Tag: Catholic Church
Dr Philippa Martyr: What the Plenary Council can do
Having painted a rather grim picture of where the Church in Australia is at in this series of articles, it’s time to offer some...
Plenary 2020: an inclusive Church?
We accept everyone - it sounds so nice. But you can’t be a Christian without repentance and conversion, without the attempt to change your...
Philippa Martyr: Who will fill the future pews?
The Catholic Church in Australia is in the middle of a Plenary Council process. So far, it’s produced easily predictable patterns of responses: those...
Fr John Flader: The faith of all, not a few
The document, “Sensus fidei in the life of the Church”, was issued in 2014 by the International Theological Commission, an advisory body to the...
Fr John Flader: Conditions for sensus fidei
The Second Vatican Council spoke of the sensus fidei in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen gentium. As we know, it was the...
Monica Doumit: Twisting truth to achieve an end?
“Heads, I win; tails, you lose” is a game that has the ability to confuse a slightly naïve or distracted opponent because they usually...
Joy as Bishop Randazzo joins his people at Broken Bay
More than a year of praying and waiting for a shepherd ended for the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Broken Bay with a...
Women are Church’s future: archbishop
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP challenged students from Our Lady of Mercy College in Burraneer to take up the baton as the Church’s next leaders...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod for the Amazon Vol....
The Synods of 2014 and 2015, called to examine the grave challenges posed to marriage and family life in the twenty-first century, became the...
Philippa Martyr: Synods synonymous with scandal
Two upcoming Church synods are causing a bit of concern. The Amazon Synod opened on Sunday 6 October, and will consider a range of...
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Fr John Flader: Are Bushfires God’s punishment?
Father John Flader answers an important question, "Are the bushfires God's punishment?"
Regarding the recent bushfires in Australia, I wonder if God has removed his...
