Category: Documents

Official documents drafted by the ACMFC for the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life and it’s predecessors.

Marriage in the Catholic Church : FAQs

In an easy-to-read question and answer format, this document addresses questions about the role of marriage in the church. It provides concise answers to such questions as: Does the Church really believe that sex...

Getting Married in the Catholic Church

Getting Married FAQs

Got questions about getting married in the Catholic Church? Find your answers here! Questions range across inter-religious and inter-denominational marriages; they cover diverse delicate issues relating to personal circumstances (non-church going or ‘lapsed’ Catholics,...

God's Gift of Life & Love

God’s Gift of Life & Love

In the forty years since the encyclical Humanae Vitae was published, a number of marvellous developments have occurred. The work of researchers has refined natural fertility methods to a high degree of reliability making...

Divorce FAQs

Divorce and the Catholic Church FAQs

This document is a companion to Marriage in the Catholic Church: Frequently Asked Questions published in 2006 by the Bishops Committee for the Family and for Life of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. In...

Sacred Sex

Sacred Sex

You’ve heard it before – the Church is such a drag when it comes to sex “you can’t that, don’t do that, that’s not allowed. No! No! NO!” If you think the Church is...