Robert Mickens
Robert Mickens, La Croix International editor, reports on the message Pope Francis offered at the Mass for the bishops and cardinals who died in the past year, celebrated at St Peter’s Basilica on November 4, 2021. Pope Francis speaks on facing life’s difficulties and problems. Reprinted with permission (La Croix International, Nov 5, 2021).
Fr Kevin Burke, retired Melbourne priest reflects on a creative retirement experience.
George Wilson SJ, a retired ecclesiologist who lives in Baltimore, Maryland (USA), looks at what needs to change if we are to embrace synodality. Reprinted with permission (La Croix International, Nov. 9, 2021).
Dr Eleanor Flynn and Dr Claire Renkin, Yarra Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, report on the experience of funeral celebrants during COVID-19.
Fr Pat Flanagan, Maryborough, Victoria, recalls how he created communal forgiveness Masses when the popular general absolution Sacrament of Penance was banned.
