Rebuilding confidence in the church afte...

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After a four-year consultation process, involving 220,000 people, the Plenary Council will reach its second and final assembly in July. Rebuilding confidence in the church will be a significant agenda item.

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Jul 2022

Tensions during the historic Catholic plenary

Tensions emerged during this weeks' national Plenary Council as bishops overruled the people's votes. At one point the bishops rejected women-in-leadership motions, including ordination to diaconate. Women’s leadership was only one contentious issue.

28m 36s

Jun 2022

What the rise of 'no religion' means for Australian laws

For the first time in Australia's census history, fewer than half of respondents identified as Christian. So, how might the rise of 'no religion' play out in our legal system?

8m 42s

Jun 2022

How the Christian right stacked the Supreme Court

The reversal of constitutional abortion rights in America proves that if you can capture the courts, you can change society.

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