Month: June 2020

Madonnina
Opinion

Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper?

Why JobKeeper Catholic Church? Title: Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper? Author: Michael Bradley Publisher: Crikey Date: 19JUN2020 The Catholic Church has an asset base estimated to be worth more than $30 billion in Australia alone. Even if it’s legal for them to access JobKeeper, how is it ethical? I do occasionally

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Madonnina
Opinion

Who speaks for the Catholic church?

Catholic Church Australia Warhurst Title: Who speaks for the Catholic church? Author: John Warhurst Publisher: Eureka Street Date: 18JUN2020 Discussion of church life in Australia is incomplete without consideration of who speaks for the church at the national level. The answer to the question ‘Who presides over the Catholic church in Australia?’ is more complicated than

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Madonnina
News

Australia’s senior cleric says report calling for Church governance by lay women will be amended

Who Leaked Report Motive? Title: Australia’s senior cleric says report calling for Church governance by lay women will be amended Author: Paul Smeaton Publisher: Life Site Date: 18JUN2020 AUSTRALIA, June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Australia’s senior Catholic cleric has said that a recently released report commissioned by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) which calls for

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Madonnina
News

How Much Did the Saints Help the Catholic Church on Its Sex Abuse Crisis? More Than They Admitted

Saints Clergy Abuse Help Title: How Much Did the Saints Help the Catholic Church on Its Sex Abuse Crisis? More Than They Admitted Author: Jenny Vrentas Publisher: Sports Illustrator Date: 17JUN2020 New Orleans’s favorite team has acknowledged providing “minimal” public relations help to the local archdiocese as it handled revelations of sexual abuse by clergy—but an

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Madonnina
News

French Catholic Church Counts Over 3,000 Child Victims Of Sex Abuse

French Catholic Child Abuse Title: French Catholic Church Counts Over 3,000 Child Victims Of Sex Abuse Author: Karine Perret Publisher: Barron’s via AFP At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a commission set up to examine claims estimated Wednesday, adding that the real number may

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Madonnina
Vigano

Why is the Vatican silent on Viganò?

Pope Francis Silent Viganò? Title: Why is the Vatican silent on Viganò? Presenters: Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell Publisher: Inside The Vatican, America Media Date: 17JUN2020 Last week, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was back in the spotlight after President Donald Trump tweeted promoting an open letter that Viganò had written to him. The letter praised

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