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The Victorian Court of Appeal will next week hand down its decision whether to uphold or overturn Cardinal George Pell’s child sex abuse conviction next Wednesday, 21 August.[Read more...]

Though it seems hard to believe, Adolf Hitler, Edward I of England (of Braveheart fame) and Walt Disney (the founder of America’s most beloved children’s entertainment empire) shar[Read more...]

In celebration of Vocations Week, Sr Majella O’Sullivan from the Sisters of St Joseph, has recalled to The Record, a short history of her vocation as a Religious Sister.[Read more...]

Catholic leaders and religious educators from 20 Catholic schools across Western Australia gathered over the past three months to attend a series of workshops coordinated by The Ca[Read more...]

Past archivists and volunteers of the Perth Archdiocese’s Archives Office were formally recognised last Friday on the Feast of Saint Lawrence, the Patron Saint of Archives.[Read more...]

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB last week led a Holy Hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life on 7 August 2019.[Read more...]

By Amanda Murthy The Archdiocese of Perth Safeguarding Office will host its fourth annual Child Protection Breakfast on Thursday 5 September, with yet another competition as a way [Read more...]

Cherishing the gift of fidelity was the central focus for married couples and their families gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 10 August for the annual Marriage Day Mass.[Read more...]

A group of Perth Catholics discovered remarkable things about their most intimate life – their nightly dreams - on Tuesday 6 August, as the Christopher Dawson Society for Philosoph[Read more...]

Father Peter Toohey SCC has left an indelible presence on the lives of those he encountered during his decades of mission work and chaplaincies.[Read more...]

As this week’s Australian talks about the issues of transgender treatment for children and Jeremey Epstein’s suspicious death in custody, the Safeguarding Program’s Parent Workshop[Read more...]

As I reflect on my discernment journey as a Covenant Josephite, I have come to realise that God’s call in my life manifested itself through my desire to respond to the needs I see [Read more...]

An initiative of the Archdiocese of Sydney’s Auxiliary Bishop Richard Umbers has recently gone live with its first episode of This Catholic Life.[Read more...]

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) are set to celebrate 125 years of service in Australia on 18 August 2019, honouring the arrival in Perth in 1894 of Frs Roger Hennes[Read more...]

The Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) hosted a vibrant Bollywood themed fundraising dinner on Saturday 10 August in the Aranmore Catholic Primary[Read more...]

Christ being alive in and working through us was the focus of the recent Veritas Youth Festival on 9 August.[Read more...]

New report highlights need for better support for the homeless, migrants and the poor.[Read more...]

Director of the new Centre for Life, Marriage and Family, (formerly known as the Marriage and Fertility Office and Respect Life Office) Derek Boylen, who is also a trained counsell[Read more...]

There is no denying that the contribution of the Catholic Church has had a major positive impact in the development of Australia – particularly in the areas of education, healthcar[Read more...]

Highly educated with five qualifications and a man with a no-nonsense attitude, Joe O’Brien never expected to be spending the last nine years of his life behind bars in Hakea Priso[Read more...]