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Archbishop Costelloe meets with Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV poses with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Photo: OSV News photo/Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe met with Pope Leo XIV last weekend.
Archbishop Costelloe has travelled to Rome to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s global Vatican summit for presidents of Bishops' Confer...
AMORIS LAETITIA SPECIAL REPORT: Archbishop Costelloe: Proclaiming the Church’s vision of family
Pope Leo XIV speaks Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Archbishop Costelloe told The Record that he and the Holy Father spent time discussing some important issues in the Church in Australia at the moment, including the potential of the International Eucharistic Congress, to be held in 2028 in Sydney, to renew our understan...
More respondents sought for first 10 years of marriage survey
“Pope Francis had a particular concern for the newly married. He recognised that as a Church we have tended to focus on preparation for marriage and then, after the wedding, have more or less left couples to fend for themselves” Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney Tony Percy said recently.
Bishop Percy’s comments came in light of a survey being conducted during September whereby Catholic couples...
Pastoral response to Domestic Violence addressed in latest resource
Safeguarding Office Director Andrea Musulin launched the new resource “A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence” at the Catholic Social Services Western Australia symposium on 25 November 2021. Photo: Sourced.
“On average,
every week one woman dies because of family violence; one of four children
experience the fear and distress of witnessing their mother being abused.”
These were
some o...
Vatican says no blessing ‘illicit’ unions, no negative judgment on gay people
While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is “illicit”, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has this week affirmed. By Carol Glatz.
The Record Magazine Issue 2 (May 2016)
The Record Magazine Issue 2. Front Cover: Feby Plando.
In this second edition of The Record Magazine, we take a close look at the meaning of marriage and family.
Our stories this month look at the various dynamics of family life in today’s society - an issue that affects all of us and, most importantly, the role the Church has in providing the spiritual nutrition that is needed to sustai...
