- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneDownload Social Justice Statement 2022-23 Australia’s bishops have used their annual social justice statement to condemn the scourge of domestic and family violence, saying relationships must be “marked by respect...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThe nine-month celebration phase of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia ended on Saturday, with Council Members standing and applauding as president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB formally declared the Council...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbanePlenary Council president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has encouraged Council Members to continue relying upon the Holy Spirit as they move into the future. Archbishop Costelloe was the principal celebrant...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneOn the final full day of the Plenary Council, Members have celebrated the passage of almost all motions contained in the Motions and Amendments document that formed the second assembly’s...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbanePlenary Council Members have passed all six motions they considered on Thursday across parts of the agenda in the areas of Church governance and integral ecology. Among the reforms backed...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneAfter a change to the program, Plenary Council Members have been reflecting on four parts of the Motions and Amendments document on Thursday, assisted by input from the theological advisors...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneDue to a change in the program for the Plenary Council’s second assembly, no deliberative votes were cast on Thursday morning. Council Members are working through four parts of the...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThe Members of the Plenary Council have spent Wednesday afternoon working together to reconsider a pair of motions that were not passed earlier in the day. In the first afternoon...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneMembers of the Plenary Council are being invited to spend additional time to discern after two motions did not achieve a qualified majority in voting that has taken place over...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneMembers of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia were encouraged on Tuesday evening to embrace the “new and demanding urgency” of ecumenism. Bishop Michael McKenna, the chair of the Bishops...
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