One layman's response to some of the issues raised by Bishop Manning… Way over on the other side of this continent in the South West of WA, Peter Beeson, has been mulling over what the Bishop of Parramatta, Kevin Manning, had to say in his interview with Catholica editor, Brian Coyne, last week. He provides a summary of what he thinks were the key points in Bishop Manning's argument and he shares his thoughts on a couple of areas where he finds himself in disagreement with the Bishop and indeed with Church teaching as it has been urged on the faithful… <more>

The politics of Paul and the Roman Empire… We have an interesting commentary for you today written by our resident theology student, Daniel Gullotta. This time Daniel's contribution is not one of his essays written for his course at ACU National but has been written out of personal interest in the subject matter at hand. In the commentary Daniel explores some interesting historical and political links on the titles humankind has given to Jesus. <more>

A difficult discussion… Catholica Australia evolved out of the CathNews discussion board community not as a competitor but from a sense of frustration in being able to continue to hold conversations in that place. As in the relationship of child to its parent, the original community that formed Catholica has had a difficult relationship with the CathNews discussion board in the year and a quarter of our existence. Peregrinus explores the issues in more depth. <more>

The State of Catholicism today… As the third in this series of interviews with Catholic lay and religious leaders we have pleasure in presenting this extended conversation between Bishop Kevin Manning, pastoral leader of the Diocese of Parramatta, and Brian Coyne, editor and publisher of Catholica Australia. The conversation encompasses many of the touchstone issues that come up for discussion on the Catholica forum and in the media that are proving significant challenges for the Church today. <more>

Made in "the image and likeness of God"? What does it really mean when we say we are made "in the image and likeness of God"? Dr Andrew Thomas Kania offers a few reflections. <more>