Tag: Philippa Martyr

So far, the Instrumentum Laboris has shown us what the Church in Australia is like now, and an image of what it could be....

I keep being told that over 220,000 people participated in the Plenary Council process. It’s impressive but let’s break down those figures. The Final Report...

The Church is either human and democratic or like the Blues Brothers – on a mission from God My last piece on women deacons caused...

You’re not likely to hear that in your average sacramental preparation class, and that’s a crying shame.

Can women be ordained as permanent deacons in the Catholic Church? And if they can, should this happen? I will save you all worrying, because...

Spiritual communions, perfect acts of contrition, and Mass on TV are not what the Lord intended for us. He intended real things: breath and bodies; oil and wine in our wounds; flesh and blood for us to eat; water and fire to purify

I was chatting to one of my increasingly rare friends the other day about the state of the Church, and she gave me a...

Two upcoming Church synods are causing a bit of concern. The Amazon Synod opened on Sunday 6 October, and will consider a range of...

When Catholics try to tell me that the sexual abuse crisis is largely manufactured by enemies of the Church, I agree with them - but we differ on who the real enemies are.