Australian bishops

Fr Chris de Souza named general secretary of Bishops Conference
Clergy, Australian bishops - May 26, 2023
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has appointed Fr Chris de Souza, currently serving as one of two vicars general in the Diocese of Parramatta, as...

Bishop Ken Howell appointed seventh Bishop of Toowoomba
Australian bishops, Bishop Brian Mascord - May 25, 2023
Bishop Brian Mascord extends his congratulations and prayers to Bishop Ken Howell, who has been appointed by Pope Francis as the seventh Bishop of Toowoomba....
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ACBC | XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Bishop's Synod, Liturgy, Australian bishops, Parish life - August 16, 2022
In March 2020, Pope Francis announced that the theme for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 would be...
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ACBC Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse
Australian bishops - August 3, 2022
Australia’s bishops have used their annual social justice statement to condemn the scourge of domestic and family violence, saying relationships must be “marked by respect...
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Diocesan husband and wife to represent Australia at the World Meeting of Families
New evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, Family and life, Australian bishops - June 12, 2022
Congratulations and prayers for our diocesan director of the Office of Renewal and Evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, and his wife and local diocesan Catholic school teacher,...
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In election statement, bishops call for ‘a better kind of politics’
Australian Election 2022, Australian bishops - April 26, 2022
Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for a shakeup that focuses the country’s politics on the common good of all, including – and especially – those...
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Local consultation opens for global Synod of Bishops
Bishop's Synod, Pope Francis, Australian bishops - October 19, 2021
Catholics are invited to join local consultations about their experience of synodality within the Church as part of a two-year journey towards the next international...
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Diocese of Wollongong set to produce Network Ten’s Mass For You At Home
COVID-19, Prayer, New evangelisation, Australian bishops, Bishop Brian Mascord - February 23, 2021
The Diocese of Wollongong is set to become the new producer of Mass for You at Home, beaming Mass into people’s living rooms across...
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Livestream – Memorial & Funeral Masses for Archbishop Philip Wilson
St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Australian bishops - February 2, 2021
MEMORIAL MASS Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 7:00pm Livestreamed from St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral (Wollongong) at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 2 February 2021. livestream.lumenchristi.org.au FUNERAL...
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