Australians should not be indifferent to human trafficking and can take simple steps to combat this global injustice, according to a statement released this week by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Two Catholic institutions will participate in a ground-breaking new study investigating the impact of TV exposure on people with dementia, reports the Herald Sun.

Brisbane Auxiliary Bishop Brian Finnigan has begun the new year in retirement from his episcopal ministry after Pope Francis last month officially accepted his resignation.

By Jamie O’Brien Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe last week echoed the words of Pope Francis in calling young people to be bearers of hope, builders of the future, encouraging them to make a world of goodness, beauty and truth. The Archbishop was addressing his words to more than 3,000 young people as part of his catechesis at the opening of the 2015 Australian Catholic Youth Festiv...

Chair of the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, Brian Lawrence, was last week presented a Knighthood of the Order of Pope Saint Sylvester.

Chairman of the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, Brian Lawrence, has this month spoken to the Senate Community Affairs Committee hearing into the Social Services legislation Amendment.

A priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Father Stephen Hackett, has been appointed the new General Secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC).

The Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council (TJHC) has released guidelines for how Church authorities should respond when claims of child sexual abuse are made against them.

With world leaders this month scheduled to meet in Paris for the COP 21 climate summit, Catholic Earthcare Australia is supporting the convention of a People’s Climate March from 27 to 29 November in various cities across Australia.

Australia’s most successful female theology export credits her flourishing career to a Mercy Sister who threatened to haunt her beyond the grave.