Talk to us

CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!

Today's Top Stories

Poverty

Child poverty report sounds alarm bells for Australia’s future

The St Vincent de Paul Society says Australia faces a mountain of future challenges, judging by a new report that finds one-in-six children already living in poverty but no official acceptance of a poverty line or any monitoring of poverty being conducted by government.

In The Dioceses

Faith communities called to become ‘schools of communion’

Nearly 300 people gathered for the Archdiocese of Adelaide’s 2024 Diocesan Assembly, with Archbishop Patrick O’Regan calling for local faith communities to become “schools of communion”. Source: The Southern Cross.

Tragedy Tributes

Catholic school teacher remembered as ‘friend and mentor to many’

A former principal and semi-retired teacher has died after falling through a school roof in Melbourne’s inner west last week. Source: The Age.

Quick Links