Archdiocese of Brisbane

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is pleased that about 90 per cent of all parishes, diocesan schools and ministries have now officially joined the National Redress Scheme. Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher has...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane's third independent audit into its safeguards for children and vulnerable adults has found its parishes to be complying with the safeguarding policy. The Archdiocese has released the external...

Parliament should not repeal protections for religious schools but should provide a positive recognition of the right of schools to operate according to their faith, the Australian Catholic bishops have said. The Shadow...

The leaders of Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) have welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison's apology to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and recommitted...

National Child Protection Week starts Sunday, September 2 and runs through to Saturday, September 8. The Sunday September 2 launch of this National initiative has been chosen by the National Association for Prevention of...

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have today confirmed that the Church will enter the national redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse when that becomes possible under...

The first of two historic national gatherings to consider the future of the Catholic Church in Australia will be held in Adelaide in October 2020, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has announced. The celebration of...

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has today elected Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane as president of the Conference. Archbishop Coleridge was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in 2002 and later became...

The first comprehensive survey of people's experience of the Catholic media landscape in Australia has revealed that users value Catholic media for the different perspective it provides and, in most cases, it has played a...

The Catholic Church's Truth Justice and Healing Council will conclude its work on Monday 30 April after more than five years coordinating the Church's response to the child sexual abuse Royal Commission. Mr Francis Sullivan...

The full text of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "Gaudete et exsultate" (Rejoice and be glad) APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION

Pope Francis has produced his third Apostolic Exhortation in five years. The Exhortation, entitled Gaudete Et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), was released at 12 noon in Rome on Monday 9 April and can be accessed in full as...

More than 200 people from remote and rural parts of the Diocese of Port Pirie in South Australia have gathered together under the theme 'Looking forward in hope towards 2020'. This was the first major gathering in Australia...

Pope Francis has given his approval for the Catholic Church to hold the first Plenary Council - the most significant national gathering that can be held - in Australia in more than 80 years. "The Australian Bishops are...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane celebrated International Women's Day with a morning tea for 75 employees raising funds for the "Share the Dignity" organisation. There was an exploration of this year's theme 'Leave No Woman...

In 2016, the Archdiocese received a number of complaints concerning Fr Ezinwanne Igbo. In one of those complaints, he was alleged to have committed a canonical offence which resulted in automatic excommunication. This was...