Ms Sheree Limbrick and eight Vicars General from diocese across Australia. Photo: Supplied. Catholic Professional Standards Ltd (CPSL) have now started their consultation process and will be meeting with Church sexual abuse survivors, their families and advocates next month. The consultation started at the same time the organisation released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standard...

Support from Caritas is helping Bubita to rebuild her home. Photo: Tommy Trenchard/Caritas. Caritas Australia has remained committed to restoring infrastructure, livelihoods, and community wellbeing in the earthquake-prone country of Nepal. In April 2015, the devastating Gorkha earthquake shattered Nepal, with 9000 fatalities and more than 22,000 injured. In an attempt to aid Carit...

Pope Francis has sent his support and blessings to the Catholic Church in Australia as it commences a three-year process to consider its future through the Plenary Council 2020. On the Feast of Pentecost, the Church in Australia has last weekend marked the official launch of the Plenary Council, which will culminate in gatherings in 2020 and 2021 to consider the Church’s governance, laws and...

The ACCER, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference agency focused on employment matters, has told the Fair Work Commission that its view on wage levels is based on Catholic social teaching, which holds that workers “have the right to wages that will support themselves and their families at a decent standard of living”. Image: Sourced. The Australian Catholic Council for Employment Rel...

CPSL Chair Hon Geoff Giudice is making a sustained effort to create and maintain a culture of safety and care within the Catholic Church. Photo: Supplied. The Chair of the Catholic Church’s new safeguarding body, Catholic Professional Standards Ltd, plans to maintain the momentum created by the Royal Commission over the coming years. The Hon Geoff Giudice made the statement when addre...

The recent Australian Catholic Media User Survey was conducted online and received more than 1000 responses. Photo: Adobe Stock. The first comprehensive survey of people’s experience of the Catholic media landscape in Australia has revealed, that users’ value Catholic media for the different perspective it provides and, in most cases, it has played a role in their personal faith development....

Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, has today – 10 May – commenced his new position as President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Photo: CNS photo/Paul Haring. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has last week been elected as the new President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, with Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP as Vice-President. Archbishop...

CEO of CPSL Sheree Limbrick. Photo: Supplied. The Catholic Church’s new safeguarding body has released the draft National Catholic Safeguarding Standards which will be used to gauge the capacity of the Catholic Church to provide safe places for children and vulnerable adults. The draft standards can be found on the new Catholic Professional Standards Ltd (CPSL) website. Sheree Limbric...

Cardinal George Pell, head of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, arrives at the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia on 1 May. Photo: CNS/James Ross, via Reuters. By Catholic News Service After a month long pre-trial hearing, a judge has ordered Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on multiple charges of sexual abuse of minors, charges the Cardinal has consistently...

ACU Vice President Father Anthony Casamento, pictured with Professor Margot Hillel. Photo: ACU. The 2018 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry opened for entries on 5 March with “Empathy” as the major theme. The annual poetry competition aims to support writers and continue the tradition of the Catholic Church as a key patron of the arts. Last year’s top accolade was take...