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Bishop Mykola Bychok – Eparch of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania – was elevated to the dignity of Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church by Pope Francis on December 7.
Bishops formally approve Plenary Council acts, decrees
One thought on “ Bishops formally approve Plenary Council acts, decrees ” Peter Johnstone 16 November 2022 at 4:37 pm. The real test for the Plenary Council is implementation. The Plenary Council affirmed (Decree 7) that “governance in the Catholic Church should be exercised in a synodal manner, with the appropriate participation of …
Bishops Conference launches new website - ACBC MediaBlog
Nov 9, 2022 · The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has launched a new website – with the address catholic.au – bringing together the catholic.org.au and catholicaustralia.com.au websites. The site, known as Catholic Australia, was unveiled during the Bishops Conference’s plenary meeting in Sydney this week. Speaking at the plenary meeting, Bishop Delegate for Media Archbishop Patrick O’Regan ...
New report reveals makeup of Australian Catholic population
A new National Centre for Pastoral Research report published today provides a comprehensive snapshot of the millions of people who identified as Catholic in the 2021 Australia Census. The Social Profile of the Catholic Community in Australia is the latest in a series of reports published following each national Census, providing extensive demographic information on […]
Church leaders in Australia welcome Synod working document
Jun 21, 2023 · As the Church approaches the first session of the forthcoming Synod of Bishops, Australian Catholics are being encouraged to continue their engagement with the global synodal journey through prayer, ongoing discernment and local conversations. On Tuesday evening, the Secretariat of the Synod published the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, for the first session of the […]
Pope Francis appoints two new Melbourne auxiliary bishops
Nov 8, 2024 · Pope Francis has this evening appointed two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. They are the Reverend Father Thinh Nguyen and Reverend Father Rene Ramirez RCJ. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, welcomed the appointments. “The leadership and spiritual guidance of the two Bishops-elect will be a source of strength and […]
National survey shows Catholics are online and multicultural
May 23, 2024 · A new report has shed light on the changing nature of the Catholic Church in Australia, with more of the faithful shifting online and worshipping in non-English languages.
Australian synthesis for global Synod of Bishops published
Catholics in Australia have expressed a strong need for a Church that is missionary and a Eucharistic community that is inclusive, the national synthesis for the global Synod on Synodality reveals. The Australian synthesis, which emerged from a nine-month process that began in October 2021, draws from the diocesan consultation phase for the Synod of […]
Australian reflections on Synod’s working document published
While the hundreds of Australians who participated in the latest round of discernment for the global Synod of Bishops process identified issues and challenges facing Catholics, there was a strong sense of hope for the Church’s future. Almost 80 groups from across Australia, comprising a total of about 750 people, took up the invitation to […]
Bishops publish response to Church governance review report
A review of governance will help shape the way the Catholic Church in Australia understands co-responsibility in its life and mission and puts it into practice, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has said. The Australia bishops reviewed and discussed the final version of the governance review report The Light from the Southern Cross: Co-Responsible Governance […]