As the Church in Australia moves towards its first Plenary Council in more than 80 years, it could hardly be said that its past conciliar experience looms large; in fact, it has been largely forgotten.

Director for the Office of Evangelisation from the Diocese of Broken Bay, Daniel Ang, who is also a member of the Executive Committee, Plenary Council 2020, gave this insightful outline at the commencement of the process in 2018.

After almost a year of training and fundraising, eight people representing Catholic Mission concluded their trekking adventure with Mass at Yangon’s St Mary Cathedral last month.

Registrations are open for the biennial ‘Mission: one heart many voices’ conference to be held in May. Photo: Supplied. Registrations are open for the biennial ‘Mission: one heart many voices’ conference to be held in May this year, in what some are saying is the ideal opening to October’s Extraordinary Missionary Month. The fourth instalment of one of Australia’s premier conferences ...

Those who attended a Christmas Mass service in Australia last month have been encouraged to make a submission to the Plenary Council 2020. Photo: Ron Tan. From Australian Catholic Bishops Conference The Christmas season was targeted as an opportune time to increase participation in Plenary Council 2020 in parishes nationwide. Within the first six months of the Council’s Listening a...

Trained midwife Monika cradles Lima’s healthy baby, Jyoti. Photo: Supplied. A baby’s first breath, the softness of their skin, the first time they open their eyes – these moments are precious and for a mother they bring a new purpose: to protect the child that rests in her arms. But childbirth does not always end in joy. According to the latest UN estimates, more than 300,000 women ea...

Catholic Religious Australia President Sr Monica Cavanagh RSJ pictured with Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Photo: Supplied. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have submitted a joint report to the National Office for Child Safety (NOCS) on the Catholic Church’s implementation of the recommendations of the R...

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...