Royal couple to attend Easter Day service in Sydney
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney in April, as part of their Australian tour..
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Campaign launched to 'lament' treatment of asylum seekers in Australia
Catholic Religious Australia has launched a campaign, \"National Lament\", of prayer, penance and action for people seeking asylum in Australia.
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Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Pell appointed to senior position in the Vatican
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Pell, the current Archbishop of Sydney, to the new role of Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, one of the Vatican\'s most senior positions.
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Archbishop Denis Hart appointed to Vatican Congregation for Oriental Churches
The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop of Melbourne and President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) Archbishop Denis James Hart to the Congregation for Oriental Churches.
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Uniting Church mourns loss of Fijian church leader
The Uniting Church in Australia is shocked and saddened to hear of the death of the President of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma Rev Dr Tuikilakila K. Waqairatu.
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TJHC supports call from survivor group for national child sexual abuse compensation scheme
CEO of the Catholic Church's Truth Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, has this morning supported calls by the child sexual abuse support and advocacy organisation, CLAN, for a national child sexual abuse compensation scheme funded by churches and other institutions.
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Pope Francis' motorbike sells for record price
Pope Francis\' Harley Davidson sold for a whopping £200,200 (AUD$364,900) at a sale in Bonhams today as part of Les Grandes Marques du Monde sale at the Grand Palais in Paris.
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Vatican needs to be open and transparent on sex abuse issues
CEO of the Catholic Church's Truth Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, has this morning responded to the UN report on child sex abuse by saying the challenge for the Church in Rome is to be open and transparent.
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Churches support Premier's tough stance on alcohol
Longer sentencing and mandatory minimum sentences for serious and fatal assaults involving alcohol and other drugs are part of the solution to crack down on alcohol abuse in NSW, the President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, said today.
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Royal Commission announces details of public hearing into allegations of sexual abuse at Toowoomba Primary School in 2007
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has announced it will examine allegations of child sexual abuse in 2007 at St Saviour's Primary School in Toowoomba, Queensland.
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Church of South India director attacks media for political bias
A leading figure in the Church of South India (CSI) has hit out at the media for working against justice and peace and for suggesting that the Church might do the same.
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Abortion is 'horrific', says Pope
The Pope made his strongest comments yet against abortion in an address to global ambassadors on Monday.