CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
Brisbane Times
November 5, 2017
By Tom McIlroy
A group of Canberra Catholic faithful have stepped up lobbying efforts for structural change they say will address deepening disillusion and disaffection in the church.
In a move welcomed by Canberra and Goulburn Archbishop Christopher Prowse, the Concerned Catholics group have presented a submission to senior clergy ahead of a proposed plenary council for the church in Australia in 2020.
It calls for church leaders to establish pastoral councils in the Canberra archdiocese, designed to give parishioners and lay partners an opportunity to participate fully in the response to next month’s final report from the landmark royal commission into responses to child sexual abuse.
The plan also calls for reforms of the church’s canon law and better promotion of the role of women in leadership positions.
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