Founded in Western Australia in 1922 during a period of widespread sectarian discrimination, the Knights originally emerged to support Catholics facing exclusion from employment and public life. Photo: Iceberg Media/Knights of the Southern Cross. By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne Today we commemorate not only the publication of a book, but the celebration of a long and meaningful history;...

Authentic formation is not about limiting freedom but cultivating the ability to make faithful choices through prayer and discernment. That was one of the powerful and inspiring messages delivered by Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po in his address to the Catholic Man Breakfast Series facilitated by menALIVE on Thursday 11 June. Some people might have raised their eyebrows and thought, ‘Why him...

Catholics are being encouraged to tick the ‘Catholic’ box in this year’s Census. Image: Generated. Catholics are being encouraged to identify themselves in the five‐yearly national Census that will take part on Tuesday 11 August. The Census of Population and Housing, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is a “comprehensive snapshot” that reveals the changing economic, ...

By Junno Arocho Esteves Pope Leo XIV has approved new statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors that seek to balance its integration with the Roman Curia while preserving its independence. The updated statutes, which were published by the Vatican on 13 June, detail the commission's role within the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which was mandated by Po...

The Blessed Sacrament, displayed in a monstrance, was led in procession around the Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong. Jesus, our Lord and our God, does not wish to stand aloof from us, or keep His distance from us. Rather, He is inviting us into a relationship of affection, of trusting faith and of love, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. Delivering his homily during the feast o...

“This morning, as we celebrate this wonderful anniversary of 70 years of fidelity to the Lord here in this parish, maybe we should listen to the Lord once again, take the words to heart and respond to them,” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told parishioners gathered at St Vincent’s Catholic Church, Kwinana, Sunday 14 December. Archbishop Costelloe was principal celebrant at a Mass of...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has held up Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop as the clearest Australian witness to a holiness drawn from the Eucharist, in a new conversation released for the national lead-up to the International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney in 2028. Archbishop Costelloe, a systematic theologian, joined Professor Hayden Ramsay, Chair of the Theological Commission f...

By Courtney Mares Pope Leo XIV has appointed Maria Montserrat "Montse" Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication. The appointment was announced on 2 June. Alvarado, a Mexican American Catholic who grew up in Miami, will succeed Paolo Ruffini, whom Pope Francis appointed in 2018 as the first lay prefect of a dicas...

The 60th anniversary Mass was Mazenod College’s first to be celebrated at the Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong. By Fr Michael Twigg OMI In 2026, the Mazenod College community celebrates 60 years of Catholic education in the Oblate tradition. On Friday 22 May, more than 1100 members of the Mazenod and wider community gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral to give thanks to God and celebrate the C...

The young musicians worked with a team of high-profile artists to create the music video. Photo: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger. A short documentary and original music video created by a group of Aranmore Catholic College students is set to feature on ABC iView during Refugee Week (14 – 20 June). The multilingual students, from migrant and refugee backgrounds, attend Aranmore's Intensive Engli...