A circa 1915 portrait of Monsignor Hawes. Nearly 70 years after his death, the Catholic Church has taken its first formal step toward declaring him a saint. Photo: Sourced. On a hill in the Bahamas, in a cave he fashioned into a burial place with his own hands, lies Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, dressed in a Franciscan habit, arms outstretched in the form of a cross. It is exactly how he a...

End Child Poverty chair, Tony Pietropiccolo AM, said child poverty is one of Australia’s most serious and persistent economic challenges. Image: Supplied. New government economic advice has revealed that child poverty in Australia is not rare with almost one in two children (45 per cent) living in income poverty at some point during childhood. The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee’s ...

By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne It's almost impossible to fully grasp the extent of the good which our priests and indeed all our ordained ministers have done and continue to do for God's people, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. “As ministers of God's grace, we've been drawn into the very ministry of Christ himself,” he continued, speaking to the nearly 200 clergy who gat...

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By Gina Christian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, patriarchal head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, processes into the sanctuary at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington DC during an 18 February, 2025 prayer service for peace in Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion. Photo: OSV News photo/Gina Christian. Hope in Christ and that God's tr...

Triple P International Country Director, Carol Markie-Dadds, said with two in five families in Australia experiencing school refusal, and many more facing cost-of-living pressures, the start of a new school year is adding an extra layer of parental stress and worry. Photo: Supplied. By Contributor As kids across the country return to school, experts at the Triple P – Positive Parenting ...

A child is coming: As for any birth, we must prepare, writes freelancer Amy Welborn. The Advent season is a gift, rich with opportunities to ready our lives for the embrace of our Savior.

In a statement released today as President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said it was with great sadness that he learned of the unexpected death of Cardinal George Pell in Rome on Tuesday evening (Rome time).

Archbishop Costelloe continued by emphasising that Cardinal Pell’s impact on the life of the Church in Australia and around the world will continue to be felt for many years.

The Poverty In Australia 2022 report by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney, shows that 16.6 per cent of Australian children (or 761,000 kids) lived in poverty in the 2019/2020 financial year.

This was just one of the facts surrounding Child Poverty presented by Centrecare Inc Director and Valuing Children Initiative Co-Founder, Adj. Prof. Tony Pietropiccolo AM who was recently a keynote speaker at the Anti-Poverty Week 2022 Symposium.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week reflected on a pair of firsts – becoming the first bishop of a West Australian diocese elected President and the first member of a religious order.

In an interview with the Australian Catholic Bishops Communications platform, Media Blog, Team, Archbishop Costelloe admitted he was “surprised and somewhat daunted” when he was elected President of the Conference in May.