CSSA is the Church's peak national body for social services in Australia. Its 60 member organisations provide social services to over a million Australians each year.
According to the Vatican's own newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, exorcists now have an extra weapon in their fight against evil – the official backing of the Church.
Tasmanian school teachers strike escalates
03-Jul-2014
About 200 Catholic school teachers and supporters rallied in Hobart's CBD yesterday morning as an industrial dispute escalated, ABC News reports.
Full Il Messagero interview with Francis
03-Jul-2014
Il Messagero journalist Franca Giansoldati has spoken with Pope Francis in an extensive interview that gained worldwide publicity this week.
Patriarch calls for end to revenge
03-Jul-2014
Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, Fouad Twal, has called for an end to the logic of revenge after the discovery of the body of a Palestinian boy, Vatican Insider reports.
The bones of Bishop Portillo to go on display
03-Jul-2014
The Opus Dei press office in Rome has announced that the remains of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, the first successor to St Josemaria Escriva, will be put on display from September 29 to October 2 at the Basilica of St Eugene in Rome.
Catholic Australia
03-Jul-2014
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Lost flock at the foot of Calvary
03-Jul-2014
Pope Francis recently said that he saw the Church as a field hospital after battle. 'Heal the wounds, heal the wounds. ... And you have to start from the ground up.' This film takes us into the heart of the field hospital, the parish...
Former Legionaries leader dies of cancer
03-Jul-2014
The priest who had the uneviable task of leading the Legionaries of Christ after the disgrace of the order's founder, Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado, has died, reports The Catholic Herald.
Iconography and the Papal dressing down
03-Jul-2014
Pope Francis continues to discard the elaborate vestments worn by his predecessor in favour of a (relatively) more simple dress code, reports The Los Angeles Times.
American gridiron footballer Israel Idonije was recently released from the Chicago Bears. When he's not on the field, the Nigerian-born Idonije has another page in his playbook, reports the Religion News Service.
The Left's blindspot?
26-Jun-2014
Meriam Ibrahim's plight in Sudan draws attention to the mistreatment of Christians across the world, writes Owen Jones.
New World Youth Day tour operator named
26-Jun-2014
A new tour operator has been appointed for travel to World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, Bishop Anthony Fisher OP has announced.
School name change controversy
26-Jun-2014
Terra Sancta College in Sydney's west will be renamed St John Paul II Catholic College despite opposition from some former students, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Christians are made in Church: Pope
26-Jun-2014
Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the Church, Pope Francis said at his Wednesday General Audience, Catholic News Service reports.
A decision by the then-Bishop of Wollongong, Philip Wilson, to stand a NSW priest aside led to division between Vatican congregations, Yahoo 7 News reports.
No oversight for NSW chaplains
26-Jun-2014
Chaplains will continue to work in NSW public schools for at least six months without the regulation or oversight of the Federal Government, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The Economist: Is the Pope a Leninist?
25-Jun-2014
First, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck labeled Pope Francis a Marxist. Now, The Economist is accusing him of following Vladimir Lenin, writes Josephine McKenna.
Overflow Archdiocesan Retreat
24-Jun-2014
This retreat is an opportunity for those who are always 'giving,' to get away, unwind and relax amidst the beautiful surrounds of St Clement's Monastery, Galong on 29-31 August.
The Holy Land's Romeo & Juliet
23-Jun-2014
True love never runs smoothly - and especially not when you mix in youth, guns, adolescent machismo, and a background of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Will it end, inevitably, in tears?
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