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.

The Australian Christians party hopes that the re-run of the WA federal senate election will result in its first representative making it to Canberra.

Father Michael McCarthy has been appointed by Pope Francis on March 10 as the new Bishop of Rockhampton in Queensland, five months after the position became vacant.

The bishop appointed to head the newly erected Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne, Australia, said he has “a tough task ahead.”

A Pastoral Plan for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta was launched on the weekend of 22-23 February.

Melbourne’s Latin Mass centre has been officially elevated to the status of a “personal parish” of the Archdiocese.