Clericalism and the hands of the priest
Rex Hackett, retired priest, Yamba, NSW, discusses clericalism and its origins. I was celebrating Mass recently in my unit as I am now retired from parish responsibilities. While praying the Eucharistic […]
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Can Catholicism be a place of inclusion and mercy?
Eric Horne is 90 years of age and a parishioner at St Leonard’s Parish, Glen Waverley, Victoria. He reflects on becoming a Catholic as an adult and where the Church […]
Don’t create more clericalised laity
John Scanlon considers the challenges facing the clericalised church which affects both clergy and laity after the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutionalised Responses to Sexual Abuse and The […]
Catholic ethics and the problem of an ethically compromised COVID-19 vaccine
Kevin McGovern, a Melbourne Catholic priest, is a former Director of the Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics in Melbourne, Australia. He is an adjunct lecturer at both Australian Catholic […]
Augustine: a letter to a saint!
John Ryan, retired priest, writes a letter to Augustine to critique the impact of his thinking for today. Could the Plenary Council offer a space for reassessing the influence of […]
