The Church in Australia will celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God on the first Sunday in February each year, starting with 7 February 2021.
The Catholic Church has established a new company to oversee all safeguarding, child protection and professional standards in Australia, creating a more focused and streamlined model.
The Hon Chris Ellison has been reappointed Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) for a second term.
More than 170,000 people have been affected by Typhoon Vamco, with around AUD$2.8 million of damage to agricultural land, which will take years to recover.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) will pay tribute to the 80,000 hospital and aged care workers across its member network for their extraordinary efforts during the COVID-19 crisis with a series of new films.
Ten years after her canonisation, the courage of Saint Mary MacKillop – Australia’s first and only saint – still resonates within the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious order founded by the St MacKillop with the assistance of Fr Julian Tenison-Woods in 1866 in Penola, SA.
Coming off the back of the worst global economic slowdown since the Great Depression, this year’s Federal Budget has the monumental task of delivering economic recovery for a nation still reeling from stay-at-home restrictions, border lockdowns and the virtual disappearance of the hospitality and tourism sector, let alone the ongoing hit to retail and industry.
Caritas Australia welcomes the government’s announcement in last week’s federal budget that Australia will increase economic support for COVID-19 response and recovery in its region by $304.7 million over the next two years.
Worshippers will from late-November notice a slight change to the words the priest prays just before the Liturgy of the Word, with the amendment supporting a more faithful understanding of the Trinity
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) believes the Federal Government’s decision to extend the current list of Medicare services delivered via telehealth to March 2021 is welcome, but that it should remain beyond the pandemic.