Australia's Catholic bishops say peace is possible if people commit to speaking the truth and redouble efforts to end war. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released the Social Justice Statement for 2024-25, entitled Truth and Peace: A Gospel...

Australia's Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to provide pastoral support to Catholics who are considering euthanasia. The publication of the document, To Witness and to Accompany...

Catholic Bishops Conference of Oceania President, Bishop Anthony Randazzo, has welcomed the election of Bishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez as president of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, known as CEPAC. "I would like to congratulate Bishop Ryan Pagente...

The Australian Catholic Bishops, gathered in Sydney this week, join with the Australian Catholic community in expressing our grief and anguish over the suffering of people in the Holy Land. These are not simply news stories or television dramas: they...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane has unveiled the second iteration of its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which covers the period 2023 - 2025. A RAP is a strategic document containing practical actions that drive an organisation's contribution to reconciliation...

Australia's Catholic bishops have called on the nation to seek "a new engagement" with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their annual Social Justice Statement being launched today. Since the 1940s, the bishops have published annual statements...

Queensland's first holocaust museum and education centre was officially unveiled on Friday June 30 in the heart of Brisbane's Cathedral Precinct. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk joined with the Chair of the Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre...

The Archdiocese of Brisbane has celebrated the Feasts of St Peter and Paul with an ordination Mass. In a Cathedral that was full to bursting three men - Isaac Falzon, Minje Kim and Gerard Lai, were presbyterally ordained by Archbishop Mark Coleridge...

Pope Francis has announced this evening, on the feast of Mary Help of Christians, the appointment of Bishop Ken Howell as the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomba. In hearing the news, Bishop Robert McGuckin, retiring Bishop of Toowoomba said, "I...

Over 600 delegates have started attending Summit 2023, the principal gathering of the Archdiocese of Brisbane in 2023. The three day event, being held at the Riverlife Centre in Brisbane's West, carried an open invitation from Archbishop Coleridge to...