Peter Wilkinson This is Part 1 of the sixth in the series of articles by Peter Wilkinson looking at the particular (provincial and plenary) councils of the Catholic Church held in Australia between 1844 and 1937. It examines the Third Australian Plenary Council held in Sydney from 3-10 September 1905. Part 2 of this article […]
Peter Johnstone, member of Catholics for Renewal Inc., discusses whether legislation is needed to ensure religious freedom. There is vague reporting of the ‘right’ of religious schools to teach faith-based doctrine. This begs the question as to what these schools want to teach that they think is at risk. It seems that this is code for […]
Stephanie Lorenzo is Communications Director of Voices of Faith whose mission is to build a prophetic Catholic Church where women’s voices count, participate and lead on equal footing with men. She founded Project Futures to support victims and survivors of human trafficking in Cambodia, Australia and Nepal. She is a volunteer Board Director of Loreto […]
Eric Hodgens, Melbourne retired priest, says the Catholic Church is now in freefall. Vatican II called for adaptation to the modern world. Most of the opportunities for adaptation have been missed. How do we catch the last bus?
Mary E Hunt At the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) International Forum on July 4, 2019 in Chicago, Mary E Hunt, feminist theologian and co-founder and co-director of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) spoke about the problems facing the LGBTIQ+ Catholics today. She argues that a new theology of sexuality […]
