Sunday, December 04, 2016

Australian bishops plan national council for 2020

Image result for Archbishop Mark ColeridgeArchbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane has been elected by the Australian bishops to chair a commission preparing for a national council in 2020.

The national plenary council - the first such event in Australia since 1937 - will bring the members of the Australian hierarchy together to discuss pastoral responses to the challenges facing the Church today. 

Archbishop Coleridge acknowledged a need to form new approaches at a time when the public influence of Catholicism is in decline. 

“We can’t just put up a sign saying business as usual,” he said.

“What the plenary council is all about is planning for the future of the Church in this country at a very complex time,” the archbishop said.