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Build pathways for Reconciliation and forgiveness, Bishop Sproxton tells Aboriginal Sunday Mass
Local Whadjak Noongar youth play the didgeridoo during the Welcome to Country for the Aboriginal Sunday Mass, Sunday 18 October at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.
“Into every culture that God has entered, people have received a call,” Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton told the congregation at the annual Aboriginal Sunday Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 1...
Ten Years after Amoris Laetitia – Part I
By Rev Prof Eamonn Conway
Pope Leo XIV talks at a table with prelates and laypeople on 7 October, 2026, after he opened the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops' conferences marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” Photo: OSV News/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media.
In a special two-part report on the anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, University of Notre Dame Rev Professo...
Remaining Human in the Age of AI – Part II
Pope Leo XIV speaks with to Christopher Olah, co-founder of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, at the conclusion of a presentation on the Holy Father’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," at the Synod Hall at the Vatican on 25 May 2026. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez.
By Amer Youhanna
In this second insight o...
SPECIAL REPORT: Bishops conclude Vatican family meeting as Pope Leo XIV recovers in hospital
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, third from left, with Bishops from Oceania at the Presidents of Bishops' Conferences meeting in Paul IV Hall, Rome, marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, are Bishop Stephen Lowe from New Zealand, Bishop Rosario Menezes from Papua New Guinea and Archbishop Ryan Jimenez from Guam. Photo: Archbishop Timothy Costelloe.
By Courtney Mares & J...
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: Remaining Human in the Age of AI – Part I of III
The letters AI (for "artificial intelligence") are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken 23 June, 2023. Photo: OSV News/Dado Ruvic, Reuters.
In a special three-part series for The Record, University of Notre Dame Senior Chaplaincy Officer Amer Youhanna writes dialogue begins with genuine attention to the other and challenges us to move beyond oppositional ways of thinkin...
NATIONAL: Join the Universal Church for the World Mission Sunday celebrations
In Australia, parishes are invited to stand alongside communities in Malawi, the focus of Catholic Mission’s 2026 World Mission Month appeal. Photo: Supplied/Catholic Mission.
As World Mission Sunday approaches on 18 October 2026, Catholics across Australia are invited to begin their celebrations by joining the universal Church in praying the mission rosary.
Celebrated on 18 October this...
INTERNATIONAL – In hospital, Pope Leo’s tests show ‘good recovery of the operated lung,’ doctors say
Pope Leo XIV is greeted by his personal physician, Luigi Carbone, as the pontiff arrives at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on 13 October, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. The Vatican confirmed that evening that Pope Leo has lung cancer. Photo: OSV News/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters.
Doctors treating Pope Leo XIV have said on 15 October that tests show "g...
Archbishop Costelloe meets with Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV poses with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Photo: OSV News photo/Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe met with Pope Leo XIV last weekend.
Archbishop Costelloe has travelled to Rome to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s global Vatican summit for presidents of Bishops' Confer...
Pope Leo XIV opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’
Pope Leo XIV speaks on 7 October 2026, as he opens the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops' conferences marking the 10th anniversary of "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love.") The Holy Father spoke about the pastoral responsibility of the Church to find renewed ways of proclaiming the Gospel, offering sacramental graces and accompanying families today. Photo: OSV News/Simone Risol...
Human frailty can never diminish a person’s dignity: Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Prairie of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, on 27 September 2026. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez.
By Josephine Peterson
At a shrine where the sick and disabled are prioritised, Pope Leo XIV said human frailty can never diminish a person's dignity, bringing one of the central messages of his visit to France, where the government recently leg...
