ACBC Failure Governance Report Title: PAUL COLLINS. First Step to a Better Church? Author: Paul Collins Publisher: John Menadue–Pearls and Irritations Date: 03JUN 2020 I must admit up-front that I’m not a fan of committee reports. They’re usually pedestrian and repetitious, even at the best of times. So, to be honest, I didn’t approach the
Confidential Light Southern Cross Title: JOHN MENADUE. The Light From the Southern Cross.A Report on Catholic Church Governance Author: John Menadue Publisher: John Menadue—Pearls & Irritations Date: 02JUN2020 This confidential 208 page Report ‘promoting Co-Responsible Governance in the Catholic Church in Australia’ was commissioned by the Australian Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors to review the
Vatican Zero Tolerance Ambivalence Title: Explaining the Vatican’s lingering ambivalence on “zero tolerance” Author: John L Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 31MAY2020 Anne Barrett Doyle, co-founder of the online research database BishopAccountability.org, holds a picture of Buenos Aires Archbishop Mario Poli, right, next to Peter Isely, member of the organization called Ending Clergy Abuse, holding a
Title: ‘Vos Estis’ at one year: Some question pope’s process for investigating bishops Author: Joshua J. McElwee Publisher: NCR Online Date: 27MAY2020 Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi, Pope Francis, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and television reporter Valentina Alazraki of Televisa are pictured during the third-day of a meeting on the protection of minors in the church
KATC SNAP State Church Title: SNAP asks governor to order state investigation of church Author: KATC News Publisher: KATC Date: 26MAY2020 The Louisiana chapter of SNAP has asked Gov. John Bel Edwards to direct State Police to investigate the Catholic Church. The organization, which represents and speaks for survivors of sexual abuse by priests, believes
Thomas Schirrmacher Abuse Summit Title: A year later: An Evangelical commentary on the abuse summit in the Vatican Author: Thomas Schirrmacher Publisher: Thomas Schirrmacher website Date: 26MAY2020 I had not been a pastor for a year when the children of someone in charge of our denomination told me they were regularly abused. Inexperienced as I
Mark White Peter Isely Title: Centenary of JPII’s Birth Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 21MAY2020 On Monday, we marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II. Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the late pope’s tomb. The Holy Father said: John Paul went to find the
Seal Confession Archbishop Perth Title: Pastoral Letter to the Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Perth The Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth Author: The Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth Publisher: Catholic News Date: 18 May 2020 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, On Thursday, 28 November 2019 the McGowan
Seal Confession Canon Law Title: Perth archbishop slams confession seal ‘slur’ Author: Marilyn Rodrigues Publisher: The Catholic Weekly Date: 19MAY2020 Minister’s comments called out as ‘virtue signalling’ Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has written a sharp rebuke to Western Australia’s Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk after she called on him to support forcing priests to
Christopher Saunders Kieran Tapsell Title: Broome Bishop bows out of national conference as police and Vatican investigations continue Author: Erin Parke Publisher: ABC News Date: 16MAY2020 The Catholic Church is maintaining its silence on the status of its ongoing investigation into the leadership and financial practices in its Broome diocese in West Australia’s Kimberley region.