Australia

Australia’s historic Plenary Council ended on Saturday with a Mass and approval of a final statement by the 277 Council...

Australia’s historic Plenary Council assembly - the first in more than 80 years - has voted to promote the role...

Australia's Plenary Council assembly is preparing for a crucial vote today on redrafted motions about the crucial issue of elevating...

THE Church needs to be flexible, and with the Spirit this can be achieved, says Maltese-born Charles Gauci, known to...

AUSTRALIA'S historic Plenary Council assemby was left in disarray on Day 3 after a vote to elevate the role of...

AMIDST global debate about the role of women in the Catholic Church, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge says it will be...

Part of the Australian Catholic Church’s reconciliation and healing will be to introduce indigenous culture into the Catholic liturgy, as...

THE Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia began on July 3 with more than 270 Church members...

LEADING Catholics say decisions made at the second assembly of the Plenary Council next week – could reshape and rebuild...

Christianity remains the most common religion in Australia, however the numbers of followers are slipping, including those who identify as...

THE 5.2 per cent increase to the minimum wage from the Fair Work Commission was not enough for many low-income...

CATHOLICS across Australia have been invited to participate in a Refugee Week prayer service streamed online on Monday, June 20....

CONGRATULATIONS have been pouring in for Brisbane community volunteer Jeanette Ayre, one of many Catholics honoured on the Queen’s Birthday...

A TAMIL asylum seeker family held in immigration detention for four years is on the way home to Biloela in...

CATHOLICS living in south east Queensland can look forward to a major shakeup of church activities with the Brisbane archdiocese...

New ministers in the Labor Government have huge challenges on their hands as they work to address the systemic disadvantage...

THE 30 motions to be put to 277 members of Australia’s historic Fifth Plenary Council have been published ahead of...

CHILDREN from across Brisbane have created a sea of hands in support of reconciliation and building a greater understanding of...

ETHIOPIAN Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel says his trip to Australia gives him the chance to thank individuals and organisations supporting projects...

BLACKFRIARS Holy Rosary parish in Canberra’s north was broken into and sacred vessels and chalices were stolen on the night...

BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has used the feast day of Our Lady, Help of Christians to call for prayers for...

ANTHONY Albanese, a self-described cultural Catholic, has been sworn in as Australia’s 31st prime minister today, after leading Labor into...

IF re-elected, Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces a tough task delivering a religious discrimination act promised during the 2019 election,...

AUSTRALIA’S Catholic bishops have elected Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe as president of the Conference and re-elected Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher...

Next week Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge will step aside as president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference after completing his...