
The latest edition of The Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia will be released in July, continuing a tradition that has supported the life and mission of the Church since 1841.

The latest edition of The Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia will be released in July, continuing a tradition that has supported the life and mission of the Church since 1841.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment by Pope Leo XIV of a new apostolic administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.

Across Australia, Catholic parishes are preparing to gather a snapshot of participation at Mass, as the 6th National Count of Attendance gets underway.

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Archbishop Amel Nona, leader of the Chaldean Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Australia and New Zealand, has been elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church.

The 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, which open on March 6 in the Arena di Verona, Milano Cortina, Italy, will highlight around 665 athletes competing in 79 medal events across six sports.

NSW AICC Artwork displayed at the 2025 NATSICC Assembly
This is a statement from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council on Australia Day.
President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB has issued the following statement in response to the Bondi attack:

Executive staff of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference secretariat have met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe meet in Melbourne.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne this week.

Sixty years ago, a small, but significant document was presented to the Church at the Second Vatican Council – Nostra Aetate (“In Our Times”).