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by bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, synodality | 0 |
he Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council prepared to close July 8, passing almost all of the motions in its guiding document including a revised version of the section on the equal dignity of women and men in the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Australia, Australian council, LGBTQ persons, News, Plenary Council, Protest, Second Assembly of Australia's Plenary Council, U.S. & World News, Women Deacons | 0 |
The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after more than 60 of the 277 members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church, including the defeat of a motion to formalize support for the ordination of women as deacons.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, female ordination, News, Plenary Council, Women in the Church | 0 |
The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Indigenous peoples, News, Plenary Council | 0 |
Taking steps to address racism and abuse, the Catholic Church in Australia has officially endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a First Nations voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the nation’s constitution.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, synodality | 0 |
Australia’s Plenary Council could be a prophetic voice encouraging a tired, frustrated and apathetic church, Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green of Wilcannia-Forbes told delegates at the Second Assembly’s opening Mass.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, synodality | 0 |
The Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council runs July 3-9. A Plenary Council has wide-ranging power, and Australia has gone through an extensive process to get to this point.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Australia, Church in Oceania, lead, News, Plenary Council | 0 |
On Wednesday morning, the Australian Church a document to the 280 delegates of its nation-wide consultation process taking place July.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Doctrine, Faith, News, Plenary Council, Pope Francis, pope Francis address, Synod of Bishops, Vatican | 0 |
Discernment is a key attribute in protecting doctrinal integrity, in safeguarding the innocent and in guiding the church’s synodal path, Pope Francis told members of and advisers to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 10, 2021 | Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australia, Australian bishops, Australian Royal Commission, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council | 0 |
As Pope Francis launched the consultation process for the 2023 Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 9-10, the Catholic Church in Australia was closing out an exercise in the process of “synodality,” which the pope has described as “walking together.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, Eastern Catholic Churches, Maronite Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, News, Plenary Council, synodality, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
Members gathered for the first assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council have backed calls to ensure the Catholic Church in the country more fully embraces its liturgical diversity, particularly the rich presence of Eastern churches.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 6, 2021 | Aboriginals, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Indigenous peoples, News, Plenary Council | 0 |
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has signaled that the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will offer Catholic Church backing for an Indigenous voice in the nation’s constitution.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 6, 2021 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, News, Plenary Council, synodality | 0 |
As the first assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council neared the halfway point, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher urged people to make the church a “powerhouse of prayer.”
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