A Long Way from Rome: Why the Australian Catholic Church is in CrisisChris McGillion Allen & Unwin, 2003 - 211 Seiten Many Catholics today described themselves as 'lapsed'. Despite a new hunger for meaning and community, it is clear that over the last decade the Australian Catholic Church has become a marginal influence on society. Repeated accusations of child sexual abuse by priests is taken as a sign of moral bankruptcy, the ongoing refusal to include women in more active roles has left many disenchanted, and attendance at Mass continues to decline. Leading commentators including Morag Fraser, Paul Collins and Damian Grace explore the crisis at the heart of Australian Catholicism. They offer a confronting analysis of the direction for the Church set by Rome, and the way in which this is stifling local initiative and alienating large numbers of Catholics from the institutional life of the Church. A Long Way from Home argues that the problem goes beyond the headlines of sexual abuse and internal dissent to issues of Vatican intervention, the abuse of authority, the decline of ritual, the development of a Catholic cultural ghetto, and the loss of a distinctive Catholic imagination. |
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... argued that the Church must be made ' humbler , less clerical and more forgiving ' . He urged the synod to consider the plight of divorced and civilly remarried couples , of homosexuals and priests who had left the ministry — all of ...
... argued that the Church must be made ' humbler , less clerical and more forgiving ' . He urged the synod to consider the plight of divorced and civilly remarried couples , of homosexuals and priests who had left the ministry — all of ...
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... argued , and while this influence can be positive , it can also lead to indifference and the uncritical acceptance of any opinion or activity as long as these do no harm to others . This openness to all perspectives gives rise to ...
... argued , and while this influence can be positive , it can also lead to indifference and the uncritical acceptance of any opinion or activity as long as these do no harm to others . This openness to all perspectives gives rise to ...
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... argued . They also said that the Statement's call to eliminate the general use of communal confession would be a disaster and close off a ' profound and transforming ' experience in the life of the Church . Finally , the letter urged ...
... argued . They also said that the Statement's call to eliminate the general use of communal confession would be a disaster and close off a ' profound and transforming ' experience in the life of the Church . Finally , the letter urged ...
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... argued that all around one sees ' contempt for human life ' , not simply because of the failure of economic or political systems , but because of the corruption of the modern intellect . When people examine their consciences these days ...
... argued that all around one sees ' contempt for human life ' , not simply because of the failure of economic or political systems , but because of the corruption of the modern intellect . When people examine their consciences these days ...
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... argued that it is not enough that religious [ brothers and sisters ] engage in any work whatsoever , even if they do this " in the spirit of the Founder " . It had also warned that because priests and religious brothers and sisters had ...
... argued that it is not enough that religious [ brothers and sisters ] engage in any work whatsoever , even if they do this " in the spirit of the Founder " . It had also warned that because priests and religious brothers and sisters had ...
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Why people dont listen to the Pope | 37 |
The silenced majority | 65 |
The lost art of Catholic ritual | 88 |
Popular cultures new high priests | 113 |
Has the Church a future? The generational divide | 145 |
Imagination abandoned | 171 |
Afterword | 194 |
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