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Abp Perth's Anzac Day message

The Archbishop of Perth, the Most Revd Roger Herft AM, has issued this message for Anzac Day (25th April), as the 100th anniversary of World War I is commemorated.

24 April 2014

Melbourne: Walking alongside at Surrender conference

The Surrender conference, which was held in the Dandenong Mountains outside Melbourne from 14 to 16 March

26 March 2014

Australia's climate change stance "hurting its reputation"

Archbishop Freier agreed with a government professor that Australia has changed it national discourse on climage change

12 March 2014

Australia: Anglican Minister arrested at mine site

Holy protests at the Maules Creek mine site have kicked up a notch with the arrest of two religious leaders.

12 March 2014

Perth Archbishop commends National Lament for asylum seekers

When Pope Francis visited Lampedusa, an Italian island where many refugees arrive and many die trying to reach safety, he said that "we are a society that has forgotten how to weep."

05 March 2014

Australia's first woman diocesan bishop consecrated

Australia’s first woman diocesan bishop, Dr Sarah Macneil, has been consecrated in northern New South Wales.

04 March 2014

Royal couple to visit Sydney Cathedral

[Sydney Anglicans] The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney in April, as part of their Australian tour.

03 March 2014

Candlelight vigils for asylum seeker who died on Manus Island

An estimated 15,000 people took part in candlelight vigils around Australia on 24 February for Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati

26 February 2014

Bishop speaks out after asylum tragedy

The Anglican Church of Australia has called for a review of the country’s asylum and refugee policies after a violent break-out at a regional processing facility on Manus Island resulted in the death of an Iranian asylum seeker.

21 February 2014

Anglican school spared worst of fires as Kinglake prepares for church dedication

On 16 March, the new St Peter's Memorial Anglican Church in Kinglake will be dedicated by Archbishop Philip Freier on the site of the historic timber church that was destroyed five years ago.

19 February 2014