Catholic Mission more than doubled the number of children it supported through community-based programs, the charity has revealed in its recent 2014/15 Annual Report.

Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge described the recent Ignite Youth Conference as a wonderful gathering of more than 1,300 of the Church’s brightest young faces.

Social Services Minister, Christian Porter, should dump plans to cut the income of most single breadwinner families by more than $54 a week, according to the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER).

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has announced the appointment of Father Brian Lucas as National Director of Catholic Mission.

Research into the management of cancer patients by general practitioners (GPs) has seen Professor Moyez Jiwa, Associate Dean of The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Melbourne Clinical School, receive one of the country’s highest medical accolades.

Australia’s Archbishop Mark Coleridge and Bishop Eugene Hurley are preparing to speak at the Synod on the Family in Rome.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher from the Archdiocese of Sydney has last week announced a new child protection office as part of a widespread Archdiocesan review.

A groundbreaking book that casts a bird’s eye view over the foundations of bioethics in the world’s two largest religions was launched on 18 September at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney.

The role of the prison chaplain goes far beyond just looking after the religious and spiritual needs of prisoners, Dr Ruth Webber told delegates at the inaugural Catholic Prison Chaplains National Gathering last weekend.

Australian Catholic University (ACU) conferred its highest honour, Doctor of the University, on Professor Dianne Bergant CSA at a ceremony in Melbourne last week.