The Australian Catholic Bishops have joined with the Australian Catholic community in expressing their grief and anguish over the suffering of people in the Holy Land.
Despite the referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution not succeeding, Australia needs to find a way to address the inequalities many First Nations people face, Bishop Charles Gauci has said.
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Bishop Ken Howell, who has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane since 2017, has been appointed the seventh Bishop of Toowoomba.
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay, to the role of Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia.
Fr Stephen Hackett MSC has been elected provincial superior of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Australia and will conclude his time as general secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in July.
The Catholic bishops of Oceania were urged to use their influence to enhance the care of creation at the concluding Mass for their week-long gathering in Fiji last month.
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