreme Court has fined some of Australia's biggest newspapers, websites and radio stations $1.1 million for their coverage of...

By Mark Bowling  THE outgoing chief executive officer of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd says the Church requires constant vigilance to...

By Mark Bowling  OXLEY Catholic John Simpson didn’t mind braving Brisbane’s early morning chill to protest the government’s push for...

STUDENTS from more than 70 Brisbane Catholic Education and religious institute schools joined Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge for a Mass...

A VOLUNTARY assisted dying bill is to be introduced into Queensland Parliament next week, with Queensland potentially a step closer...

VINNIES Youth are not the future – they are “the here and now”, St Vincent de Paul national president Claire...

National Volunteer Week recognises six million Australians who offer their time and energy.

POPE Francis has appointed two new auxiliary bishops for Melbourne archdiocese – Msgr Anthony Ireland and Fr Martin Ashe. “On...

TREASURER Josh Frydenberg’s 2021 Federal Budget saw a massive $17.7 billion investment in the aged care sector, which was lauded...

Catholic charities are concerned they could lose the right to speak up for the vulnerable.

As marches and candle-lighting vigils mark the start of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention month, new research has revealed why...

AS India faces a massive surge in new infections and deaths caused by COVID-19, Pope Francis said he was praying...

A survey during Mass each weekend in May will be a snapshot of just how many Catholics are attending church.

DEMAND for youth homelessness services is skyrocketing in Brisbane as providers report they are struggling to keep up with requests...

CATHOLICS in Australia are being encouraged to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them, with the Australian...