Alex Nelson is a psychologist, educator and pastoral supervisor. His response to the call for submissions for the Plenary Council 2020 offers a thoughtful perspective. This is an edited version of the full submission which began describing the current context in which we live both in Australia and the Church. He continues here by addressing the questions asked by the Plenary Council Committee.
Pat Power, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn, reflects upon finding hope in the Church through renewing our ways of working.
Thea Ormerod, President, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, reflects on the funeral for coal liturgy held in March outside the office of Labor Minister, Chris Bowen, to highlight the need to bury coal as it is a major source of carbon emissions destroying our planet.
Paul Collins has worked for more than fifty years for renewal in Catholicism, both as a priest and layperson. Here he discusses the upcoming ad limina visit by the Australian bishops to meet with Pope Francis and Vatican officials. What will they have to report?
John Scanlon offers an understanding of the kind of evil that results in abuse and concealment of abuse and mass murder such as we have seen recently in New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
