A priest from the Sydney archdiocese jailed in 2010 for using the internet to groom a 13 year old for sexual purposes has apologised to his fellow priests for having besmirched the image of the Catholic priesthood for the “many good faithful clergy”. In a letter published in the latest issue of the The Swag, the quarterly journal of the National Council of Priests, Fr Robert Fuller writes th...

Bishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Supplied. Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the bishop who organized World YouthDay 2008 in Sydney Bishop of one of the biggest dioceses in Australia. Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, who at 49 is the youngest prelate in Australia, was appointed on 6 January as the third Bishop of Parramatta, a part of western Sydney that was separated from the Archdiocese of Syd...

Youth mobilise to solidify Faith in nation’s hearts. By Anthony Barich   Highly successful evangelisation efforts by Roman Catholic, Maronite and Melkite lay movements across Australia have been amalgamated to form a lay apostolate called The Catholic Forum to “rekindle the faith of lukewarm faithful”. The Catholic Forum (TCF) grew out of a page on the social networking websi...