Salma was just 18 years old, pregnant and fearful for her life and that of her unborn child, when she featured in Project Compassion 2013.

By Amanda Murthy  “Dear young people, keep running the race before you, attracted by the face of Christ, whom we love so much, whom we adore in the Holy Eucharist and acknowledge in the flesh of our suffering brothers and sisters. “The Church needs your momentum, your intuitions, your faith. We need them!” Those were the words of Pope Francis, who extended a hope-filled message dedicated t...

Twenty-one year-old Michaela is helping to build a social enterprise for people with chronic illnesses at The Purple House in Alice Springs.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has on Sunday 18 March prayed with special intentions for the victims, their families and friends of the New Zealand terrorist attack.

Neither employers nor governments are doing enough to support low-paid Australians, and particularly Australian families, the Catholic Church has told the Fair Work Commission.

Sixteen-year-old Peter goes to a boarding school in the Solomon Islands which has experienced water shortages for 60 years.

The Catholic bishops of Australia have this week paid tribute to the deep spirituality and decades of service of Deacon Boniface Perdjert following his death on Monday.

Tati is a Dayak woman living in the remote forest of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Like all Dayak people whose values and culture are deeply linked to the rainforest, Tati’s family has relied on it for sustenance for generations.

Catholic youth around the country are being encouraged to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the new official Facebook page and Instagram account of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival.

Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli’s latest book – titled In God’s Image: Recognizing the Profoundly Impaired as Persons ­– has been described as an important contribution to Catholic anthropology, especially in defence of persons who experience disability and who can be overlooked and misunderstood.