Australian bishops in Vatican to discuss situation of
their Church
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| Inside Vatican City.- RV |
(Vatican Radio) Australian bishops have
been meeting with top Vatican officials to discuss the
situation of the Catholic Church in Australia.
A communiqué released by the Holy See Press Office gives
news of the issues at the top of the bishops’ agenda and reveals who were the
members of the delegation.
Please find below the Holy See Press Office press
release:
The leadership of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
met this week in Rome with officials from the Secretariat of State and various
offices of the Holy See for a wide-ranging discussion concerning the situation
of the Catholic Church in Australia at this time.
Topics covered included the Royal Commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the relationship between the
Church and society at large, the restoration of trust, and greater
participation of the laity in decision-making roles in the Church.
The Australian delegation was comprised of the President of
the Conference, the Most Rev. Denis J. Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne; and the
Vice-President, the Most Rev. Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane;
accompanied by Justice Neville Owen of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council.
The main encounter took place on Thursday, Oct. 5, with the
Cardinal Secretary of State, His Eminence Pietro Parolin; the Secretary for
Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher; the Prefect of the
Congregation for Bishops, His Eminence Marc Ouellet; and the Secretary for the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi.
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