Tag: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Action required to achieve global peace
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.
Bishops approve Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit
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.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference appoints new vice-president
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.
Social justice statement calls for indigenous ‘new engagement’
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has called for a “new engagement” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to put the church “at the...
Maronite golden jubilee brings faithful, bishops and saints together to celebrate
The coronation may have been the most magnificent of the weekend’s ceremonies, but the Maronite golden jubilee gave it some competition
Jewish-Catholic goodwill reaffirmed
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.
Catholic Bishops praise Cardinal Pell’s ‘strong and clear leadership’
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB paid tribute to His Eminence's legacy and 'many strengths'
Catholic Discipleship in a Change of Age
While Christianity has been at the root of many aspects of Western culture, and many of the social institutions that emerged from this Christian...
Decrees now wait on Rome approval
The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia was a new experience for Catholics in many ways, said Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, lived in a “tentative...
Not perfect, but a real beginning
Dr Garry Nolan AM
Some critics of the Plenary’s Second Assembly went too far in their assertions
The opinion piece, ‘The Plenary’s agenda must be...
Dr Philippa Martyr: A salaried church – or a dangerous one?
I was relieved to hear that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) has already rejected the proposal in The Light from the Southern Cross for a national centre for Catholic leadership.
Environmental crisis hits poor hardest, Australia’s bishops warn
Australians cannot afford to neglect the wider ecological crisis threatening the world’s poor, the country's Catholic bishops have urged.
