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Archbishop Mark Coleridge: new ACBC President discusses his...

Thursday 10 May 2018

ACBC Communications Office

Earlier this month, Archbishop Mark Coleridge was elected president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Currently the Archbishop of Brisbane, he previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop in Melbourne and as Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn. In this conversation with the ACBC Communications Office, he speaks about his appointment at a critical time for the Catholic Church in Australia.

Lay missionaries: Extending their PALMS outwards

Tuesday 8 May 2018

Media and Communications Office

Palms Australia recruited their first volunteers to work in Papua New Guinea as long ago as 1961.

Since then, PALMS has grown to provide over $200 million in education, health, technical, medical and other professional services, in a raft of countries all over the world.

New advisory body to monitor Catholic reforms in response to child sexual abuse tragedy

Thursday 3 May 2018

Media and Communications Office

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia have established a new advisory group that will play a crucial role in influencing and monitoring the Catholic Church’s ongoing response to the child sexual abuse scandal.

NSW Attorney General: ‘We can show survivors we believe them’

Friday 4 May 2018

Melissa Coade, Lawyers Weekly

New South Wales has become the first state in Australia to enact laws for a National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.

A new bill for institutional child sexual abuse in New South Wales has been declared a milestone for the state.

NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman said the new laws would demonstrate to survivors that they were believed.

Auschwitz survivor moved by Anzac Day honour