by | Jul 12, 2016 | Newsletters
To representatives of Church Reform Organizations: We’d like to explore ways that we might work together to bring about the reform that we are all striving to create. Even though each of our groups have differing missions focused on specific issues, there are...
by | Jul 5, 2016 | New Zealand
by Ann Gilroy RSJ Women Religious welcome any development in Church that responds to women’s repeated call to have an equal share in the decision-making. Pope Francis’s proposal to set up a Commission to study the possibility of having women deacons, while not yet a...
by | Jul 5, 2016 | Australia
how it should occur, and why this is important by Peter Wilkinson The Diocese of Melbourne was established in 1847. It became an archdiocese in 1874. To date, it has had 8 archbishops. The first three were Irish: James Goold (1848-1886), Thomas Carr (1886-1917),...
by | Jun 29, 2016 | Australia
Bishops for the Australian mission From 1788, when the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay, until 31 March 2016, seventeen popes have entrusted the pastoral care of Australia’s Catholics to 214 bishops. Until 1976 the popes had also designated Australia a ‘mission’...
by | Jun 17, 2016 | Prayers
Mary Beth Stein shared this prayer with the team: Holy One, for the longest time we have prayed, “Your kingdom come,”and often we have wanted it to come in a supernatural way that did not ask too much of us. We have longed for your reign but imagined it...
by | Jun 16, 2016 | CCRI News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Local bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities and guide them, while the groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop and avoid the appearance of setting up a parallel church, said a new Vatican document. The...
by | Jun 12, 2016 | Newsletters
To all who support Church reform: We stand in solidarity with the victims of the Orlando, Florida massacre along with their families and loved ones who are grieving their loss. As the shooter declared himself a “soldier of ISIS,” so we declare ourselves followers of...
by | Jun 11, 2016 | CCRI News
(Vatican Radio) It was announced on Friday Pope Francis has decided to raise the celebration of the memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to the dignity of a liturgical Feast. In the modern Church calendar, saints may be commemorated with a memorial (optional or...
by | Jun 10, 2016 | Australia
Peter Johnstone, President of Catholics for Renewal Inc, outlines a proposal for selecting the nine new bishops Australia will need soon as outlined in the article by Peter Wilkinson This year, nine new Australian diocesan bishops could be appointed – NINE! –...
by | Jun 8, 2016 | Write to Bishops
CCRI has been asked to design a template letter for individuals and groups to send to their bishop of national Bishops’ Conference. You will need to adapt it as appropriate to your particular concerns, issues and needs locally. Dear Bishop [name] For the first...
