Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service chair Tim Harris delivered the following address at the launch of the 2025 Social Justice Statement in Canberra on Wednesday, 13 August.
The experience of people living with the challenges of homelessness and mental ill-health has been highlighted in the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s 2025 Social Justice Statement, Signs of Hope on the Edge.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, expresses his deepest condolences to the family and friends of Bishop Emeritus Peter John Elliott MA STD DD.
Bishop Elliott, who died in Melbourne on August 6 aged 81, made a significant contribution not only to the Archdiocese of Melbourne but the wider Church, Archbishop Costelloe said.
The following is a statement issued by Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli.
The most important thing we can do to safeguard children and vulnerable people is invest in leadership, governance and culture, writes Ursula Stephens.
The chair of the Bishops Commission for Professional Standards and Safeguarding, Bishop Greg Bennet, has written to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland in support of a national approach to working with children and vulnerable people checks.
The letter reiterates the position of the bishops held for over a decade, since the hearings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, but comes as attorneys-general from across Australia consider ways to improve the checking system.
All forms of surrogacy should be banned in Australia, as no regulatory framework can eliminate its inherent harms.
Seafarers are among the least visible people in the world yet are among the greatest contributors to daily life.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is proud to announce the release of The Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia 2025-26.
Catholics around Australia are being encouraged to support the Peter’s Pence appeal on Sunday, June 29, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Leo XIV this evening of a new Archbishop of Hobart.
Bishop Anthony Ireland currently serves as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.