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 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.
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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.
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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Leo XIV this evening of a new Archbishop of Brisbane.
The Most Reverend Shane Mackinlay is currently Bishop of Sandhurst, in regional Victoria.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has appointed Fr Anthony (Tony) Doran as Executive Secretary for Liturgy.
A Statement from the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service:
In the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we are reminded we belong to one human family which is best nurtured by a world free of war and focused on peace building.
A new document on charisms seeks to engage all the baptised in the evangelising mission of the Church.