More than 500 Religious and their colleagues have gathered at various forums over the past month to be enriched by the insights and spiritual wisdom of visiting American Mercy Sister and educator, Mary Pat Garvin.

Catholic Religious Australia has spoken out against the Federal Government’s move to cut overseas aid for the sixth successive year and to rush through a Bill which will trap developing Pacific countries into further debt by restructuring much of the aid into loans for projects in the Pacific.

Sixty religious institutes and dioceses with the highest number of claims according to Royal Commission data have either been declared as participating institutions in the National Redress Scheme, submitted their documentation and are awaiting a Ministerial declaration or are preparing documents for submission, says Catholic Religious Australia.

Fr Ken Barker MGL wants to set the world on fire and he wants you to help him. But before you reach for the matches, you should know the flame he wants to grow comes from a personal encounter with God, The Catholic Leader reports.

Catholic communities throughout Australia held events this month to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme #BalanceforBetter – a call to action for an acceleration of gender equity across the world.