Sanctions for Sri Lanka: Aussie church group’s call

The Brisbane archdiocese’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) has called on the Australian Government to take a stronger stance on human rights violations in Sri Lanka.

Priest celibacy rule ‘cruel’ and ‘archaic’: Aussie judge

An Australian judge sentencing a Sydney priest to jail for an internet grooming offence has condemned the celibacy required of the Catholic priesthood as “cruel” and “archaic”.

Mary MacKillop first saint for Australia

Australian Catholics were jubilant over the weekend at the Vatican’s announcement that Mary MacKillop has become the nation’s first saint.

Australian Trad Anglicans vote to become Catholic

Forward in Faith Australia, part of an Anglo-Catholic group that also has members in Britain and America, has voted to leave the Anglican Church. It is setting up a working group, guided by Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliot, on how best to move to Catholicism.

Aussie Church reclaims St Valentine’s Day

The Australian Catholic Church has launched a national initiative to “reclaim St Valentine’s Day” and focus on the true meaning of the feast day and the importance of romance in marriage.

Aussie bishop seeks Indian priests

Rockhampton Bishop Brian Heenan is visiting India this week to find priests who would consider moving to Australia’s central Queensland region, owing to the drop in the number of local young men choosing the priesthood.

Filipino liturgist challenges ‘reform of the reform’

World-renowned expert in liturgical study, Fr Anscar Chupungco, has challenged recent announcements on liturgical reform, identifying their inability to fuse together the two basic concepts of Vatican II’s liturgical renewal.
His comments were made at the launch on Friday of a new course in Liturgical Studies to be offered by The Broken Bay Institute [...]

Catholic feminist takes Sydney by storm

US-born Kristina Keneally, who went to Katie Holmes’ high school, married the nephew of the author of Schindler’s List whom she met at World Youth Day, and now calls herself as a Catholic feminist, is the new head of government in the Australian state of New South Wales.

‘Mad Monk’ to lead Australia’s Opposition

Australia’s new conservative opposition leader, Tony Abbott, once trained for the priesthood and gained the nickname the “Mad Monk” for his staunch defence of Catholic values.
Describes as a pugnacious and socially conservative Catholic who has fought everything from attempts to make Australia a republic to embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriages, Abbott was elected [...]

Bangladeshi twins separated after 32 hour operation

Missionaries of Charity sisters prayed continuously as conjoined Bangladeshi twins Krishna and Trishna underwent separation surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
“We prayed from 8am to 8pm,” Sr Grace from Missionaries of Charity in Bangladesh told the Daily Telegraph.
On Tuesday afternoon, the girls who were joined at the head were successfully separated after [...]

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