National Count of Attendance begins this weekend
Across Australia, Catholic parishes are preparing to gather a snapshot of participation at Mass, as the 6th National Count of Attendance gets underway.
Across Australia, Catholic parishes are preparing to gather a snapshot of participation at Mass, as the 6th National Count of Attendance gets underway.
Australians have been urged to take up the invitation of Pope Leo XIV to pray for peace on April 11.
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Different approaches to caring for an ageing population of priests, as well as ways of supporting priests as they settle into a new culture were some of the many ideas shared by carers who attended the annual Clergy Care Conference held in Adelaide in March.
Pope Leo XIV will visit Sydney in the spring of 2028 to preside over the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC).
As Catholics flock to Ash Wednesday Masses around the country on Wednesday, Caritas Australia will launch Project Compassion 2026, its Lenten fundraising and awareness appeal.<br />
Former federal politician and diplomat Scott Ryan has been appointed executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC).
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment of Fr Mark William Freeman as the ninth bishop of Ballarat.
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