Ashleigh Green. At a session of the International Seminar on Young People in Rome on 11 September, 2017, Ashleigh Green of the Diocese of Broken Bay spoke on the experience of Young people in the Church in Australia based on the survey findings especially in her diocese. This presentation was sponsored the Australian Catholic Bishops […]
Bénévent Tosseri. One point that Pope Francis emphasized was ‘above all else [to] consider people’ rather than the marital situation, the Archbishop of Lyon said in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist on 15 October. The implications of this is discussed in this article published on 17 October, 2017 by Bénévent Tosseri. It is […]
Peter J Wilkinson writes the first of several articles examining the seven previous particular councils held in Australia between 1844 and 1937. An understanding of these councils may help to prepare for the 5th Australian Plenary Council to be held in 2020. A second article appears in this edition of The Swag and further articles […]
Peter J Wilkinson in this second article in the series examining the particular councils held in Australia between 1844 and 1937, looks at the gathering of the Australian bishops at Melbourne in November 1862 which failed to satisfy the canonical rules and did not receive recognition by the Holy See.
John Swann, Adelaide priest, asks how we might implement and embody the way Pope Francis invites us to see marriage and the family in our age.
