Tag: Catholic Church
Philippa Martyr: A Plenary priority to foster the need to grow...
Change through a personal encounter with Christ
Remarkably, the new Instrumentum Laboris is the most honest Church document I’ve ever seen produced in Australia. So...
Plenary Instrumentum Laboris: blissful ignorance is no excuse
The impending Plenary Council will take place more than a half century since Vatican II
Philippa Martyr: Ditch the Cha-Cha and try a little chant
Some solutions to the liturgical music problem
So what can we do about bad hymns and music? The first is to remember that you don’t...
Daniel Ang: Opportunities amid the crisis
Pandemic hit the Church but also spurred new initiatives
More than one year since the global pandemic took hold it is clear that the disruption...
Call for prayers after death of Archbishop Philip Wilson
Former Wollongong, Adelaide leader ministered for 45 years
News of the death of Archbishop Philip Wilson, former Bishop of Wollongong and Archbishop of Adelaide, has been...
Philippa Martyr: Our giant credibility problem
The recently-released Australian Catholic Mass Attendance Report 2016 provides us with some raw material for a good discussion about why Mass attendance rates might...
Archbishop’s new Mission Plan is a vision for all to become...
Those foundations emerged out of the ‘Parish 2020’ process that drilled down as far as possible to assess who and what makes up the Church in Sydney
Pope proclaims year dedicated to St Joseph
Special graces will mark the year of the earthly guardian of Jesus and Mary.
New Zealand Royal Commission hears from survivors
Lessons will inform future treatment of abuse claims
Survivors of abuse in the Catholic institutions in New Zealand will speak at the first faith-based redress...
George Pell: the persecution of an innocent man
The cover photograph of Windschuttle’s book is memorable: it is of Cardinal Pell in handcuffs on his way to attend a hearing in the Victorian Court of Appeal on 5 June 2019