Tag: Catholic Church
Members happy with revised women’s motions on Plenary’s final day
The Plenary Council prepared to draw to a close on 8 July after two days of catch-up in an altered voting format, passing almost...
Plenary motions too constrained by equality-as-power paradigm, say women
Women reported that a distressing day which disrupted and altered the Plenary Council process left them ultimately with a sense of hope that unity...
Two classes: professional Catholic activists and ordinary Catholic women
It looks like the Plenary Council motions on women in the Church all failed to make the required two-thirds majority to pass on Tuesday...
The tale of two Councils
The opening days of the fifth Plenary Council have surfaced the complex realities and fissures that underlie the Church in Australia. They have given...
Vote on women throws Plenary into crisis
The agenda for the Plenary Council was thrown into crisis and disrupted on Wednesday morning after more than 60 of the 277 members formed...
We’re not factions. Listen humbly to the Spirit, President tells Plenary...
We are “not enemies or combatants seeking to prevail over others”, Plenary Council president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth has told members in...
Church in Australia is exhausted; Plenary can be prophetic and renew...
The Plenary Council could be a prophetic voice encouraging a tired, frustrated and apathetic Church, the assembled bishops and member delegates of the Plenary...
Out of India: the Dukhrana of St Thomas
The memorial feast of St Thomas the Apostle on 3 July does not get a mention in the Ordo this year, because it falls...
Pope Francis, the liturgy and the Plenary Council
With impeccable timing, Pope Francis has released an Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi on 29 June, just before our Plenary Council sessions begin.
‘Desiderio desideravi’ are the...
Hope in the dark night of life
Countless Christians - including scores of saints - have suffered profound, pervasive sorrow that modern psychiatrists call “depression.” Then, as now, great faith and...
How to Succeed at Mass with Kids
By Mike and Alicia Hernon
Mass with kids. The idea might make you cringe with anxiety at the thought of the annoyed looks, judgy comments...
Young dominate faith
Young adults between the ages of 18-34 attend Church services in Australia at a significantly higher rate than their parents or grandparents, according to...
