Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge said bishops and leaders of religious congregations have worked with Catholic Church Insurance for more than 100 years, last year reporting that recent and projected compensation claims for historical abuse had necessitated an increase in the company’s capital levels.

The first “spiritual conversations” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia covered a broad range of thoughts and topics from Baptism being the place for fundamental conversion to the need for the Church to tend to its past and current failures.

Members gather for the first sessions on Monday 4 October. Photo: Max Hoh. Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely listens to Archbishop Costelloe SDB give his opening adddress. Photo: Max Hoh. Damian Walsh, Fr George Kolodziej SDS, Daniel Lynch and Gemma Thomson gather to discuss the days events. Photo: Max Hoh. Bishop Don Sproxton is interviewed by Communications Office journalist Eric M...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe during his Homily for the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Sunday 3 October at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Below is the homily of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe for the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Sunday 3 October 2021 at St Mary's Cathedral. On 21 November 1964, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, kn...

The historic Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will be celebrated by Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB at Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 3 October at 11am WST. The Mass will officially open the nine-month journey of the two Council Assemblies. Photos: Ron Tan/Jamie O'Brien After nearly five years of planning and 84 years since t...

Some of the country’s leading Catholic thinkers have been engaged to support the members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia when they gather for the First General Assembly early next month.

The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards. The awards were held on Wednesday 15 September via ZOOM after the annual ACPA Conference was cancelled for the second year due to COVID-19 state lockdowns. The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards. Imag...

Governance and Structure were raised to the forefront of Church discussion in the findings of the Royal Commission (2017), and both are now key agenda items on the upcoming fifth Plenary Council of Australia in October 2021.

Recognising that humans are hard-wired to be kind particularly during difficult times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Mission Conference speaker Hugh Mackay posed, Will there be a culture shift at having lived through this pandemic?

The Sisters of St John of God arrived in Kalgoorlie in 1896, originally for the purpose of establishing a hospital. On Sunday, 29 August 2021, the Catholic community of Kalgoorlie-Boulder celebrated 125 years of Catholic education in their region. By John Paul College, CEWA.