Canossian Sister Melissa Dwyer will be leaving Brisbane for Rome in November after she was recently elected during the Canossian Institute’s General Chapter to the congregational leadership team for a term of six years, reports The Catholic Leader.

The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the global Synod on Synodality were key discussion points for Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Pope Francis when they met recently.

Pope Francis has named Australian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart priest Fr Tim Brennan as one of 10 new members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

The 5th National Day of Sorrow and Promise will be held on Sunday 23 October 2022.

The experience of a communion that both embraces and transcends differences in culture, nation, and outlook is a precious gift in religious life, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.