At the Council’s opening session on Monday morning, the Members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia were invited to carry “a deep consciousness of who we are” as the...

        The Members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia were urged to “cling to the cross” and “ask the Holy Spirit to help us” as they...

The four-year journey of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia is about to reach its high point, with Members gathering in Sydney this weekend for the start of the Council’s...

Transitional Deacon El Louie Jimenez will be ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of St Stephen on June 29. The 30 year old is concluding seven years of study...

The 30 motions that will be considered during the second assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia in July, rising from four years of national conversation, have been published....

Hundreds of artwork ‘hands’ painted by pre-school and primary school children were planted on the grounds of St Stephen’s Cathedral today in a promotion of reconciliation. The ‘Hands of Commitment’...

As Australia celebrates National Volunteer Week (May 16 – 22) , it’s nice to reflect on Southport Parish’s Pat Williamson, for whom age is no barrier. The 95 year old...

A new portal launched today by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL) will help Catholic organisations measure their progress in applying the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (NCSS). Marking the launch of...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s tenure as president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will conclude next week, after the Holy See asked that bishops not serve in leadership roles in bishops...

Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for a shakeup that focuses the country’s politics on the common good of all, including – and especially – those who struggle to participate in...