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Source: ACBC Media Release As the first general assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia nears the halfway point, […]

Council Members Begin Work of Communal Discernment

Source: ACBC Media Release The first “spiritual conversations” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia covered a broad range of

Source: CathNews Media Release On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Bishop Shane Mackinlay has said the saint that

Source: CathNews Media Release As Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB opened the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, he said Catholics “must

Source: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Media Blog Pope Francis has sent greetings and blessings from Rome as the program for

Source: ACBC Media Blog. People across Australia and beyond will be able to follow the progress of the Fifth Plenary Council

Source: ABC Radio National Is it make or break time for the Catholic Church in Australia? A major summit, taking

You can read and download Bishop James’ letter regarding Voluntary Assisted Dying here. A video recording of Bishop James’ reflections

by Neil Helmore and Anne Chellingworth As the Church in Australia journeys towards the first assembly of the Fifth Plenary

Despite large parts of the country being in lockdown, those planning the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia say all is