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WEBBishops conference remembers Fr Gerald O’Collins SJ. The recent death of Fr Gerald O’Collins SJ brings to a conclusion a remarkable life, marked by faithful and faith-filled service to the Catholic Church in Australia and around the world and indeed, through his teaching and scholarship, to the wider Christian family in Australia and beyond.
National survey shows Catholics are online and multicultural
WEBMay 23, 2024 · There was a decline of around 206,000 (33%) attenders between 2016 and 2021, with women making up 56 per cent of attenders. Accounting for the rise in Australian population and decline in Catholic population over the five years, the rate of Mass attendance among Australian Catholics was 8.2 per …
Action required to achieve global peace - ACBC MediaBlog
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Australia’s Catholic bishops say peace is possible if people commit to speaking the truth and redouble efforts to end war. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released the Social Justice Statement for 2024-25, entitled Truth and Peace: A Gospel Word in a Violent World.. Every year, the bishops seek to make a substantive comment on a key social issue and this year the focus is on ...
New report reveals makeup of Australian Catholic population
WEBThey included the number of Catholics, which fell from around 5.3 million in 2016 to under 5.1 million in 2021. Catholics made up 22.6 per cent of the population in 2016; they represented 20 per cent of the population in 2021. “We have seen a broad shift away from religious identification in Australian society, so those figures were not a ...
Reconciliation is an ongoing journey - ACBC MediaBlog
WEBMay 26, 2024 · That is the message from Chair of the Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Bishop Charles Gauci, as Australians mark National Reconciliation Week. “We are reminded that reconciliation is an ongoing journey,” Bishop Gauci said. “There has been much that …
Church leaders in Australia welcome Synod working document
WEBJun 21, 2023 · On Tuesday evening, the Secretariat of the Synod published the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, for the first session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops – commonly referred to as the Synod on Synodality. The first session will take place this October; the second and final session is scheduled for October 2024.
Social-Networking Protocol for the Catholic Church in Australia
WEBNov 30, 2011 · The Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, a Commission of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has just released the following updated version of the Social-Networking Protocols. We hope that this will be helpful to you in navigating a way to use Social Media in sharing the message of Christ in the world.
Australian reflections on Synod’s working document published
WEBAlmost 80 groups from across Australia, comprising a total of about 750 people, took up the invitation to reflect on the Working Document for the Continental Stage, which was published in October. Bishops conferences around the world are leading similar processes, promoting ongoing reflection in anticipation of the two Synod of Bishops ...
Bishops launch major statement on social media - ACBC …
WEBThis year’s Social Justice Statement, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, will be launched in Sydney by Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv, chairman of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice – Mission and Service. The launch precedes Social Justice Sunday, which the Church in Australia celebrates on ...
Church in Australia carrying forward its pursuit of synodality
WEBNov 23, 2023 · Church in Australia carrying forward its pursuit of synodality. One “particular grace” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has been its encouragement of many initiatives in the Church across the country, according to a letter to the People of God prepared for the Solemnity of Christ the King. As the Church marks the end of the ...