Archbishop Emeritus Barry James Hickey made a triumphant return to the stage on September 4 at the annual An Hour for Sheen concert at Trinity College.

Australia’s incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his Catholic faith does not determine his politics in any way.

Kelmscott’s old church was bursting at the seams as the congregation prepared to process into their brand new church last Sunday; a new home for growth – in numbers, and in Christ.

The Australian Ordinariate will share a part of the Anglican patrimony next week, issuing a general invitation to join in Holy Cross Day celebrations, to be held at the University of Notre Dame (UNDA) in Fremantle on September 14.

A visiting Canadian priest who is a former Vietnamese radio director fired up hundreds for the Faith in three Perth parishes in recent weeks during several retreats and praise and worship services, reports Robert Hiini…

The Australian Ordinariate will reach out to “baptised pagans” in the face of scepticism, negativity and anti-Catholicism, its leader Mgr Harry Entwistle announced last Sunday, saying there was “no shortage of people to invite” to communion with Christ.

God has not stopped calling men in the Archdiocese of Perth to be priests, vocations director Fr Jean-Noel Marie tells Robert Hiini. Moving forward means confronting the reality of where we are as families and as a Church.

A Sydney-based expert on Roman Catholic ritual and belief said he could understand the admiration Tony Abbott expressed at the discipline of Muslim Australians earlier this month.

Bishop Donald Sproxton described interior renovations to St Mary, Star of the Sea church as enhancing the existing beauty of the church during his homily at a special Mass on August 20.

When it comes to church architecture, a Sydney academic says, the surest safeguard of all that is good is the “shock of the new” – sort of. Robert Hiini explains.