Tag: Catholic Church
Mark Shea: Models of the Church – Mary and the Church...
Part 2 of Mark's series on Models of the Church
Read the introduction here.
The first model of the Church is the Marian model. Mary is,...
Nigel Zimmermann: Stagnation and death in the Church
The crisis is real and requires prudent responses
Previously I wrote about the need to start our response to the Plenary Council by focusing on...
Plenary must face up to our crisis of faith, says Archbishop
The Plenary Council is set to begin in just three weeks’ time, in circumstances very different to those imagined back in November 2016, when...
Mark Shea: Models of the Church
Part of my nefarious purpose in doing a series on the Senses of Scripture was to prime the pump for a new discussion on...
Nigel Zimmermann: The challenges of the Plenary
In the leadup to an historic moment, it’s important to think about what’s flourishing in the Church
In this first of three reflections on the...
George Weigel: A Church of meetings?
A Church in mission to one in meetings is no step forward
In the Solemnity of Christ the King in 2013, Pope Francis completed the...
Dr Philippa Martyr: On the usefulness of buzzwords
It was lovely to hear from so many people who responded to my column on my father’s beautiful Holy Communion on his deathbed. For...
Francine and Byron Pirola: Families on mission
In 2016 Pope Francis published Amoris Laetitia which translates as the ‘Joy of Love’. The document, the result of discernment over several years and...
Update: Churches across Sydney close due to Covid
Following restrictions announced by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian as a result of the latest confirmed cases of Covid in NSW, churches will remain closed until midnight on 9 July.
Paul Catalanotto: Sheep in shepherd’s clothing
Some Catholics starve to hear their shepherd's voice
When Christ told the people that the sheep would know the shepherd's voice, it carried with it...
My path to freedom: a gay Catholic man’s story
I’m 19-years old and first realised I was sexually attracted to men as I hit puberty.
I was uncomfortable with these feelings because I never...
Boris Johnson, marriage and the Catholic Church
The news this week that the twice divorced British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had married at Westminister Cathedral in London sent the chattering classes...
