As the Federal Government prepares to introduce wide ranging industrial reforms on Nov 16, Parramatta's Bishop Kevin Manning this week issued a four fold challenge with regard to employment relations in Australia.

Professor George Williams said that Notre Dame University should be much more accountable for all public money received, after Online Catholics discovered Notre Dame doesn't fully report to any public authority.

The Holy See invited Hindus worldwide to work together with Catholics to give concrete help to underprivileged children, a statement echoed by Archbishop Francis Carroll, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Gifted and talented children will have a better chance of being identified early in Armidale Diocese than in anywhere else in the country when the Diocesan Catholic Schools Office introduces universal testing in 2005 for every child in year 3.