Australia’s bishops and leaders of more than 30 religious institutes gathered in North Sydney earlier this month to pray together, reflect on their ministry and discuss issues of mutual relevance.

Laudato Si’ Week (May 21-28) is little noticed in much of the Catholic Church. It is barely mentioned on Church websites and programs. That is not to say that the Encyclical and its effects have been forgotten. It flowed into Catholic concern for the environment that in turn built links with other groups and audiences and made us see climate change as one of the signs of the times for reflection on the Gospel, writes Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ.

The bishops of Oceania say their people’s reflections for the global Synod of Bishops for a Synodal Church left them feeling “peace and joy”, but also called them to be prophetic and ready to “model ourselves on the love we proclaim”.

The spiritual similarities of Australia’s Aborigines and the early Christian desert fathers were explored in a new online retreat launched recently, reports The Catholic Leader.

What are Catholics to think about the proposed referendum on the Voice to Parliament? I suggest ten steps for Catholics inspired by our Catholic social teaching when approaching the forthcoming referendum, writes Fr Frank Brennan SJ in The Catholic Weekly.