Day: June 19, 2020

Madonnina
News

Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys

Church sexual abuse Indonesia Title: Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Herald Malaysia Date: 19JUN2020 A church worker in Indonesia has been charged with sexually abusing at least 20 altar boys in what is being touted as the first sexual abuse case involving the country’s Catholic Church to

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Madonnina
Opinion

Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper?

Why JobKeeper Catholic Church? Title: Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper? Author: Michael Bradley Publisher: Crikey Date: 19JUN2020 The Catholic Church has an asset base estimated to be worth more than $30 billion in Australia alone. Even if it’s legal for them to access JobKeeper, how is it ethical? I do occasionally

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Madonnina
Opinion

Who speaks for the Catholic church?

Catholic Church Australia Warhurst Title: Who speaks for the Catholic church? Author: John Warhurst Publisher: Eureka Street Date: 18JUN2020 Discussion of church life in Australia is incomplete without consideration of who speaks for the church at the national level. The answer to the question ‘Who presides over the Catholic church in Australia?’ is more complicated than

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Australia’s senior cleric says report calling for Church governance by lay women will be amended

Who Leaked Report Motive? Title: Australia’s senior cleric says report calling for Church governance by lay women will be amended Author: Paul Smeaton Publisher: Life Site Date: 18JUN2020 AUSTRALIA, June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Australia’s senior Catholic cleric has said that a recently released report commissioned by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) which calls for

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