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Cardinal Mykola Bychok’s address at Domus Australia, Rome
Dec 10, 2024 · Bishop Mykola Bychok has given a speech at Domus Australia in Rome, just days after the consistory which elevated him to cardinal.
Australians to play role in major global event in Rome
Sep 12, 2024 · Fifteen Australians will play a part in the second session of the Synod to be held in Rome in October - a key event for the Catholic Church.
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 ...
Arts celebrated as part of Jubilee 2025 - ACBC MediaBlog
12 hours ago · Catholics are being invited to reflect on the importance of art and artists, as the Church marks the Jubilee of Artists from February 15-18. The Jubilee of Artists is one of dozens of major events under the banner of the Jubilee year, which has the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. As part of the celebrations, the National Liturgical Architecture and Art Council – …
Australian synthesis for global Synod of Bishops published
Catholics in Australia have expressed a strong need for a Church that is missionary and a Eucharistic community that is inclusive, the national synthesis for the global Synod on Synodality reveals. The Australian synthesis, which emerged from a nine-month process that began in October 2021, draws from the diocesan consultation phase for the Synod of […]
Australian reflections on Synod’s working document published
While the hundreds of Australians who participated in the latest round of discernment for the global Synod of Bishops process identified issues and challenges facing Catholics, there was a strong sense of hope for the Church’s future. Almost 80 groups from across Australia, comprising a total of about 750 people, took up the invitation to …
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 […]
Catholics in Australia urged: ‘Become true disciples’
Oct 3, 2021 · As Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB opened the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, he said Catholics “must become, even more than we are already, a community of true disciples”. The Plenary Council, the first such gathering in Australia since 1937, is being celebrated across nine months, bookended by assemblies from …
Bishops hear from Cardinal-designate Mykola Bychok
Nov 7, 2024 · Cardinal-designate Bishop Mykola Bychok has given a humble and uplifting address to the November plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in Sydney. Bishop Mykola, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sts Peter and Paul, will be made a Cardinal at the Consistory to be held in Rome on December 7. Aged 44, he will be the youngest of the new cardinals. Addressing the ...