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Pastoral Letters

The Australian Catholic Bishops, gathered in Sydney this week, join with the Australian Catholic community in expressing our grief and anguish over the suffering of…
Australia’s Catholic bishops say the issues surrounding the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice “are not just political”, but are also “moral and ethical”,…
The 2023 Bishops’ Justice Statement calls on Australian Catholics and people of goodwill to commit to “fostering a civilisation of love” by taking “every opportunity…
As a vote on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament nears, Australia’s bishops are encouraging Catholics to read and discuss the Uluru Statement from the Heart…
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, President, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference It was with great sadness that I learned of the unexpected death of Cardinal George Pell…
Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse In 2022,The Catholic Church in Australia marked Social Justice Sunday on 28 August focusing on issue of domestic and family…
The Bishops of Victoria have written to the Catholic community to provide an election guide designed to help Catholics consider and navigate key issues of…
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released a guide on gender and identity to support Catholic schools in responding to the individual social and pastoral…
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has prepared a statement on the unfolding violence in Ukraine, quoting Conference president Archbishop Mark Coleridge and Bishop Mykola Bychok,…
The Victorian Bishops have released a pastoral statement expressing their concern for the Afghan community overseas and in Victoria. The Bishops call for justice and…
14 May 2020 The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference released A Word of Encouragement to the Catholic People of Australia, assuring the people of God of…