Tag: Australian Catholic Bishops
Australian Catholic bishops renew call to welcome immigrants
The Australian Catholic Bishops' Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry have made use of a 'timely opportunity' to reflect on Australians’ attitudes towards immigrants, calling for them to be welcomed, supported and embraced.
Australia’s Catholic bishops call for national ban on surrogacy
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has told the Australian Law Reform Commission that all forms of surrogacy are “unacceptable” and called for stronger enforcement of the country’s ban on overseas commercial surrogacy.
Bishop Tim Norton SVD installed as the Bishop of Broome
Bishop Tim Norton SVD has promised to listen, pray, heal and enjoy life with Broome’s faithful at Mass for his installation as the third bishop of the diocese in Western Australia’s Kimberley region on 4 December.
Reconciliation is an ongoing journey, says Bishop Charles Gauchi
Bishop Charles Gauci has called on the church to play its part in promoting healing and action on Indigenous disadvantage as National Reconciliation Week begins.
Bishops call for peace in the Middle East
In a statement endorsed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference at its plenary meeting in Sydney yesterday, the bishops said the “violence in the Holy Land has shaken many people around the world. We too, have been shaken.”
Different issues for a different age in 1937
The fourth Plenary Council of Australia was held in 1937, mostly at the initiative of the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Giovanni Panico. Its main aim...
Philippa Martyr: No more Mr Nice Guy
I’ve been thinking that smaller dioceses might make a real difference in Australia. They would bring our bishops back - closer to us and...
Vinnies opposes bishops
The St Vincent de Paul Society has stridently opposed the Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill, stating protection for good faith ...
Australian bishops formally back COVID-19 vaccination
Bishops commission recognises ethical concerns, urges vaccination in a statement responding to frequently asked questions.
Australian bishops release new sexual abuse protocol
New benchmark for the Church in place from February aims at promoting consistency and compassion.
Church rejects fraudulent emails
Harmful emails sent using Catholic domain names 'do not in any way represent' its views.
Bishops to entrust Australia to Our Lady
Amid pandemic Catholics will ask the intercession of the country's patroness on her feast day.
