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.

As part of Caritas Australia’s 2019 Project Compassion campaign, The Record will publish real life stories from successful projects undertaken by the international aid agency.

Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan has this week released a Pastoral Letter to the Catholic community, following the conviction of Cardinal George Pell.

While people were still sharing their stories of faith and of God with the Plenary Council last night and the final numbers won’t be known for a couple of weeks, the Listening and Dialogue stage is considered a “landmark moment” for the Catholic Church in Australia.

This March, tens of thousands of Australians will fundraise for Caritas Australia’s international programs as part of the agency’s main annual appeal, Project Compassion.