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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Right to Life WA Founder remembered for passion for the gift of life
The first President and founder of the Right to Life Association Peter O’Meara will be remembered for his passion for the gift of life.
Document helps those accompanying Catholics considering euthanasia
Chair of the Bishops Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli, said the Church has been confronted with the difficult question of how to attend to the spiritual and pastoral needs of Catholics contemplating euthanasia.
Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to pro...
Catholic Health Australia looks to the future at Brisbane Conference
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, will speak on hopes for the future of the Australia Church following the Plenary Council. Photo: Ron Tan.
More than 250 of the nation’s most senior health,
aged-care and community leaders will descend on Brisbane next week for Catholic Health Austral...
Broken Bay and Parramatta to cohost Euthanasia talks
The Diocese of Broken Bay is joining with the Diocese of Parramatta to host a series of three talks in August ahead of the expected introduction of a draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill to NSW Parliament.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: “We wish to provide the best care possible,” says Archbishop Costelloe
After an 18-month implementation period, Western Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws come into effect last Thursday 1 July.
EXCLUSIVE: Church in Western Australia enters new world order
The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has
introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-life options, and a
new challenge for Catholic acute, aged and disability services.
Seniors holding hands for consolation and sympathy. The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-li...
EXCLUSIVE: VAD Legislation a tragedy for our society, says Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week released an in-depth Pastoral Letter in relation to Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD).
Community Hospice completes first phase of refurbishment
Exciting renovations are well underway at the St John of God Murdoch Community Hospice, with patients moving into the first five completed rooms on 21 January. Photo: SJOG.
Exciting renovations are well underway at
the St John of God Murdoch Community Hospice,
with patients moving into the first five completed rooms on 21 January.
The refurbishment to the 20-bed purpose-built palliati...
Victorian Bishops speak on release of VAD Review Board Report
Catholic Bishops and Adminstrators of Victorian dioceses, including Melbourne, Sale, Bathurst, Sandhurst and the Syro-Malabar Eparchy, have this week released a statement in regards to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board Report of Operation January – June 2020.
