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IN THE CLOSET OF THE VATICAN: POWER, HOMOSEXUALITY, HYPOCRISY by Frédéric Martel (London: Bloomsbury Continuum 2019); ISBN: 978-1-4729-6614-8; xv+, 555pp. When a massive book as sensational and controversial as Frédéric Martel’s In the Closet of the Vatican: Power,...
Excerpt: ‘In the Closet of the Vatican’
Excerpt: ‘In the Closet of the Vatican’
Editor’s Note: We are running an excerpt from the new book In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality,
Francis ends Vatican summit with promise church will ‘decisively confront’ abuse
Francis ends Vatican summit with promise church will ‘decisively confront’ abuse
“The biggest crisis since the Reformation” Address to the Concerned Catholics of Canberra and Goulburn by the Most Rev Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv Bishop of Parramatta
Address to the Concerned Catholics of Canberra and Goulburn Forum
“The Role of the Faithful in a post-Royal Commission Church in Australia”
11 September 2018
Dear friends,
I would like to pay my respect and acknowledge the traditional custodians …
Sex Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church
Sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church – Face the systemic issues
By Russell Pollitt• 31 August 2018
The latest wave of sexual abuse revelations by Catholic clergy has rightly caused outrage and anger globally. After the 2002 expose in …
Rise for Climate mobilisation
Sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church – Face the systemic issues
By Russell Pollitt• 31 August 2018
The latest wave of sexual abuse revelations by Catholic clergy has rightly caused outrage and anger globally. After the 2002 expose in …
Synod document takes inclusive tone toward youth who disagree with church
6th July 2018 – The Vatican, Rome. As a co-organiser of the global Rise for Climate mobilisation, 350.org welcomes today’s call by Pope Francis for ‘citizens’ pressure groups’ to take action ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit that is …
Pope Francis revitalizes Vatican II reforms
Synod document takes inclusive tone toward youth who disagree with church
Pope raises prospect of married men becoming priests
Pope Francis revitalizes Vatican II reforms
Mar 13, 2018
“Only if the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are continued can the church be saved,” Fr. Hans Küng said in the fall of 2012 at a …
The Boston Declaration
Pope raises prospect of married men becoming priests
2 November 2017 • 2:59pm
Pope Francis has requested a debate over allowing married men in the Amazon region of Brazil to become priests, in a controversial move that is likely to …