Attending the launch of the St Thérèse of Lisieux bursary are (from left to right) Archbishop Christopher Prowse, Archbishop Peter Comensoli, Sister Marie Rose, Mother Angela, Bishop Greg Bennet and Archbishop Timothy Costelloe. Photo: Paul Osborne/Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Priests and deacons seeking further education are invited to apply for a new bursary set up by the Carm...

Leaders and members of numerous faiths and spiritual traditions gathered outside Perth Wesley Uniting Church, Perth, on the national day of Faiths Standing in Solidarity with Pacific Islanders calling for Climate Justice on Tuesday morning 6 October 2026. Photo: Supplied/Ken Devereux. Eighty Australian faith leaders have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to back a planned phase-out of c...

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...

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...

The Society is supporting Anti-Poverty Week’s call for the Australian Government to establish standard measures of poverty and targets to reduce it. Image: Sourced. The St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on the Albanese Government to legislate official measures of poverty and set targets to reduce it, with children at the centre. Marking Anti-Poverty Week from 11 to&nbs...

Catholic Mission is inviting youth groups, parishes, dioceses and schools across Australia to make Cambodia part of their pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2027, through a unique pre-World Youth Day Mission Exposure trip from 27 July to 1 August 2027. As young Catholics prepare to travel to the Republic of Korea for World Youth Day 2027, beginning on 3 August, many pilgrims will start their jou...

CSSA is calling on all jurisdictions to act swiftly to protect children from the harms of incarceration. Image: Adobe. Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has urged the Attorneys General across all Australian jurisdictions to adopt the recommendations of the recent Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee inquiry final report into Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarcerati...

“Pope Francis had a particular concern for the newly married. He recognised that as a Church we have tended to focus on preparation for marriage and then, after the wedding, have more or less left couples to fend for themselves” Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney Tony Percy said recently. Bishop Percy’s comments came in light of a survey being conducted during September whereby Catholic couples...

Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has warned that the Government’s decision to impose a real-terms funding cut on aged care providers across the country poses a serious risk to quality care for older Australians and must be revisited immediately. According to CHA, the recent decision to lift the Australian National Aged Care Classification price by only 2.55 per cent from 1 October is well be...

By Melbourne Catholic On Saturday 29 August, the Most Reverend Stuart Hall was consecrated as Bishop of Australia’s Military Ordinariate at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne. The occasion offered a unique opportunity for clergy, the lay faithful, civic leaders, dignitaries and members of Australia’s defence force to gather in celebration and thanksgiving. The venue for Saturday’s ep...