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Friday, April 26

New report paints picture of Australian Catholic population

There were fewer Catholics in Australia in 2016 than in 2011, but they were more likely to have a higher education and more likely to have been born overseas than five years earlier.

Getting a true picture of Church

At a time when many would say the Catholic Church is on the decline, it is interesting to note that the latest Census statistics show that the Catholic population in Australia has increased from 4.8 million to nearly 5.3 million over the past 10 years.

New look of religion in SA

Nearly half of South Australians identified themselves as Christian, with more than 300,000 of them Catholics, according to figures released from the 2016 Census.