The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference welcomes the Fair Work Commission’s 2026 Annual Wage Review decision as a positive outcome for low-paid workers and their families. Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference bishop-delegate for employment relations, and Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, explains.
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Australians have been urged to take up the invitation of Pope Leo XIV to pray for peace on April 11.
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 />
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