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Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

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Celebrating messengers of hope

The Southern Cross received three awards at the 2025 Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) awards ceremony held at the Pavilion on Northbourne in Canberra on September 4.

News News

Getting to know people living on the edge

The Australian bishops’ 2025 Social Justice Statement, Signs of Hope on the Edge, was brought to life at an event hosted by the Adelaide Archdiocese and Centacare Catholic Community Services last month.

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Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Life and Ministry from left: Bishop of Port Pirie Karol Kulczycki, BCELM Executive Secretary Clara Geoghegan, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Christopher Prowse, Catholic Immigration Manager for the Archdiocese of Sydney Kylie Cullen, Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office national director Fr Khalid Marogi and Director of the National Centre for Evangelisation Malcolm Hart. (Images courtesy of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)
National

Bishops send timely reminder on unity

Seventy-five years after a landmark pastoral letter On Immigration was issued by Catholic bishops, Australians are again being urged to offer generosity to those seeking to make Australia their new home.

Opinion

Surrogacy - at what cost?

The topic of surrogacy has been in the spotlight again as the Australian Law Reform Commission reviews the current laws with a view to reducing barriers to couples seeking to have a child this way in Australia.