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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Commonwealth announces funding for child sexual abuse redress scheme
An initial $33.4 million in this year’s budget to kick-start the setting up of a national redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse has been welcomed by the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council.
PALM SUNDAY 2017: Pope Francis: Love Jesus in all who suffer
Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognise and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said on 9 April as he celebrated the Palm Sunday Mass of the Lord’s Passion.
2017 Australian Catholic Youth Festival organisers announce venues and competitions
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) organisers have recently announced preparations are well underway that will showcase iconic venues and talent competitions for the event that will draw 15,000 young people to Sydney from 7 to 9 December this year, and revealed some of the event details that will appeal to participants Australia wide.
NATIONAL: New scholarship at ACU supports research in liturgy
The Australian Catholic University Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship for 2017 has this week been awarded to Faculty of Theology and Philosophy masters’ student Samantha Wegner.
NATIONAL: Australia’s Catholic Bishops speak out for persecuted people
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, Australia’s Catholic Bishops have told a Parliamentary inquiry, last week.
Religious Education Symposium to explore the mission of the Catholic school
An upcoming National Religious Education Symposium will present a unique opportunity for Catholic Schools across the country to explore their mission as authentic witnesses of Jesus Christ in an increasingly secular society.
NATIONAL: Archbishop saved nanny from slavery: Human Trafficking Inquiry hears
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher has this week told a New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry about how he saved a South American nanny from slavery.
Community approach needed to prevent child sexual abuse
A whole-of-community approach to preventing child sexual abuse is necessary to change the social conditions that excuse, justify or promote child sexual abuse, and to challenge the notion that it cannot be prevented, according to the findings of a new report from the Institute of Child Protection Studies.
Older Australians to have increased choice with control with their funding
Older Australians who access home care services will now be able to exercise greater choice and control with the commencement of new funding
New Bishop appointed for Townsville
Pope Francis has last week appointed Fr Timothy Harris, a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, as the sixth Bishop of Townsville.
