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...

By Gina Christian A new Vatican document affirms the Second Vatican Council's landmark teaching on the Church's relationship with the Jewish people and those of other faiths, while inviting humanity to enter upon a common "journey of hope." That journey requires "courage" and "a genuine shift in mindset" to seek "peaceful coexistence" amid "unprecedented challenges," including conflicts,...

We walk together, serve the archdiocese together, guided by the Holy Spirit whose voice and direction we constantly try to capture. Those words, in the spirit of synodality cultivated by Pope Francis and now Pope Leo XIV, are the foundations on which the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) continues to develop, 50 years after its establishment in 1976. Delivering the homily at the annivers...

The Zimbabwean Catholic Choir performs at the Welcome Mass for the Migrant Jubilee Cross at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday 18 April 2026. Photo: Andrea Bernardino/Archdiocese of Perth. Even just one of these children (Matthew 18:10) is the theme of the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees that will be celebrated on Sunday 27 September. This year's theme draws attention to children a...

By Gina Christian Women must be able to "exercise their leadership" and become "artisans of peace and guardians of life," as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican has told the United Nations. The Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the UN shared its thoughts in a statement on 2 September during the global body's High-Level Forum on implementing the Progr...