Archbishop Anthony Fisher

Australian brothers’ ordination completes hat trick of religious vocations
- Jun 6, 2021
For the first time in Sydney’s history, two brothers have been ordained to the priesthood on the same day.

By Debbie Cramsie
Sydney archbishop urges ‘deep breath’ after news of artificial embryos
- Mar 22, 2021
After a prominent Australian university announced it had made artificial human embryos from skin cells, an Australian archbishop with a doctorate in bioethics asked, “Is this really such a good thing?”

By Catholic News Service
Ethicists must call out unethical behavior in health care, Sydney archbishop says
- Mar 12, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has multiplied the number of ethical dilemmas that health care workers, health care systems, governments and individuals face which require the specialized assistance ethicists can provide, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher told the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

By Benjamin Conolly

Sydney archbishop welcomes state plan to protect victims of modern slavery
- Sep 29, 2020
Archbishop Anthony Fisher and archdiocesan staff welcomed a commitment by the government of New South Wales to enact anti-slavery legislation passed by the Australian Parliament more than two years ago.

By Catholic News Service

Australian bishops join discussion on morality of possible COVID-19 vaccine
- Aug 28, 2020
More bishops are pleading with their governments to give priority to ethically developed coronavirus vaccines, but many also are telling Catholics that not getting vaccinated is a more serious moral problem than using the problematic vaccines.

By Catholic News Service
Sydney archbishop says failure to implement anti-slavery law ‘disgraceful’
- Jul 30, 2020
Archbishop Anthony Fisher says it’s “disgraceful and dishonorable” that the Australian state of New South Wales has failed to enact a law against modern slavery passed in 2018.

By Charles Collins
Contact tracing leads to the closure of three churches in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 29, 2020
One woman infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus attending services in the Archdiocese of Sydney in Australia has led to the closure of several Catholic churches.

By Crux Staff
Australian archbishop praises decision to raise limit on numbers at Mass
- May 29, 2020
Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has praised the government of the Australian state of New South Wales for putting churches on equal terms with pubs and restaurants, and allowing religious services involving up to 50 people beginning June 1.

By Crux Staff