Keywords: Church Governance
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 September 2010
5 Comments
The election result shows that we the people are not happy and we are not confident about the way forward. Frank Brennan's Occasional Address at the Ecumenical Service for the Opening of Parliament, Wesley Church, National Circuit, Canberra.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 08 July 2010
10 Comments
Archbishop Denis Hart's letter of
apology for sexual abuse by Catholic priests drew a variety of responses. Some expressed gratitude, others found it inadequate. The letter and responses invite broader reflection on the
place of letters of
apology by leaders of churches.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 May 2010
23 Comments
Many Catholics complained Carl Williams was allowed burial in a
Catholic Church. Some victims of sexual abuse were angry that bishops and priests glorified the funeral
of a priest who had been charged with sexual abuse.
These responses reflect a changing
understanding of funerals in the Church.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 21 January 2010
8 Comments
Jesuit Fr Jean-Yves Calvez's 1957 work La pensée de Karl Marx was as much studied in Communist
cells as in Catholic circles. Fr Calvez systematically studied Catholic Social Teaching, and his impact on Catholic attitudes was enormous but diffuse.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Beth Doherty
- 20 January 2010
4 Comments
Pat Robertson's comments about Haiti's 'pact with the devil' are unhelpful, when deeply religious Haitians are themselves wondering about God's role in the earthquake. A more welcome image of Christianity is visible in the aid agencies that are assisting in the relief efforts.
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INFORMATION
- Gerard Goldman and Terry Lovat
- 24 November 2009
It has been suggested,
but surely not seriously, that the public university’s prime motive in
including theology among its disciplines might be around financial
benefit.
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RELIGION
- Neil Ordmerod
- 10 July 2009
2 Comments
This week's release of the new social encyclical Caritas in Veritate expands moral teaching to promote a concept of 'human ecology' that covers both human life and the environment. It would seem that Benedict is not a climate change sceptic.
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AUSTRALIA
- Oskar Wermter
- 17 December 2008
6 Comments
Jestina Mukoko was a television presenter, but left to become director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, which has documented many atrocities and crimes of Mugabe's regime. Last week she was abducted by a group of armed agents.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 21 July 2008
11 Comments
Media coverage before a big event, be it World Youth Day or the Beijing Olympics, always focuses on defects and ideological conflict. Controversies regarding state funding and anti-annoyance laws aside, the young people celebrated WYD in their own way.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 September 2007
8 Comments
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