An extract from the talk by Chris Geraghty at the Sydney launch of the book Getting Back on Mission produced by Catholics for Renewal – their submission to the Plenary Council 2020. This article focuses on how clericalism works to subvert the hopes of reform.
Eric Hodgens comments on the failure of pastoral planning and its implications.
John Ryan is a priest of the Diocese of Sandhurst. He has been a regular contributor to The Swag, sometimes as The Restless Believer, sometimes as John Ryan. In this article he looks at spiritual, emotional and physical damage caused by current Catholic teaching on sexual ethics.
Images are powerful and work positively and negatively. Richard Francis looks at how some images of God might influence our relationship with God.
Aengus Kavanagh FSP, Ryde NSW, looks at the challenges facing the Australian Plenary Council.
