May 11, 2022
By Archbishop Julian Porteous When we stop and think, we all realise that our Catholic faith is something precious; it…
April 8, 2022
By Archbishop Julian Porteous We are about to commemorate once again the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus…
March 9, 2022
By Archbishop Julian Porteous For Catholics the season of Lent is something that stirs our consciences. Instinctively we know we…
February 10, 2022
By Archbishop Julian Porteous I recently received a letter from the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. While it was addressed to…
January 14, 2022
On 10 December 1948 in Paris the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (General Assembly…
December 15, 2021
We celebrate Christmas this year, as we did last year, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are…
November 18, 2021
The Lord warned his disciples on a number of occasions that they should expect to experience persecution “for my sake”…
October 25, 2021
The First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia has finished. It met in session…
September 21, 2021
The first assembly for the 5th Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia will meet from October 3-10. This…
August 20, 2021
By Dr Gerard Gaskin, Director of Catholic Education Tasmania During the 1920s and '30s, Prohibition laws in the United States…