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Australia's Catholic bishops are seeking a renewed national discussion about homelessness and mental ill-health.
The experience of people living with the challenges of homelessness and mental ill-health has been highlighted in the ...
Bishop Elliott died peacefully today Wednesday 6 August 2025, in Box Hill Hospital at the age of 81. Born in Melbourne on 1 October 1943, Peter John Elliott was the elder son of the Reverend Leslie ...
The most important thing we can do to safeguard children and vulnerable people is invest in leadership, governance and culture, writes Ursula Stephens. A standardised and nationalised system for ...
A national system of checks for working with children and vulnerable people is required, say Australia's Catholic bishops.
The chair of the Bishops Commission for Professional Standards and Safeguarding, Bishop Greg Bennet, has written to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland in support of a national approach to working with ...
There is no regulatory framework that can eliminate the inherent harms of surrogacy, say Australia's Catholic bishops.