Australia's fastest growing diocese released its pastoral plan in February after 18 months of consultation with thousands of Catholics - priestly, religious, consecrated and lay. Parramatta's Faith in Our Future was crafted with two mutually-informing goals in mind: that Catholics grown in the faith; and that Catholics share their faith. It includes nearly one hundred recommendations ...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been elected to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Permanent Committee.

Arriving on May 14, Fr Emmanuel will speak at schools, parishes and donor events about his role as a key facilitator of this remarkable healing process, and of the inspiration he has drawn from both God and those who have already found the strength and courage to forgive.

PRO-LIFE GROUPS have given their support to Victorian MP Geoff Shaw’s plan to overhaul the State’s abortion laws. Last week, it was reported that Mr Shaw was finalising plans for a private member’s bill that he hoped would be debated in State Parliament soon. The bill proposes six amendments to the existing Victorian abortion laws, which were passed in 2008. Mr Shaw wants to make p...

BRIAN Harradine was laid to rest on April 23 after a State funeral was held in honour of Australia’s longest-serving independent senator. Archbishop Julian Porteous told a crowd of more than 600 people gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart that Mr Harradine was a man of high principle and great integrity. “He is seen by allies and by those who opposed him as a man who would not go...

Pope Francis has given his blessing to the creation of a Territory for the Torres Strait to be established within the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.

The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop of Melbourne and President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) Archbishop Denis Hart to the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Thousands of mourners farewelled Bishop Michael Putney of Townsville on April 7, with many more watching the funeral Mass via a live stream on the internet.

The Australian Catholic parish is on the verge of extinction, almost 200 people were told recently at the Pastoral Research Office’s (PRO) national conference in Melbourne.

The Australian Catholic Film Office says movie company Paramount Pictures has taken a big risk with its production of the Biblical epic, Noah.