In his second Walking Together – Weekly Thoughts for Reflection from the Synod, Archbishop Costelloe writes we in Australia had a head start in terms of what the Synod is trying to achieve.

In a gloomy and isolated Russian convent, Sister Yulia (Maria Vera Ratti), known among the other nuns for her love of beauty, becomes spontaneously pregnant while praying in front of a statue of the Blessed Virgin. She is bearing twin boys: One is the next Messiah, the other the Antichrist.

The whole community came together in May this year for a special aerial photo at Our Lady of Fatima Primary on the oval in the shape of 100, for a drone photo shoot. Photo: Supplied/Our Lady of Fatima Primary Palmyra. By Alison Romagnolo In 2023, the Our Lady of Fatima School community has marked 100 Years of our heritage, our heart, and our home. Our Centenary journey has been an opp...

Pope Francis meets with a delegation of the Latin American Council of the Research and Training Center for the Protection of Minors at the Vatican 25 September 2023, 2023. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. By Justin McLellan Child pornography is "criminality available to everyone through their phones," Pope Francis said. Discussing abuse prevention with representatives of a safeguarding resea...

Welcome to Issue 41 of The Record Magazine. On our front cover, we feature the lifesize giant cross created by students as part of the Archbishop’s 2023 LifeLink Day for Primary Schools. Don’t miss Archbishop Costelloe’s speech at the Australasian Catholic Press Association Dinner, where he spoke about Pope Francis message for the World Day of Social Communications. A new logo has...

Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation was founded by five Elders from Western Sydney – home to one of the largest urban First Australian populations in Australia.

Pope Francis kisses the hand of residential school survivor Alma Desjarlais of the Frog Lake First Nation during a welcoming ceremony at Edmonton International Airport 24 July 2022. Photo: CNS /Paul Haring. By Justin McLellan Establishing clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope Francis said. In a message to p...

Religious life, said Geraldton Emeritus Bishop Bianchini, is very similar to the actions of Mary and Joseph who presented the baby Jesus in the temple.

The Maronite Eparchy of Australia have last month celebrated the feast of its spiritual father St Maroun on 9 February 2023, at St Maroun’s Cathedral in Redfern.

“Each time we celebrate a liturgical ritual of the church, it is an opportunity for us to open ourselves to the words and actions of each part of the ritual and allow ourselves to be transformed by the presence of Jesus Christ,” Centre for Liturgy Director, Sr Kerry Willison has said.