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Fratelli Tutti – A Reflection

Much has been written of the opening words of Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Fratelli tutti, expressing disappointment in this address to “brothers all” rather than using a less gendered term. Never mind that “fratelli” in Italian can include women or that the word is consistently translated into English as “brothers and sisters,” the suspicion that…

Gerald Arbuckle’s latest book is a useful tool for those engaged in discerning a way forward for the Catholic church in the light of the Plenary Council. It resonates with the key themes that have emerged in the six recently published Discernment Papers (on the Plenary Council website). More than that, it clarifies what must…

We are all familiar with Karl Rahner’s statement, “The Christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist at all.” The more I advance on the Plenary Council journey, the more it seems to me that the Church of the future will be synodal or will not exist at all. This makes…

Just as momentum was ramping up for the Plenary Council 2020, Covid-19 hit, Australia went into lockdown and suddenly life as we knew it stopped. The Plenary was postponed for a whole year, giving those of us who care a blessed extra year to read, reflect, dialogue about and discern the future of the Catholic Church…

Category Archives: Church reform

Fratelli Tutti – A Reflection

A help in time of need – Gerald A. Arbuckle, Abuse and Cover-Up: Refounding the Catholic Church in Trauma

A Personal View of Six Discernment Papers for the Plenary Council

New momentum for the Plenary Council?

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