Archbishop Peter Comensoli believes there is a misrepresentation of the position of Catholic and other faith-based schools. Photo: Supplied. Archbishop Peter Comensoli, the Bishop delegate for religious freedom, has backed the Senate’s decision to allow more time to debate complex amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act. The Archbishop of Melbourne released a statement on 3 December thro...

Former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson is a free man after winning an appeal against his conviction for covering up child sexual abuse. Photo: Supplied. Former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson is a free man after winning an appeal against his conviction for covering up child sexual abuse. But amid fury from abuse victims and their families, the NSW Government this week or...

CSSA Executive Officer Fr Brank Brennan SJ. Photo: Supplied. Intergenerational welfare dependency cannot be addressed without first fixing factors affecting entrenched disadvantage, according to the Church’s peak national bodies for social services. Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) and Jesuit Social Services, along with Catholic Care Wilcannia-Forbes, are set to appear before...

Dr Maeve Heaney, Director of the Xavier Centre for Theological Formation. Photo: Supplied. The Xavier Centre for Theological Formation will host a panel forum on “Women and Leadership in the Church”, celebrating the launch of the second book of Catholic Women Speak titled Visions and Vocations. The forum will be held at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Leadership Centre in Brisban...

Retiring Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott says he kept Mother Teresa’s exhortation to new bishops in his heart during his 11 years of episcopal ministry. Photo: Supplied. Bishop Peter Elliott says he kept Mother Teresa’s exhortation to new bishops – that they be “happy bishops” – front of mind and in his heart during his 11 years of episcopal ministry in Melbourne Archdiocese. Pop...

Pope Francis gives his blessing to a young man during Prison Sunday celebrations. Photo: ACBC Inspired by the Catholic Church’s Year of Youth in Australia, the focus of Prison Sunday on November 11 will be youth justice and juvenile detention. Prison Sunday commenced in 2016, during the Year of Mercy, as an initiative of Pope Francis to observe the Jubilee for Prisoners. “We need to no...

A job well done for Peter Gates and Andrea Dean at the symposium in Rome. Photo: Supplied. The training and formation of lay missionaries of the Church at all levels was high on the list of priorities for a recent international symposium in Rome. Australian representatives attended the symposium on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. The symposium, themed “Promotion a...

Pope Francis has emphasised the importance of young people in the life and mission of the Church in his message for the 92nd World Mission Day. Photo: Supplied. As World Mission Sunday was celebrated in parishes and communities around the world on 21 October, Catholic Mission is calling on Australians to cast their hearts and minds to the missionary work of the Church in places of need. T...

Nagle Catholic College students with the local students after a game of football. Photo: Supplied. By Theresia Titus Seventeen students, along with two teachers from Nagle Catholic College (NCC) spent almost a week with Parnngurr Aboriginal Community (Cotton Creek) in Newman, Western Australia. Nagle Catholic College Aboriginal Liaison Officer Micelle Shiosaki told The eRecord the imme...

Labor Party Leader Bill Shorten, National Apology Reference Group Chair Cheryl Lynn Edwardes AM, and Liberal Party Leader Scott Morrison display unification on a sombre morning of sorrows. Photo: Sourced. By Matthew Lau Leaders of the Catholic Church are in full support of the Australian Prime Minister in light of this week’s heartfelt national apology to thousands of victims of instituti...