Caritas Australia has this week provided an initial $50,000 in crucial emergency relief as part of its Middle East Regional Appeal.

Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed Prof Zlatko Skrbis as the University’s next Vice-Chancellor and President.

Western society’s ideas of masculinity seem to be constantly redefined by fashion, the media and family law in recent years, in much the same manner as western morals have become increasingly relative – and the impact of this on the Church has been one of slowly declining attendance among men aged 18 to 35.

Pope Francis has last weekend appointed Fr Karol Kulczycki SDS, the former head of the Salvatorians in Australia, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Port Pirie in regional South Australia.

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.