A royal commission recommends that the Australian Catholic Church ask the Vatican to lift its celibacy requirement for clergy and require that evidence of abuse revealed in confession be reported.

Senior leaders in Australia’s Catholic church have rejected calls by a wide-reaching investigation into child abuse to end mandatory celibacy for priests and break the secrecy of confession.

Plenary member Francis Sullivan, right, talks with a clerical member of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council of the Australian Catholic Church during a meeting in Sydney July 5, 2022.

Australian Catholic school workers threatened with ... Around 25,000 teachers and school workers within the private Catholic system in the state of Victoria are voting today and tomorrow on a ...

Australian Catholic schools and universities are the pride of the global church. No other country gives them such generous public funding. Rome would like to have this replicated elsewhere, ...

Father John Vespa from Australia, one of the thirty-two deacons ordained by the Pope in St. Peter’s Basilica, shares his ...

The Australian Catholic University has launched an internal inquiry after the ABC discovered the founder of the company providing its on-campus security has been charged with corruption — and ...

BC, Australian Catholic University to collaborate. Boston College and ACU sign a Memorandum of Understanding and a Study Abroad and Exchange agreement to provide new opportunities for students, ...

In classrooms and school yards across Australia they inspire our children to learn, dream and stay connected. But many ...