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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.

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News

Recognition for scribes

The Southern Cross took out two awards and its editor Jenny Brinkworth received life membership at the annual Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) Awards in Melbourne last week.

Opinion

Big is not always best

In a fiery ‘intervention’ at the Plenary council, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP urged Catholic Australia to “wake up to the flood of non-practice” and the “pandemic of moral confusion”.

People

Priest of the people

From serving as editor of The Southern Cross to being amongst the people in parishes and neighbourhood communities, Fr Bob Wilkinson has been an effective and respected communicator over his 65 years in the priesthood.