Cardinal Stephen Chow SJ of Hong Kong has urged laypeople and clergy alike to view dialogue with the Chinese government less as a political bargaining chip and more as a pastoral mission shared by all, during a visit to Australia, reports Melbourne Catholic.

Popular American speaker, author and podcast host, Sister Miriam James Heidland SOLT was in Sydney recently, speaking to hundreds of women at Randwick Racecourse and also teaming up with fellow American author and retreat-leader, Fr John Burns at a day of prayer and reflection for Religious women, The Catholic Weekly reports.

Australian religious were amongst thousands of consecrated men and women from around the world on pilgrimage to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Consecrated Life (8 – 12 October 2025).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has released a prayer resource as Religious communities across Australia unite in prayer for the National Day of Sorrow and Promise on Sunday, 19 October 2025, for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the representative body for the Leaders of religious congregations in Australia, celebrates the appointment of Br Peter Carroll FMS as the fifteenth Superior General of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, after a discernment process at the Institute’s XXIII General Chapter.