Tag: Australia
The abortion conversation we need to start having
A new survey has found a surprising lack of support for abortion up to 20 weeks. The Ipsos survey reports that only 39 per...
Eco conversion priority
Australia’s natural environment is under increasing stress and has one of the highest rates of species decline in the world, according to a government...
A week of positives and negatives for the Plenary: Archbishop Anthony...
Cautious optimism
As the four year process of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia comes to an end, there have been both positives and negatives,...
Members happy with revised women’s motions on Plenary’s final day
The Plenary Council prepared to draw to a close on 8 July after two days of catch-up in an altered voting format, passing almost...
Plenary motions too constrained by equality-as-power paradigm, say women
Women reported that a distressing day which disrupted and altered the Plenary Council process left them ultimately with a sense of hope that unity...
The tale of two Councils
The opening days of the fifth Plenary Council have surfaced the complex realities and fissures that underlie the Church in Australia. They have given...
We’re not factions. Listen humbly to the Spirit, President tells Plenary...
We are “not enemies or combatants seeking to prevail over others”, Plenary Council president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth has told members in...
Church in Australia is exhausted; Plenary can be prophetic and renew...
The Plenary Council could be a prophetic voice encouraging a tired, frustrated and apathetic Church, the assembled bishops and member delegates of the Plenary...
Terry Tobin QC: Building a Nation
It was a week to remember in Timor-Leste. A week which began with a thanksgiving Mass at the Cathedral, a week when Jose Ramos-Horta...
The agenda is public – here comes the Plenary
The Framework for Motions (May 2022) has appeared. This document is supposed to guide the July session of the Plenary Council.
I’ve read it, and...
After Election 2022: where to from here for Christians?
Now the election has been held and Scott Morrison and the Liberal/Nationals have been replaced by Anthony Albanese and the LGT alliance (the Labor,...
Whatever the outcome in this election, the religious freedom issue is...
Religious discrimination is proving to be the dead issue that won’t stay buried, with both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese...
