Tag: Australia
Plenary voices: Fr Michael de Stoop
In the voices of the Plenary members, I hear the continued growth in our awareness of how terrible was the violent and insensitive crimes...
Plenary voices: Sr Isabell Naumann
On principle, there is no profession that women cannot carry out, for in the words of Edith Stein, “no woman is solely a ‘woman,’...
Plenary voices: Fr Julian Wellspring
The Church and her faith moves into the future by way of the family, the family being integral to God's plan of redemption. For...
The centrality of Liturgy: A Chaldean Perspective
Two basic rules on this subject.
First: liturgy is the life and heart of the Catholic Church, particularly for the Eastern Churches. It is the...
Plenary voices: Daniel Ang – Initial Reflections on a Plenary Council...
Having served as a war-time correspondent, the American broadcaster Edward R. Murrow could declare in the face of the world’s complexity, “Anyone who isn’t...
Plenary voices: Chris Lee
The question of the margins is something to reflect upon for all of us. In particular my question is: are we still a church...
On this Plenary pilgrimage, humility and gratitude will enable us to...
Brothers and Sisters in Jesus-Christ our Lord,
“Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household...
Plenary voices: Fr Eric Skruzny
I feel I need to speak of one of the success stories in Australia since Vatican II; namely the new ecclesial realities that though...
Plenary Members urge Church to better embrace its diversity
Members gathered for the First Assembly of the 5th Plenary Council of Australia have backed calls to ensure the Catholic Church in the country...
Plenary voices: Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay
We are halfway through this historic event, the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
First, I thank the Lord I am here. It...
Plenary voices: Philippa Martyr
My theologian chum Dr Larry Chapp has recently been blogging on Vatican II. What he’s saying rings bells for the Plenary Council.
Larry points out...
Plenary voices: Gabriele Turchi
Even in the Church, families now have to combat secular ideologies, says Gabriele Turchi, urging the Plenary not to forget families.
