The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has this week encouraged parishes and local communities to make the critical subject of mental health in Australia a top priority in its Social Justice Statement 2020-2021.
The Catholic Church of Australia welcomed some good news last week as the Most Rev Mark Stuart Edwards OMI was received as the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga during a Liturgical Reception and Solemn Mass at St Michael’s Cathedral, Wagga Wagga on 22 July.
Australian Cardinal George Pell, 79, a former senior adviser to Pope Francis, has broken his silence two months after the country’s High Court overturned his conviction for sexual abuse of two teenagers.
Consultations on the draft second edition of the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards developed by Catholic Professional Standards Ltd are now underway.
On the Feast Day of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Pope Francis named Archdiocese of Melbourne priest, Monsignor Greg Bennet as the 10th Bishop of Sale.
Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge says a new national office for safeguarding will streamline and coordinate the Church’s work to protect children and vulnerable adults.
The increased screen time and isolation because of quarantine measures or restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have put vulnerable minors at greater risk of grooming and abuse online, a leading child safeguarding expert has said.
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) Centre for Liturgy will host the President of the Catholic Theological Union, Rev Prof Mark R Francis CSV, in a free online public lecture broadcast live from Chicago, USA on Monday 20 July via Zoom.
The Australian Catholic bishops have recently welcomed a report into Catholic Church governance practices and possible reforms, which was presented to them before the annual May plenary meeting.
Close to 1000 photographs taken in the Kimberley up to 70 years ago have emerged from deep in a Broome archive, with work now well underway to identify them thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown.