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Melbourne archbishop: Abuse crisis, upcoming plenary council dominated ‘ad limina’
- Jun 29, 2019
Archbishop Peter Comensoli of Melbourne said there have been “two things” running through most of the meetings during the Australian bishops ‘ad limina’ visit to Rome: The clerical sexual abuse crisis, and the upcoming plenary council for the Church in Australia.

By Inés San Martín
Australian bishops make pilgrimage to tombs of an apostle and Aboriginal boy
- Jun 28, 2019
Praying at the tomb of St. Paul is an obligatory part of the “ad limina” visits every bishop makes to Rome; the Australian bishops did that, then moved down the aisle in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to pray at the tomb of Francis Xavier Conaci.

By Cindy Wooden
Australian archbishop: Abuse crisis has created gulfs, but also pulled Church together
- Jun 28, 2019
According to the Archbishop of Sydney, this week’s visit to Rome brought home the fact that the pontiff has called on his collaborators in the Roman Curia to help the bishops from around the world when they come to the Vatican, instead of “lecturing” them.

By Inés San Martín

Australians begin ‘ad limina’ visits acknowledging impact of abuse crisis
- Jun 24, 2019
The president of the Australian bishops’ conference told his fellow bishops that it is “a time of humiliation” for Catholic Church leaders, but he is convinced that God is still at work.

By Cindy Wooden
Victoria bishops become ‘conscientious objectors’ to assisted suicide law
- Jun 18, 2019
As euthanasia becomes legal in Australia’s Victoria state, its bishops said Catholic health care services will not cooperate with the facilitation of suicide.

By Catholic News Service
Guam Catholic group protests recruitment of abortion doctors
- Jun 17, 2019
A Catholic group has protested the governor of Guam’s plan to recruit abortion providers to the U.S. territory where no doctors are currently willing to terminate pregnancies.

By Associated Press

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