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The bishops’ conferences of Australia, Ireland and New Zealand are pooling their expertise and resources in a joint Lectionary project. Cardinal Mykola Bychok, the Eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, has delivered a speech at Domus Australia in Rome. It comes two ...
Bishops Conference launches new website - ACBC MediaBlog
Nov 9, 2022 · The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched a new website – with the address catholic.au – bringing together the catholic.org.au and catholicaustralia.com.au websites. The site, known as Catholic Australia, was unveiled during the Bishops Conference’s plenary meeting in Sydney this week. Speaking at the plenary meeting, Bishop Delegate for Media Archbishop Patrick O’Regan ...
Archbishop outlines Jubilee year plans - ACBC MediaBlog
Sep 10, 2024 · A key papal adviser on Jubilee 2025 says he would welcome Australian dioceses marking the year in a variety of ways. Archbishop Rino Fisichella also had the global picture in mind when he revealed to a group of media professionals in Rome that the World Bank had offered to hold talks with the Vatican about ways in which debt in some of the poorest countries could be forgiven in 2025.
Pope announces new bishop for Bunbury - ACBC MediaBlog
2 days ago · Pope Francis has this evening appointed Perth-based priest, Fr George Kolodziej SDS, to be the fifth Bishop of Bunbury. Fr George, 56, was born in Dobra, Poland, and has been the Superior of the Salvatorians in Australia since October 2018. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President ...
Action required to achieve global peace - ACBC MediaBlog
Aug 19, 2024 · 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 Word in a Violent World.. Every year, the bishops seek to make a substantive comment on a key social issue and this year the focus is on ...
Bishops formally approve Plenary Council acts, decrees
One thought on “ Bishops formally approve Plenary Council acts, decrees ” Peter Johnstone 16 November 2022 at 4:37 pm. The real test for the Plenary Council is implementation. The Plenary Council affirmed (Decree 7) that “governance in the Catholic Church should be exercised in a synodal manner, with the appropriate participation of …
Australians to play role in major global event in Rome
Sep 12, 2024 · Australian Catholics will play a key role in a month-long global event aimed at shaping the future of the Church. Fifteen Australians will attend the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome from October 2 to 27, which has the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission”.
Help for those accompanying Catholics facing end-of-life decisions
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 accessing the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) scheme.
New report reveals makeup of Australian Catholic population
A new National Centre for Pastoral Research report published today provides a comprehensive snapshot of the millions of people who identified as Catholic in the 2021 Australia Census. The Social Profile of the Catholic Community in Australia is the latest in a series of reports published following each national Census, providing extensive demographic information on […]
New document highlights Catholics, Jews ‘walking together’
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference today launched a new document to highlight Christianity’s unique relationship with Judaism and the celebrate the positive relationship the two faiths enjoy in Australia. Walking Together: Catholics and Jews in the Australian Context comes 30 years after the Bishops Conference published a set of guidelines and recommendations to enhance Catholic ...