Social cohesion grows when individuals allow their attitudes and actions to be shaped by love and humility, "Living the Gospel in Times of Social Division" suggests. Living the Gospel in these times is not a private devotion. It is a public witness that human dignity is not negotiable, that truth matters and that peace is more than the absence of conflict - it is the fruit of justice, recon...

World Youth Day will be held from August 3 - 8, 2027. Image: WYD2027. Pilgrimage coordinators from dioceses, eparchies and Catholic organisations across Australia met recently in preparation for World Youth Day Seoul 2027. Since April, the National World Youth Day Coordinators Network, facilitated by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s National Centre for Evangelisation (NCE), h...

By Courtney Mares Pope Leo XIV opened the second extraordinary consistory of his pontificate on 26 June, urging cardinals to help him discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today and reminding them they are not "guardians of particular interests," but disciples called to communion in Christ. In his opening speech for the two-day meeting, Pope Leo told the cardinals gathered...

Catholic social service leaders from across Western Australia gathered at the Duxton Hotel on Thursday 11 June for the 2026 St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Oration, where Catholic Social Services Australia CEO Dr Jerry Nockles delivered a stirring oration titled “Looking Through Difference to see Dignity.” A former Royal Australian Navy officer who served several postings in Western Australi...

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 Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of 22 March as Franciscan friars closed the month-long public veneration of the bones of St Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims from around the world to pray before the beloved saint. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, who is president of the Italian bishops' conference, presided over the cl...

The Holy Father reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St Mark (6:7-13) about the mission of the twelve disciples in which Jesus sent them out “two by two” and told them “to take nothing for the journey” but only what was necessary.

In his talk, Pope Francis reflected on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit celebrated that day.

With the theme of Victory, this year’s Flame Ministries International encouraged those present
to always be mindful of Jesus’ victory in our lives with hope and joy.

The final profession solemn Mass of Somascan Brother Sheldon Burke was celebrated by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, concelebrated by Fr Pierluigi Vajra CRS, Fr Johnson D’Souza CRS, Fr Joseph Kakumanu CRS, Fr Pierangelo Borali CRS, joined by Vincentian Fathers and Archdiocesan priests on Saturday 21 November at Spearwood Parish. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. Committed in God’s love and humb...