Clifford Longley’s article in The Tablet (Nov 1, 2017) argues that Wojtyla’s lack of experience of democracy made for an authoritarian papacy that could not allow science and reason to correct faith. The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly. Reproduced with permission of the Publisher.
Brian Lucas, Sydney priest, offers a few memories of the long-time religious affairs journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald. He was very popular and offered an honest perspective on religious affairs. Alan Gill (1937-2018) died in February this year.
Byron & Francine Pirola are the directors of the Marriage Resource Centre and are authors of the SmartLoving Series. They have been working in marriage formation for over twenty-five years including roles in the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning, the Catholic Society for Marriage Education, the Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council. www.smartloving.org
Massimo Faggioli writes on the destructive nature of polarization in the Catholic Church today. He claims it is a new phenomenon that is driving people away. Reprinted with permission from La Croix International, Nov 27, 2017: www.international.la-croix.com
Peter Wilkinson This is the third article in the series on the seven particular councils held in Australia between 1844 and 1937 published in The Swag. It examines the 1869 2nd Australian Provincial Council which addressed five main issues: Catholic education, marriage, the formation of priests, clerical support & temporal goods and the evangelization of […]
