The Queensland Government released the good news that the Greater Brisbane Region lockdown will end at 6pm this evening (11 January) with some precautions to remain in place until the 22nd of January. Please note the following restrictions, which are...

The Catholic Church has established a new company to oversee all safeguarding, child protection and professional standards in Australia, creating a more focused and streamlined model. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Catholic Religious Australia...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane has officially launched its Reconciliation Action Plan, aimed at building strong relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The inaugural Innovate RAP is the result of four years planning and consultation...

The leaders of Queensland's largest Christian churches have jointly expressed their shock and disappointment at the Queensland Premier's changed promise on euthanasia legislation. Despite previously committing to draft legislation being prepared by the...

A world that looks beyond a global pandemic with no roadmap can find one in Pope Francis' new encyclical, which Archbishop Mark Coleridge says "is not just for believers but for the entire human family". Published this evening, the Pope's third encyclical...

Friends, I take this opportunity on the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross to share the perspective of the Catholic Church in Australia to development of a vaccine for COVID-19. Many Catholics have sought advice from the bishops about the ethics...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge's Interview with ABC Radio's Loretta Ryan on September 8, 2020

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have today published an "important and substantial" document on the review of diocesan and parish governance and management in Australia. The review was recommended by the Royal...

The working document - or instrumentum laboris - for the Plenary Council will provide a constant reminder of the need for deep and ongoing discernment of God's will for the Church, the Council's president has said. Work recently began on the development...

Dr Jeannette Young, Chief Health Officer, recently announced two positive test results and the potential spread of COVID-19 in the Logan, Acacia Ridge and Springfield Lakes areas. To help protect the wider community, as well as vulnerable members of our...