Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we draw near to World Communications Day 2012, I would like to share with you some reflections concerning an aspect of the human process of communication which, despite its importance, is ...

To mark Australia Day, the Catholic Bishops Commission for Justice, Ecology and Development calls upon political parties to work towards a common approach to asylum seekers, so that human beings do not become pawns in ...

Pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith are to be published by the Vatican. 
The note, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), is dated 6 January 2012, the Feast of ...

Noting the quality of many of the Australian films produced this year, the jury of the Australian Catholic Film Office (ACFO) has awarded its 2011 Film of the Year to Jim Loach’s Oranges and ...

The Most Reverend Peter Ingham, Bishop of Wollongong has given his full support to Varroville's religious community of Discalced Carmelite nuns in their battle to prevent coal seam gas (CSG) drilling in south western Sydney's ...

On Saturday, 17 December, Bishop Peter Ingham ordained Fr Geoffrey Allen and Fr Duane Fernandez to the Priesthood at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Wollongong. The Cathedral was filled to capacity with family and friends, some travelling as far as Sweden, Canada and Malaysia, as well as over ...

Bishop Peter Ingham to ordain to the Priesthood police officer and psychology graduate in Wollongong this weekend.

Christmas has come early this year for Bishop Peter Ingham who is counting down the days to ...

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Wagga Wagga priest Fr Michael Kennedy has been appointed Bishop of Armidale today following the resignation of Bishop Luc Matthys having reached the age limit.
Fr Michael Kennedy was ordained for the Diocese of Wagga ...

The Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, a Commission of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has just released the following updated version of the Social-Networking Protocols. We hope that this will be helpful to ...

After the switch to a new Mass translation, old liturgical books should be respectfully buried, either intact or after being burned, according to the U.S. bishops.

“Whether or not the Sacramentary has been blessed ...

The new English translation of the Roman Missal was officially launched today by the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Philip Wilson during the Bishops’ Plenary meeting in Sydney.
Chairman of the Bishops’ ...

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS OF AUSTRALIA ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT

Consistory Hall
Thursday, 20 October 2011

Dear Brother Bishops,

I ...

A request from Bishop Peter Ingham:

• There has been much in the media this year on the subject of marriage. As a Church we have endeavoured to clearly articulate our conviction that there ...

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• The worst droughts in Ethiopia, ...

The Diocese of Wollongong, as part of the first year of our Pastoral Plan (Bearers of Christ's Love) will celebrate a Week of Prayer (26 June 2011 – 3 July 2011). The purpose of the ...

Bishop Peter A Comensoli (47 years old), a priest of the Diocese of Wollongong, was ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on Wednesday 8 June 2011. St Mary's Cathedral was full to overflowing with ...

The release of the draft R18+ Computer Games Guidelines by Mr Brendan O'Connor, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice was welcomed today by the Catholic Church.

Fr Richard Leonard SJ, Director of the Australian ...

The Mass of the Holy Spirit was concelebrated ...