Catholic Health Australia and BUPA have collectively called on the Federal Government to expand hospital in the home services and reform Medicare to provide more Australians with the option to receive clinically safe, high-quality care in their own homes. The two healthcare organisations have worked collaboratively to identify what is needed to make the proposed hospital in the home reforms...

Archbishop Costelloe assists with the ribbon cutting at the blessing and opening of the Salesian College Chadstone Mannix Campus. Photo: Salesian College Chadstone. On the eve of the Feast of Saint Dominic Savio, Tuesday 5 May, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB visited Salesian College, Chadstone, Melbourne, Victoria, where he was welcomed as a special guest to preside over the blessin...

Lucy Halliday and Chase Infiniti in a scene from ©Hulu series: The Testaments (2026). Photo: Landmark Media/Alamy. Margaret Atwood's Gilead has never felt more timely, or more uncomfortable. The Testaments, which premiered on Hulu on April 8 and is streaming now on Disney+ internationally, picks up the world of The Handmaid's Tale roughly four years after the original series concluded — ...

The Eastern Catholic Churches in Australia have journeyed from being listed as migrant chaplaincies to being accepted as integral within the Catholic Church, Melkite Bishop Robert Rabbat has said. During their May plenary meeting in Sydney, members of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference gathered in Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel for a Mass celebrated in the Melkite tradition. Melk...

Australia’s Catholic bishops have been told Myanmar is going through a “polycrisis” five years after the military coup. Speaking on the opening day of the biannual plenary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in Sydney on 8 May, Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, said his country was going through simultaneous economic, employment, social, health and education crises. Pr...

World-class football skill sessions were delivered by LFC Academy coaches. Photo: Irene McCormack Catholic College. On Saturday 9 May, Irene McCormack Catholic College proudly hosted its Liverpool Football Club International Academy Community Day, a free family‑friendly event hosted by the college in partnership with LFC Academy Australia. The very well attended event provided a uni...

It is vital that Catholic education continues to provide accessible, values-based education for Australian families, and remains a critical part of the national education landscape, Catholic School Parents Australia (CSPA) has said. While CSPA acknowledges the Government’s continued investment in education and family supports, many families across Australia are facing increasing financial s...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has been appointed to the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. Photo: Aaron Kong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference during the May ...

The recent Open Day at St Charles Seminary attracted more than 40 participants Photo: Supplied. In recent years, the Perth Archdiocese has experienced an upswing in interest from young men considering a vocation to the priesthood. This encouraging trend continued this year with the recent Open Day at St Charles Seminary attracting more than 40 participants. Organised by the Perth Vocatio...

By Carol Glatz The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defence of human life, Pope Leo XIV has said. The Church, as "the pilgrim people of God on earth," he said during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on 6 May, "reads and interprets the dynamics of history through the Gospel, denouncing evil in all its form...