This year’s pilgrimage began at the Church of St Therese, in Balingup, with two pilgrims’ blessings at 8.30 am and 9 am, to allow for a staggered start with only 50 pilgrims able to fit at one time in the small village church. Photo: Shendelle Mullane. On the Feast Day of St Therese of Lisieux, patron saint for Mission, 100 pilgrims walked the annual 16km Kirup Camino, to celebrate 100 year...

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...

Archbishop Costelloe described mercy as “the driving force in the life of Catherine McAuley”, whose House of Mercy on Baggot Street in Dublin opened on 24 September 1827, the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy. Photo: Supplied/MercyCare. “Because we are disciples of Jesus, called to walk in his ways, it follows that we, too, through our communion with him, are called and challenged to allow mercy t...

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...

St Vincent de Paul Society National President Mark Gaetani said increasing the GST would be a regressive measure because it would take a greater share of income from low-income households than from those on higher incomes. Photo: Adobe. The St Vincent de Paul Society is urging the Federal Government to reject calls for an increase to the Goods and Services Tax, warning it would place an unf...

Eighty young Catholics from the Neocatechumenal Way have this month set out across Western Australia’s South West and Great Southern regions to mark the Franciscan Jubilee Year, the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. Photo: Supplied/Francesco Piccolo. Eighty young Catholics from the Neocatechumenal Way have recently set out across West...

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...

Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po, centre, with Clarkson Parish Priest Fr Dariusz Krzysztalowicz, teachers and students from St Francis Assisi Primary School Bulter. Photo: John Haydon/Supplied. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Butler have recently come together for a memorable day of faith, community and celebration. The special occasion brought students, staff and t...

Bishop Nelson Po during the Midland Private Hospital chapel blessing Mass. Photo: Supplied/SJOG. Perth Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has last week Thursday 8 October blessed a new chapel at St John of God Midland Private Hospital, designating it as a space for divine worship, prayer and reflection. The blessing ceremony establishes the chapel as a sacred space within the hosp...

A highly respected Elder of the Whadjuk-Bibilmum Wardandi Noongar language group, Dr Isaacs has dedicated his life to improving opportunities, wellbeing and self-determination for Aboriginal people. Photo: Supplied/UNDA. The University of Notre Dame Australia has this month awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters to respected Noongar Elder, community leader and advocate Dr Robert Is...