More than three million Australians live below the poverty line: or, almost one in eight people are struggling every day on the current Newstart rate of $40 per day to get the support that they need to survive.

The invitation to prayer and discovery of faith and science drew hundreds of participants who attended the Why Be Catholic Conference (WBC) from Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 October.

The Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference (ACBC) acknowledged the presence and impact of the internet in the way people communicate, work, learn and do business, with the release of the 2019-2020 Social Justice Statement titled, ‘Making it Real – Genuine Human Encounter in our Digital World.

Written in 1994, for the Year of the Family, Gratissimam Sane was a heartfelt appeal by the then Holy Father, now Saint John Paul II, to demonstrate that among the many possible paths of people’s daily pilgrimage, the family is the first and most important.

My secondment to the 1990 Year of Mission Committee proved to be a wonderful opportunity to understand how to go about pastoral planning.

Saints are somewhat the super heroes of the Catholic Church, lending their names to mark buildings like schools or hospitals, aiding with intercessions and even performing miracles for the faithful.

The motto the Vatican chose for the Social Communications Day in 2017 really said it all: ’The truth will set you free.’

The Archdiocese of Perth’s means of communicating to its faithful has vastly evolved over the past seven years from a weekly newspaper to a now multi-media platform.

The Good Universities Guide 2020 has awarded The University Notre Dame Australia five-star ratings in three out of 14 institutional level rating categories for a record 13 years in a row.

Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has last weekend installed Fr Marcelo Parra as the new Parish Priest of Cottesloe.