ACBC President, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge and CRA President Br Peter Carroll FMS have this week acknowledged the “shameful past” that reveals “we let down too many children and many thousands were abused in our settings”, following publication of the fourth report from the Catholic Church to the National Office for Child. Photo: ACBC. The fourth report from the Catholic Church to ...

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has last week provided the Holy See’s observations on 12 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to the Australian Government.

The Record Magazine Issue 17. Photo: Ron Tan. Front Cover: Feby Plando. Welcome to Issue 17 of The Record Magazine, which is focused on the upcoming 2020 Plenary Council. I am sure most of you would have heard about the Plenary Council - but if you haven’t, now is the chance to make a difference. In a recent article published by our national colleagues, Shane Dwyer from the National Cent...