Tag: Catholic Church
Church must help counter resistance to vaccines, health care expert
Vatican launches new resource kit for leaders, families.
Church’s essential task is to teach prayer, Pope
Pontiff warns against group-think as a poor foundation for the Church's mission and reform.
St Teresa of Avila teaches importance of prayer, pope says
The Spanish saint's union with Christ through prayer made her an "exceptional woman," Pope Francis said.
Dr Matthew Tan: The new pelagianism’s danger
I wish to focus aspects of the Theological Reflection of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Plenary Council. In particular, I wish to focus on...
Gay Catholics not wanted in the Church? Look again
Extraordinary response of some bishops to CDF ruling
Many German bishops, priests and theologians are not happy with Rome. They are opposed to a recent...
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
