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On the Feast Day of St Augustine, we reflect on the recent International Congress of Lay Augustinians, which saw members of the Diocese of Parramatta visit Rome last July to honour the legacy and mission of a great saint. Eight attendees from Australia embarked on a five-day...
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The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, reaffirms the Church’s opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide....
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Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to provide pastoral support to Catholics who are considering accessing the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) scheme....
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Jesus brings together the sacramental, pastoral and professional dimensions of the healthcare ministry of the Church, for the people of God....
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The recent passage of legislation in NSW legalising voluntary assisted dying (VAD), or euthanasia, should be a wake-up call for all Catholics and people of faith to guard against what Pope Francis sees as the gradual erosion of human dignity in our modern world....
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Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, speaking with journalists at the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy for Life, reflected at length on the theme of end-of-life care....
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Another section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's recent document on human dignity, Dignitas Infinita deals with an even more pervasive threat to human dignity as the church understands it, euthanasia and assisted suicide....
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On April 8 in its declaration “Dignitas Infinita,” the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith outlined a definitive position on surrogacy, including it among a host of contemporary social and geopolitical concerns that offend the church’s understanding of human dignity....
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In November 2023, the first National Catholic Medical Association Conference was held in the Diocese at St Joseph’s Conference Centre in Baulkham Hills and brought together medical professionals and religious from across Australia to explore issues of life and truth emerging in modern healthcare.
Professor Joanna Howe delivered the keynote...
On the Feast Day of St Augustine, we reflect on the recent International Congress of Lay Augustinians, which saw members of the Diocese of Parramatta visit Rome last July to honour the legacy and mission of a great saint. Eight attendees from Australia embarked on a five-day...
The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, reaffirms the Church’s opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide....
Australia’s Catholic bishops have released a new document to guide priests, chaplains and pastoral workers who are asked to provide pastoral support to Catholics who are considering accessing the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) scheme....
Jesus brings together the sacramental, pastoral and professional dimensions of the healthcare ministry of the Church, for the people of God....
The recent passage of legislation in NSW legalising voluntary assisted dying (VAD), or euthanasia, should be a wake-up call for all Catholics and people of faith to guard against what Pope Francis sees as the gradual erosion of human dignity in our modern world....
Another section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's recent document on human dignity, Dignitas Infinita deals with an even more pervasive threat to human dignity as the church understands it, euthanasia and assisted suicide....
On April 8 in its declaration “Dignitas Infinita,” the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith outlined a definitive position on surrogacy, including it among a host of contemporary social and geopolitical concerns that offend the church’s understanding of human dignity....
In November 2023, the first National Catholic Medical Association Conference was held in the Diocese at St Joseph’s Conference Centre in Baulkham Hills and brought together medical professionals and religious from across Australia to explore issues of life and truth emerging in modern healthcare. Professor Joanna Howe delivered the keynote...