AUSTRALIA
Brisbane Times
Jacqueline Williams, Graham Downie
June 19, 2012
Pat Power would never support a cause he didn’t passionately believe in. And while he went into his role as Auxiliary Bishop in 1986 with reluctance, he looks back on the past 26 years with no regrets.
After becoming a bishop at 44, he now leaves the role at 70 as the longest-serving Australian bishop.
But he still regards himself as ”young at heart” and stays so by mixing with different people and keeping abreast of what’s going on in the world.
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The openly progressive Catholic bishop is never afraid to criticise his church. He hoped reform in the church would come from the grass roots level.
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