A world-first partnership between The Broken Bay Institute (BBI) and Saint Paul University (SPU) in Ottawa, Canada, will enable SPU to deliver the first pontifically recognised degree in Canon Law within Australia.
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Denis Hart, has this week expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of Andrew Chan and Myurun Sukumaran following their executions in Indonesia on Wednesday morning, 29 April.
The Catholic Church in Australia has this month launched a specially commissioned body of liturgical music, known as the ‘Mass for the Fallen’, to commemorate the ANZAC Centenary.
The Leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan has last week said that religious life will survive into the future as people continue to search for ways to seek God and help their neighbour.
When visitors enter the Jamberoo Abbey church, located in southern New South Wales, the first thing to strike them is the stunning backdrop of full-length glass windows behind the altar and tabernacle.
A day after a deadly brawl that left homes trashed and forced families to move into a community hall, the Catholic Church has warned Aboriginal residents of Kalumburu they are vulnerable while divided.
Not-for-Profit consultant Graham West has last weekend been elected as the new President of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia.
New South Wales State Opposition Leader Luke Foley has recently spoken about his Catholic values, telling AAP Sky News that his mother instilled in him as a child faith in three institutions: the Labor Party, the Catholic Church and the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League football club.
“Holy See, Unholy Me – tales from Tim Fischer’s 1,000 days in Rome” provides a rare, fascinating and often humorous insight into the workings (and sometimes non-workings) of the Vatican.