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How might we fix the Church?
Posted by Martin Nicol on 09/27/2021
If you are an Australian Catholic and wondering what's happened since the Royal Commission into Child Sexual abuse, this is a great insight. A lot has been done on safeguarding children and compensation, as it should but the problems for Catholics are much more diverse and if our voices are not heard, the Church's future is bleak. There are many reform groups in the Church. This booklet, just 45 pages, presents the aspirations of many lay Catholics hoping for great things to come out of the Plenary Council beginning in Adelaide next month, October 2021.
The Bishops have asked us to speak up and these reformers are answering that call. Clearly they are invested in a vibrant Church future.
I found it inspirational as well as confronting. Perhaps it is asking for too much but it is grounded very firmly in the reality of Catholic life as I have experienced it over 60 years. I hope for dialogue, the Pope calls it synodality, so this publication is right on the button for me. The Church is very diverse, reading this will ground you in what reformers are asking and it encourages further discussion with suggested questions if you want to run a small group discussion... of course in a Covid safe way.
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