Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. Volume 39 (2018)
Title | Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. Volume 39 (2018) PDF eBook |
Author | ATF Press |
Publisher | ATF Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2018-12-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1925872505 |
This volume focuses on Catholic Church history in Australia by lookimg at certain figures (Archdeacon John McEencroe, Lwesi Harding, Bishop Chalres Henry Davis, Cardonal Gilroy) as well as themes: Catholc Social Justice and parliamentary politics, humanae vitae and Tridentine clericalism, and the emergence of Catholic education offices.
Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
Title | Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Australian Catholic Historical Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Catholics |
ISBN |
APAIS 1992: Australian public affairs information service
Title | APAIS 1992: Australian public affairs information service PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | National Library Australia |
Pages | 1098 |
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Catholic Values and Australian Realities
Title | Catholic Values and Australian Realities PDF eBook |
Author | James Franklin |
Publisher | Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0975801546 |
Australian Catholics have made a unique contribution to the nation. At its centre is a solid grasp of the objectivity of ethics. Persons or societies cannot "choose their own values", because what is right and wrong is founded in the way things are. In his wide-ranging book on Australian Catholic thought and action, James Franklin, author of the much-praised polemical history of Australian philosophy, Corrupting the Youth, shows how core Catholic values have played out in the issues where Catholics have challenged their host society - in debates on land rights, immigration and values in schools, and in combats with Freemasons, Protestants and Communists.
Observations on the Pell Proceedings
Title | Observations on the Pell Proceedings PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Brennan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2021-04-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781922449535 |
Cardinal George Pell pleaded not guilty before a jury to child sexual assault charges in 2018. The public knew little of the proceedings because the trial judge had imposed a suppression order, prohibiting the media from publicising the evidence and court proceedings. Fr Frank Brennan SJ was asked by the Australian Catholic bishops to follow the proceedings and to offer commentary on the conduct of the proceedings once the suppression orders were lifted. The bishops asked that the commentary be seen, as far as possible, to be clear, objective and impartial. Cardinal Pell granted Brennan access to the published transcript of the proceedings. At the first trial, the jury could not reach agreement. So Pell was tried again when the jury convicted him of all five charges. Brennan attended critical parts of both trials, as well as the unsuccessful appeal before Victorian Supreme Court and the successful appeal in the High Court of Australia with all seven members of the nation's highest court acquitting Pell of all charges on 7 April 2020. After the initial conviction and after the ultimate acquittal, Brennan wrote a series of articles and was interviewed in the media. This book provides a chronology of his reportage, including an assessment of the flawed adverse findings made against Pell by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Brennan identifies the failures of the Victoria police, prosecution authorities, and Victoria's two most senior judges. Brennan concludes that these failures 'did nothing to help the efforts being made to address the trauma of institutional child sexual abuse. As a society we need to do better, and the legal system needs to play its part.'
Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
Title | Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society PDF eBook |
Author | James Franklin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2019-02-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781925872231 |
APAIS 1999: Australian public affairs information service
Title | APAIS 1999: Australian public affairs information service PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | National Library Australia |
Pages | 1220 |
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