Tag: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released its statement responding to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s calling of the 2025 federal election.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has marked International Women’s Day, welcoming the 2025 theme of Accelerating Action, and calling for sex-based discrimination or violence to be addressed.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Francis last night of a new Bishop of Armidale.

Catholics are being urged to reflect during this year’s World Day of the Sick on the “grace-filled encounters” which can emerge at times of adversity.

Australia’s Catholic bishops say peace is possible if people commit to speaking the truth and redouble efforts to end war, in their 2024 Social Justice Statement, Truth and Peace: A Gospel Word in a Violent World.

Australia’s Catholic bishops have approved a liturgy which incorporates elements of Aboriginal language and culture. The Mass will now be submitted to the Dicastery for Divine Worship for what is known as “recognitio”, or official recognition by the Vatican.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference have appointed Bishop of Sale Greg Bennet as the new vice-president following elections at a plenary meeting of bishops in Sydney last week.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has called for a “new engagement” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to put the church “at the...

The coronation may have been the most magnificent of the weekend’s ceremonies, but the Maronite golden jubilee gave it some competition

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released a new statement on Catholic-Jewish relations, to address the resurgence in antisemitic attitudes and reinforce the significant steps forward between the faiths since the Second Vatican Council.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB paid tribute to His Eminence's legacy and 'many strengths'

While Christianity has been at the root of many aspects of Western culture, and many of the social institutions that emerged from this Christian...