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30 Apr 2012

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson on the crisis facing Catholicism… You can bet your bottom dollar a lot of rosaries around the world are going to be offered up for Bishop Geoffrey Robinson after some hear the views he expresses in this extended conversation recorded on 8th March 2012 by Dr Ingrid Shafer but only published on YouTube on the weekend of 28-29 Apr 2012. This is one of the frankest interviews yet and this bishop covers much of the ground that many people would like to see openly discussed within their church and free from the threats imposed by the Temple Police elements who believe they alone are the spokespeople for the mind of Almighty God. This is probably the closest many Catholics might ever come to of having a bishop sitting in their own loungeroom answering their questions honestly and openly and without looking over his shoulder to see if he might get into trouble for saying the wrong thing about anything. This is a bishop "speaking from the heart" — "cor ad cor loquitur" as Cardinal Newman used as his motto: "heart speaking to heart"! [more]

008 :
21 Jul 2011

The future of progressive, liberal or Vatican II Catholicism… In this second interview with Dr Jane Anderson, Brian Coyne and Amanda McKenna (publishers of Catholica) find out a little of what has led Jane to this research into where progressive, liberal or Vatican II Catholicism is heading. Dr Anderson is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Western Australia. She is presently in Sydney for a month conducting interviews as part of a four-year research investigation into the changing ways in which many people view their Catholic faith today. [more]

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19 Jul 2011

Dr Jane Anderson & Milly McKenna… Dr Jane Anderson is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Western Australia. She is presently in Sydney for a month conducting interviews as part of a four-year research investigation into the changing ways in which many people view their Catholic faith today. In this 40 minute interview with the co-publisher of Catholica, Amanda (Milly) McKenna, Dr Anderson explores some of the ways in which Amanda's spiritual and belief perspectives have changed in recent decades. The questions are similar to some of the questions Jane is exploring with other people who have agreed to be involved in her research. [more]

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11 Dec 2008

Prof Greg Craven… Today it is our plesaure to bring you an extended conversation with, Dr Greg Craven, the Vice-Chancellor of ACU-National. In his position as Vice-Chancellor of this nation's largest Catholic university it might be argued he holds one of the most powerful, or influential, lay leadership positions in the Church today. We've broken the hour-long conversation into four parts and provide an overview of the topics discussed in each segment. [more]

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22 May 2008

Barry Sinclair… A seemingly "ordinary lay Catholic" who found himself quite by chance at the centre of a little-recorded episode in the history of Australian Catholicism where there was a sea-change in attitude to the pastoral plight of Catholics stuck in failed marriages. Barry Sinclair explains what happened and why. It is an interview that might have continuing value into the future for anyone who comes across the fraught territory of having to negotiate their way through a failed marriage. [more]

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2008

Michael Morwood… This is an extended interview with Adult Faith Educator, Michael Morwood, conducted on the eve of the tenth anniversary of his explusion from the priesthood. Today Michael possibly reaches a larger international audience than he ever did in the past through his lectures and books. In this extended interview we will be exploring his personal journey, the ideas in his new book "From Sand to Solid Ground", and general issues about his perspectives on spirituality and institutional religion today. [more]

003 :
14 Aug 2007

Bishop Kevin Manning… As the third in this series of in-depth 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]

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21 Jun 2007

Fr Diarmuid O'Murchu… As the second interview in this series we have pleasure in presenting an extended conversation with Fr Diarmuid O'Murchu recorded during his visit to Australia In January 2007. Fr O'Murchu is in conversation with the publisher of Catholica Australia, Brian Coyne, and Brian's business, creative and life partner, Amanda McKenna. [more]

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21 Jun 2007

Dr Peter Tannock… Dr Peter Tannock is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame. He is a former chairman of the National Catholic Education Commission and earlier than that could arguably be described as one of the chief architects of the model of modern Catholic Education that was set up by the Bishops of this nation beginning in about 1971. In some respects he could also be described as being influential in framing aspects of national education policy in this country. Despite the enormous influence he has had in the Church and in educational policy he is also a very private man not given to blowing his own trumpet. Brian Coyne set out to gain some insight into what makes Peter Tannock "tick" as an educational entrepreneur and as a lay Catholic facing the struggles we all face. [more]

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21 Jun 2007

Series Introduction… Catholica Editor and Publisher, Brian Coyne, explains what this special series of interviews is seeking to achieve. [more]