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2008
- Bishop Michael Putney addresses Synod on The Word of God in Oceania - 8 Oct 2008
The Synod opened with a report on the Word of God from each continent. The report for Oceania was delivered by the Bishop of Townsville, Most Rev Michael Putney. - Archbishop Mark Coleridge tells synod - New evangelisation calls for more powerful missionary preaching - 8 Oct 2008
The Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn was one of the first Bishops to address the general sessions of the Synod on the Word of God in the Life of the Church. - Statutes for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) - 23 Sep 2008
The Statutes of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - Catholic Bishops call for action to achieve justice for the poor in Australia’s affluent society - 17 Sep 2008
Australia's Catholic Bishops have used their 2008 Social Justice Sunday Statement to issue an urgent call for action to achieve justice for those afflicted by poverty in our affluent society. - ACBC Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Disclosure Regimes for Charities and Not-for-Profit Organisations - 3 Sep 2008
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has prepared a submission for the Senate Standing Committee on Economics for consideration in its Inquiry into the Disclosure Regimes for Charities and Not-for-Profit Organisations. - Death of retired Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop Peter Quinn - 25 Aug 2008
The former Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop Peter Quinn has died, aged 80. - Fertility Education a “must do” for women - NFPP - 20 Aug 2008
Fertility education should be right up there with pap smears and breast scans as one of the “must dos” for good sexual and reproductive healthcare, Cheryl Curnow of the Natural Family Planning Program said today. - Monsignor Jude Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature, appointed Nuncio to Chad and Central African Republic - 3 Aug 2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson, today warmly congratulated Monsignor Jude Thaddeus Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra, on his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Chad and the Central African Republic. - Church leaders committed to providing psychological treatment services - 25 Jul 2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson today confirmed that the Bishops and Religious Leaders remain firmly committed to providing appropriate clinical services to priests, religious and Church personnel in need of psychological treatment. - World Youth Day week in Photos - 23 Jul 2008
A photographic collage of World Youth Day in Sydney. Photos by Alphonsus Fok and David Tang. - Pope Benedict XVI - Farewell Address at Sydney Airport - 21 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's farewell address at Sydney Airport - Pope Benedict XVI - Address of farewell and thankyou to volunteers - 21 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's address to volunteers and organisers of World Youth Day - Press Release of the Holy See Press Office at the end of the proposed meeting with the Holy Father of a representative group of persons who have been abused by members of the clergy - 21 Jul 2008
As an expression of his ongoing pastoral concern for those who have been abused by members of the clergy, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today celebrated Mass with a representative group of victims. - Cardinal George Pell - Address to the Holy Father at World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
Text of Cardinal George Pell's address to the Holy Father at the World Youth Day Mass - Pope Benedict XVI - Angelus Dominus and announcement of Madrid for WYD 2011 - 20 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's words spoken before the Angelus and his announcement of Madrid as the next host city of World Youth Day in 2011. - Pope Benedict XVI - Homily at World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's homily at World Youth Day Mass - Southern Cross Precinct - Sunday July20 - Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Evening Vigil - 20 Jul 2008
Address of Pope Benedict XVI at Vigil Gathering - Southern Cross Precinct - July 19 - Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko - address at conclusion of World Youth Day Mass - 20 Jul 2008
Text of Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko's address at the conclusion of the World Youth Day Mass - Pope Benedict XVI - Homily at Mass with clergy and religious - 19 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's Homily at a Mass with clergy, religious and laypeople, with the dedication of the altar, at St Mary's Cathedral - ACBC President, Archbishop Philip Wilson - comments to the Holy Father at luncheon with Australian Bishops - 19 Jul 2008
Text of Archbishop Philip Wilson's comments to the Holy Father at luncheon with the Australian Bishops, St Mary's Cathedral House. - Pope Benedict XVI - Address at meeting with disadvantaged youth - 19 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's speech at meeting with disadvantaged youth - University of Notre Dame - July 18. - Pope Benedict XVI - Address to Interfaith Meeting - 18 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's address to Interfaith Meeting - Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Ecumenical Meeting - Thursday Juy 18 - 18 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's Address to an Ecumenical Meeting - Pope Benedict XVI - Address at Admiralty House - July 17, 2008 - 17 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's address at the official welcome ceremony, Admiralty House, Sydney - Pope Benedict XVI - Address for arrival at Barangaroo - Thursday July 17 - 17 Jul 2008
Text of Pope Benedict's address to WYD pilgrims at Barangaroo - Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - Welcome to the Holy Father at Barangaroo - 17 Jul 2008
Holy Father, It is my very great honour to welcome you to Australia on behalf of all who are gathered here in your presence and the many others with us through the media and in spirit. I greet you in the love and peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ. - Bishops of the world on WYD pilgrimage with their young people - 16 Jul 2008
Four hundred Bishops from around the world have come as pilgrims to Sydney’s World Youth Day, accompanying the young people from their Dioceses. - ACBC President urges all to get involved in WYD – wherever you are - 15 Jul 2008
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson today welcomed the official opening of World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney and urged Catholics across Australia to become involved in the events in whatever way they could. - Cardinal George Pell - Homily for WYD Opening Mass - Barangaroo - Tuesday July 15, 2008 - 15 Jul 2008
Text of Cardinal George Pell's homily at the WYD Opening Mass - Rewired offers parishes, schools, youth ministries a program to help keep the Spirit of WYD alive - 10 Jul 2008
The excitement of World Youth Day is building and parishes, schools, movements and youth ministry teams are being invited to tap into that excitement in a lasting way with a new program aimed at connecting young people more deeply with Jesus Christ and their parish community.
- You will be my witnesses - A Pastoral Letter from the Catholic Bishops of Australia - 25 Jun 2008
Australia's Catholic Bishops have issued a pastoral letter to all practicing Catholics asking them to reach out to those Catholics who, for different reasons, have drifted away from the Church.
- "Catholic? Been Away?" - Bishops' invitation for people to return to the Church community - 15 Jun 2008
Australia's Bishops recently placed this advertisement in Sunday newspapers across the country in an effort to reach out and invite people back to the Church community. - Catholic Bishops reach out to those who have been away from their faith - 13 Jun 2008
The Catholic Church is to undertake its biggest ever outreach this weekend with a nation-wide newspaper advertising blitz in which the Bishops issue an open invitation for Catholics who may have been away from their faith to reconnect with the Church community. - Sorry Day 2008 - 23 May 2008
National Sorry Day 2008 - the call to reconciliation continues to challenge. - Sorry Day 2008 - 23 May 2008
National Sorry Day 2008 - the call to reconciliation continues to challenge. - Bishop John Aloysius Morgan dies at age 98 - 22 May 2008
Australia's first Catholic military bishop and former Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn John Aloysius Morgan has died. He was 98. - Catholic Bishop welcomes Govt move to abandon Temporary Protection Visas - 14 May 2008
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference today welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget announcement that it will abandon Temporary Protection Visas, saying it was an important step in restoring integrity to Australia’s protection visa system. - ACBC appoints new Chair for the National Catholic Education Commission - 9 May 2008
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has appointed Mrs Therese Temby to the position of Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC). - A Statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - 8 May 2008
In 2007 Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney, published a book entitled “Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus.” - Apostolic Nuncio tells Bishops he has come to be a companion in their pastoral ministry - 3 May 2008
The recently arrived Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, has thanked the Bishops and the people of the Church in Australia for their warm welcome and said he saw his role here as that of a companion. - Catholic Bishops take to YouTube to launch new Pastoral Letter on Internet Safety - 27 Apr 2008
Australia’s Catholic Bishops have issued a Pastoral Letter on Internet Safety and, for the first time, they have accompanied their Letter with an introductory video which they have posted on YouTube. - The family is central to a healthy, happy Australia in 2020 : A reflection by ACBC President Archbishop Philip Wilson - 14 Apr 2008
The Australia 2020 Summit, convened by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will be a fascinating exercise in community consultation on a massive scale. - Vale Archbishop Little DD KBE - 8 Apr 2008
The former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Thomas Francis Little died peacefully in his
sleep last night at his home in Camberwell at the age of 82 years. - ACBC submission to Senate inquiry into the Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill - 31 Mar 2008
In a covering letter to the ACBC submission, Archbishop Philip Wilson said bishops have noted with growing concern the harm that is being caused in our community by binge and other excessive drinking. The harm being done to young people is of particular concern. - Archbishop Wilson nominates the family as a key focus for 2020 Summit - 31 Mar 2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson, said he was honoured to have been selected to take part in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s 2020 Summit and that family life and the well-being of people would be his key focus during the discussions. - Easter Message from Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - 19 Mar 2008
Easter Message from Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - Monsignor John Murphy to visit Christmas Island Detention Centre this Holy Week - 17 Mar 2008
The Director of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, Monsignor John Murphy, will make a pastoral visit to the Christmas Island Detention Centre as part of a week-long stay on the Island where he will also help the local community to observe Holy Week and celebrate Easter. - Archbishop Wilson sends condolences to Chaldean Catholics following killing of the Archbishop of Mosul in Iraq - 14 Mar 2008
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson, today expressed his deepest sympathy and condolences to the Chaldean Catholic community following the killing of the Archbishop of Mosul in Iraq. - New Apostolic Nuncio arrives in Australia - 11 Mar 2008
The new Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, the Most Reverend Giuseppe Lazzarotto has arrived in Canberra after being welcomed to Australia by Church representatives during a brief stop-over in Sydney. - Eastern Catholic Churches in Australia and New Zealand meet - 7 Mar 2008
The four Bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Most Rev. Peter Stasiuk (Ukrainian), Most Rev. Issam Darwish (Melkite), Most Rev. Ad Abikaram (Maronite) and Most Rev. Gabriel Kassab (Chaldean) and Fr. Zakaria Gayed from the Catholic Coptic Church in Australia, have held their annual meeting, at St Andrew’s Ukrainian Church in Lidcombe, NSW. - Australia’s Catholic Bishops welcome political agreement in Kenya and pray for a just and lasting peace - 1 Mar 2008
Australia’s Catholic Bishops today welcomed a political agreement reached in Kenya and expressed hope that it would help achieve reconciliation among the country’s people, and forge a just and lasting peace. - Archbishop Wilson meets Vatican officials in Rome - 15 Feb 2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson has recently returned from Rome where he met with a range of Vatican officials and dicasteries. - National Apology to the Stolen Generations an historic and hope-filled moment for Australia - 13 Feb 2008
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Philip Wilson has hailed today’s National Apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were removed from their families under past government policies as “an historic and prophetic moment in the life of the Australian nation”. - Statutes of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - 5 Feb 2008
The Statutes of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference were approved in May 2007. - Holy Father accepts resignation of Bishop Jeremiah Coffey - 2 Jan 2008
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation submitted by His Lordship the Most Reverend Jeremiah Coffey as the Bishop of the Diocese of Sale, having attained retiring age. |
