Australia’s incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his Catholic faith does not determine his politics in any way.

St Michael’s Cathedral in Wagga Wagga was filled to capacity on September 6 at the funeral Mass for former bishop of the diocese, William Brennan, who died on August 31.

His father and grandfather were both ministers for the Uniting Church in Australia, but Jonathan Giles is instead taking on the AFL heavyweights every weekend as the number one ruckman for the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

A Catholic education initiative in Melbourne and Sydney aims to achieve where previous catechetical approaches have failed, Melbourne Bishop Peter Elliott told The Record recently.

THE AUSTRALIAN government is being urged to follow the lead of Great Britain in attempting to block access to pornography sites. Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would request internet service providers block access to inappropriate sites unless customers opt in. He said by the end of 2013 “family-friendly” filters would become the default setting for new intern...

The Federal Government’s new Papua New Guinea resettlement arrangements are based on a “fundamentally untrue premise” that it is wrong to seek asylum, Bishop Gerard Hanna, bishops’ delegate for migrants and refugees said this week.

Catholic education is not producing commitment to the Catholic faith parents and religious educators hope for and expect, Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous wrote on his blog yesterday. Despite the Church’s heavy investment in Catholic schools, participation in the sacramental life by young people graduating from Catholic schools was low. “The Catholic Church in Australia can be ...

Paul Fitzgerald AM is one of Australia’s most distinguished portrait painters. During his career—which spans more than 60 years—he has painted some of the world’s most notable figures, including Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Pope John XXIII, writes Fiona Basile…

The Archdiocese of Sydney’s Great Grace Conference, held from May 20-23, was so popular organisers ended up turning overflow crowds away. Among the speakers, Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron set out the authentic Vatican II agenda.

The media are not inherently hostile to the Catholic Church, CatholicVoices founders Jack Valero and Austen Ivereigh told an international conference in Sydney last month. Most of the time journalists are just doing their jobs. Catholics could run from their difficult questions or, in the spirit of Vatican II, seize on them as opportunities to change the world, reports Robert Hiini …