Tag: Australia
Plenary voices: Francine Pirola
Marriage is the most common vocation in the Church. For many couples, it is a latent vocation – something seen and experienced as a...
Ways to discern the voice of the Spirit in the Plenary
The first assembly of the Plenary Council is here. Between Pentecost this year and the first assembly which has just commenced a “prayer and...
Francis passes on his blessings for the Plenary
Pope Francis has sent greetings and blessings from Rome to the nearly 280 members gathering for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council...
Prelates set out key principles, questions for Plenary deliberations
Raising the Church in Australia to address the crisis of vocations – whether to marriage, religious life or priesthood – is a vital task...
Plenary 2021: The way ahead is to be our best –...
In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Reg, a member of the People’s Liberation Front of Judea, asks rhetorically, ‘What have the Romans ever done...
Students urge Plenary to not be swayed by fashion, crisis in...
Australia’s Catholic tertiary students have issued a plea to Australia’s bishops and members of the Plenary Council commencing tomorrow to ensure a desacralisation of...
Pope appoints Sydney Schoenstatt Sister Isabell Naumann ISSM to top body
The appointment is a prestigious one, with the Commission counting some of the Church’s most pre-eminent theologians among its alumni.
Plenary 2021: shaken by the Spirit
A striking image of Pope Francis, repeated since the early days of his papacy, has been his public prayers with charismatic leaders, both Catholic...
Discerning the Church with the Church at the Fifth Plenary Council...
On 3 October the fifth Plenary Council of Australian will commence, a historic opportunity for the Catholic Church in Australia to renew its commitment to the mission of Jesus Christ.
Plenary Instrumentum Laboris: blissful ignorance is no excuse
The impending Plenary Council will take place more than a half century since Vatican II
Australians call on authorities to solve mystery of Vatican funds
People inside and outside the church are calling on authorities to get to the bottom of mystery funds transferred from the Vatican to Australia.
As...
Monica Doumit: Learning the values that shift
I remember speaking to someone whose job it was to teach the English language. She told me it was very difficult to explain Australian...
