Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, third from left, with Bishops from Oceania at the Presidents of Bishops' Conferences meeting in Paul IV Hall, Rome, marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, are Bishop Stephen Lowe from New Zealand, Bishop Rosario Menezes from Papua New Guinea and Archbishop Ryan Jimenez from Guam. Photo: Archbishop Timothy Costelloe. By Courtney Mares & J...

The letters AI (for "artificial intelligence") are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken 23 June, 2023. Photo: OSV News/Dado Ruvic, Reuters. In a special three-part series for The Record, University of Notre Dame Senior Chaplaincy Officer Amer Youhanna writes dialogue begins with genuine attention to the other and challenges us to move beyond oppositional ways of thinkin...

In Australia, parishes are invited to stand alongside communities in Malawi, the focus of Catholic Mission’s 2026 World Mission Month appeal. Photo: Supplied/Catholic Mission. As World Mission Sunday approaches on 18 October 2026, Catholics across Australia are invited to begin their celebrations by joining the universal Church in praying the mission rosary. Celebrated on 18 October this...

Pope Leo XIV is greeted by his personal physician, Luigi Carbone, as the pontiff arrives at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on 13 October, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. The Vatican confirmed that evening that Pope Leo has lung cancer. Photo: OSV News/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters. Doctors treating Pope Leo XIV have said on 15 October that tests show "g...

Pope Leo XIV poses with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Photo: OSV News photo/Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe met with Pope Leo XIV last weekend. Archbishop Costelloe has travelled to Rome to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s global Vatican summit for presidents of Bishops' Confer...

Pope Leo XIV speaks on 7 October 2026, as he opens the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops' conferences marking the 10th anniversary of "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love.") The Holy Father spoke about the pastoral responsibility of the Church to find renewed ways of proclaiming the Gospel, offering sacramental graces and accompanying families today. Photo: OSV News/Simone Risol...

Pope Leo XIV speaks Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Archbishop Costelloe told The Record that he and the Holy Father spent time discussing some important issues in the Church in Australia at the moment, including the potential of the International Eucharistic Congress, to be held in 2028 in Sydney, to renew our understan...

The Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre provided the perfect backdrop to the accreditation course on Integral Ecology attended by CEWA staff. Photo: Supplied/CEWA. God’s creation was celebrated in earnest during the 2026 Season of Creation (1 September to 4 October), with Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) organising several events to mark the annual celebration. At the start of Sept...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Prairie of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, on 27 September 2026. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez. By Josephine Peterson At a shrine where the sick and disabled are prioritised, Pope Leo XIV said human frailty can never diminish a person's dignity, bringing one of the central messages of his visit to France, where the government recently leg...

CSSA is calling on all jurisdictions to act swiftly to protect children from the harms of incarceration. Image: Adobe. Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has urged the Attorneys General across all Australian jurisdictions to adopt the recommendations of the recent Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee inquiry final report into Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarcerati...