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Clericalism and psychopathy

Kevin Johnson is an eighty year old retired priest from Mackay, Queensland. He spent very many years in the study and part-time practice of medicine, psychiatry and psychology and continues […]

Confession after the Royal Commission

Peter Matheson Can the Royal Commission be a catalyst for genuine renewal of the Sacrament of Reconciliation? Peter Matheson, parish priest of Our Lady of the Assumption parish, Cheltenham, Victoria, […]

What is clericalism?

Frank O’Dea SSS, charts the history of clericalism over the centuries from a time when there was no such thing, through the times of being connected to worldly power, through […]

Ecclesia Semper Reformanda Est

Aengus Kavanagh FSP “The Church is always in need of reform” is the catch-cry of Pope Francis. In this article, Aengus Kavanagh, a Patrician Brother from Ryde NSW, asks how […]