“We have a picture of what the goal looks like—the dignity of women, women feeling appreciated, their gifts being used—but how do you get there?”
Australia
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Australian bishop who was victim of sex abuse speaks on U.S. church’s crisis
Australia’s Bishop Long Van Nguyen on how the church can heal during the sexual abuse crisis.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
What nuns and ‘nones’ can learn from one another
Our September 5 guest is Kaya Oakes, a contributing writer for America, who teaches writing at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of The Nones Are Alright. We discuss her recent article “What can nuns and ‘nones’ learn from one another?” We also discuss these stories: Prison strike seeks to defend humanity of U.S. […]
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis accepts resignation of archbishop facing prison time for failure to report sex abuse
Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide is the highest-ranking Catholic bishop to be convicted and sentenced for failure to report a case of abuse.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Australian prime minister calls on pope to fire archbishop
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said two weeks ago that Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson should have resigned when he was convicted in May of failing to report to police the repeated abuse of two altar boys by a pedophile priest in the Hunter Valley region north of Sydney during the 1970s.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Coleridge: The church is now facing its own #MeToo moment
“There’s something going on in the culture. And one of the elements of that cultural shift is that people are prepared to speak up in a way that they would never have done before.”
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Duterte spokesman says Australian nun still in danger of deportation
An Australian missionary nun ordered by Philippine authorities to leave the country is still in danger of being deported, despite winning a reprieve from the Justice Department, said a top government official.
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New Australian law requires priests to report abuse admissions made in confessional
Such legislation would threaten Catholics’ religious freedom.
Posted inFaith, News
Churches, Scouts and YMCA join Australian abuse redress plan
The Catholic Church estimates it alone will be liable for about AU$1 billion ($757 million) in compensation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Australian archbishop faces prison time for failure to report child sex abuse
Philip Wilson was found guilty of failing to inform police about allegations of the sexual abuse of minors by a priest in the 1970s.