Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met privately with Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, formally inviting the new pontiff to Australia for the 54th International Eucharistic Congress that Sydney will host in 2028. Mr Albanese met Leo XIV the day after the new pope’s inaugural mass in Rome, hours after the […]
As the Northern Territory Government conducts a public consultation on euthanasia, Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci has reaffirmed the Church’s position on the sanctity of life and the importance of compassion for those in their final stages of life. Source: Darwin Diocese. “No one wants to see people in pain,” Bishop Gauci said. “We must do […]
A new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other things, that priests describing themselves as “progressive” are practically going “extinct” among U.S. seminary graduates, with the vast majority of young ordinands describing themselves as conservative and orthodox. […]
Pope Leo XIV has announced the appointment of Bishop Shane Mackinlay as the new Archbishop of Brisbane and Bishop Anthony Ireland as Archbishop of Hobart. Bishop Mackinlay has served as Bishop of Sandhurst, in regional Victoria, since 2019. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, welcomed his appointment which follows the retirement of […]
The late morning ABC Radio Program ‘Conversations’ hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski is this year celebrating 20 years on the air. A recent guest on the program was Sr Clare Nolan, a former Director of Nursing at Sydney’s St. Vincent’s Hospital. Clare Nolan was 21 years old when she entered the convent, against […]
