In the Vineyard: May 25, 2020
In the Vineyard :: May 25, 2020 :: Volume 20, Issue 10
New Australian report may help church find its way out of abuse crisis / National Catholic Reporter
The new phase in the abuse crisis has shown much complexity: It is not just a legal and ethical crisis, but also a theological one and a crisis of models of church governance. (Massimo Faggioli in National Catholic Reporter)
There are signs that the Catholic Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis is now getting at deeper, institutional questions. In particular, how local churches — parishes and dioceses — are governed.
“In the last few years, a unique example that could bring encouraging news has come from the Australian church.
In the Vineyard: May 10, 2020
In the Vineyard :: May 10, 2020 :: Volume 20, Issue 9
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Visions of a Just Church
The place to be on Saturday, Oct. 3, is the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel as Voice of the Faithful returns for its 2020 Conference: Visions of a Just Church. Mark your calendars and join us as we seek visions of what a Church that is just for all the faithful would look like.
Pell knew of abuse by Australian pedophile priest / Cruxnow.com
The inquiry rejected Pell’s evidence given by video link from Rome in 2016 that he was deceived and lied to by Catholic Church officials about Australia’s worst pedophile priest … (Cruxnow.com)
Australian Cardinal George Pell knew a notorious pedophile priest had been moved decades ago because he had sexually abused children, and should have removed an unstable priest in another parish who was also a suspected pedophile, a government inquiry concluded.
In the Vineyard: April 27, 2020
In the Vineyard :: April 27, 2020 :: Volume 20, Issue 8