Parishioners of the Good Shephard parish, Kelmscott, WA, have written this week to Archbishop Hickey, claiming a range of abuses by their Neo Catechumenate clergy.

The Catholic Church needs to be broaden those empowered to make decisions if it is to regain its legitimacy amongst ordinary Australians, according to Australian Reforming Catholics.

Some 250 Financial Administrators from all parts of the Catholic Church in Australia met this week in Brighton le Sands for the first national Catholic Administration Conference.

Church officials in Rome claim that the release on Monday of an exhaustive guide to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church one week before the US election was not intended to influence the vote.