Previous Editorials
Christmas Message to Bishops A Christmas Message to the Diocesan Bishops of Australia, 6 Dec. 2024
Editorial November 2024 Is the Catholic Church Back on Mission?
Editorial 23 August 2024 Women’s involvement needed in the formation of future priests
Editorial August 2024 Are the Australian Plenary Council and Synod on Synodality achieving renewal and reform?
Editorial May 2024 A Response to the ‘Synthesis Report’ – A Synodal Church in Mission
Editorial December 2023 Walking with or walking away from victims of clerical child sexual abuse?
Editorial October 2023 The Diaconate for Women: the time has come
Editorial September 2023 Diocesan Pastoral Councils – the most appropriate permanent structure for implementing synodality
Editorial July 2023 – Instrumental Laboris: Hopes and Fears
Editorial 8 June 2023 Diocesan Synods, Getting the Preparations Underway HERE
Editorial 26 April 2023 The legacy 0f Pope Francis: 10 years on HERE
Editorial February 2023 A Voice to Parliament – Divider or Unifier? HERE
Editorial December 2022 Witnessing Gender Equality on the Church – When? HERE
Editorial November 2022 The 5th Plenary Council of Australia – a turning Point? HERE
Editorial August 2022 Which way towards a Synodal Church? HERE
Editorial June 2022 Plenary Council Motions: No match for the Church’s crisis HERE
Editorial May 25 2022 Vatican II’s call for Synods and Councils HERE
Editorial February 15 2022 Australian bishops blank Pope Francis HERE
Editorial February 2 2022 There’s no Good News in discrimination HERE
Editorial December 6 2021 Do not be afraid. See, I an doing a new thing HERE
Editorial September 27 5th Plenary Council: what hope for success? HERE
Editorial September 8 Plenary Council Agenda: fit for purpose? HERE
Editorial July 2021 Renewing the Archdiocese of Melbourne HERE
Editorial May 2021 Plenary Council Contribution and concerns HERE
Editorial March 2021 Instrumentum Laboris – a major disappointment HERE
Editorial February 2021 Synodality – the inclusive element HERE
Editorial December 2020 Advent – Waiting with hope for Church renewal HERE
Editorial October 2020 Francis on Women: The Need for Discernment HERE
Editorial September 2020 Royal Commission, Mandatory Reporting and Seal of Confession HERE
Editorial August 2020 No time to delay local
implementation of Church governance report HERE
Editorial July 2020 Signs of the Times – leading where? HERE
Editorial June 2020 Subsidiarity – Just a principle or a new reality? HERE
Editorial May 2020 Reform or Retreat HERE
Editorial April 2020 Priorities for the Plenary Council HERE
Editorial March 2020 Has the diversity of voices been called? HERE
Editorial February 2020 The Rights and Responsibilities of Christ’s Faithful in Australia HERE
Editorial January 2020 are our bishops listening? HERE
Editorial (December 2019) How should PC2020 Listen to what the sensus fidelium is saying? – Here
NZ Royal Commission – Invited Australian input – November 2019 (Here)
Getting back on Mission – March 2019 (Here)
All we want for Christmas is – December 2018 (Here)
Synodality: the medium is the message – November 2018 (Here)
Response of Australian bishops and religious leaders is more dithering – September 2018 (Here)
Seeking Christ-like leadership: Inclusive, Transparent, and Accountable – May 2018 (Here)
Previous Editorial: Getting Catholic Church Renewal happening now (Here)
2nd previous Editorial: A Christmas Message from the Royal Commission (Here)
3rd previous Editorial: Bishops must engage their dioceses now (Here)
4th previous Editorial: Circling the Wagons (Here)
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