Archbishop Costelloe

Friday, April 19

Plenary Council on Rome agenda

The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the global Synod on Synodality were key discussion points for Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Pope Francis when they met recently.

Bishops Conference elects new president

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has elected Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB president of the Conference and re-elected Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP vice-president on the opening day of its plenary meeting.

People attending a forum at Blackwood last year as part of the Plenary's Listening and Dialogue phase.

Listening and Dialogue phase nears end

With just three weeks to go until the close of the Listening and Dialogue phase, the Plenary Council is expecting a flood of responses from people across the country.