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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Caritas responds to Myanmar flooding
Caritas Australia has last week reported that is working with its local partner, Caritas in Myanmar (Karuna Mission Social Solidarity [KMSS]), in assisting those who’ve been affected by Cyclone Komen.
Church alive in Brisbane, says Papal Nuncio
The Catholic Leader has last week reported that claims the Catholic Church is dying are nothing but “false impressions”, according to Australia’s Papal Nuncio.
Church without frontiers, Mother to all
Migrants and refugees need our special attention and care, as they are our brothers and sisters, Bishop Vincent Long said this week in celebration of the 101st World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
National Children’s Commissioner to launch report on children’s safety
Australia’s National Children and Young People’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell, has this week launched a report in Canberra that looked at children and young people’s views on safety in institutions.
The joy of the pilgrimage to headline Cursillo Conference
The Australian Catholic Cursillo Movement’s biennial National Encounter will take place in October, with a particular focus on pilgrimage, entitled The Joy of the Pilgrim Heart.
Aussie bishops head to Ukraine for talks
Two Australian bishops will this month join Ukrainian Catholic bishops from around the world at their annual Synod.
Social media central to tech-savvy Catholic Youth Festival
The rapid pick-up of new social media applications by Catholic youth is playing a major part in the coordination, planning and delivery of the next Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) to be held in Adelaide in December.
Royal Commission to hear evidence from retired Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will hold a public hearing in Sydney on Monday, 24 August 2015 to hear evidence from retired Bishop Geoffrey Robinson into the approach of the Catholic Church in Australia to child sexual abuse survivors prior to the commencement of Towards Healing in 1996.
Archbishop Coleridge of Brisbane calls asylum-seeker policy ‘a moral failure’
Australia’s asylum-seeker policy is a moral failure and an international disgrace, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said on ABC TV’s Q&A on Monday night.
Landmark report reveals complex, entrenched disadvantage experienced by Australian communities
A small number of communities across Australia have disproportionately high levels of unemployment, low family income and education, housing stress, domestic violence and prison admissions, severely limiting life opportunities and placing significant social and economic costs on the broader community, according to a landmark national report released today.
