Michael Morwood: "The Challenge in Resurrecting Jesus in Society Today" In this address given to WATAC (Women and the Australian Church) members on 26th March 2013, Michael Morwood outlines the challenges he sees the Church facing in the years ahead. This address was given in the theatrette of the NSW Parliament at a meeting to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. 33m 34s [Commentary on the Catholica where this address was published on 29Mar2013]

Bishop Bill Morris "The Church of Tomorrow" In this address given to WATAC (Women and the Australian Church) members on 26th March 2013, Bishop Bill Morris outlines the challenges he sees the Church facing in the years ahead. This address was given in the theatrette of the NSW Parliament at a meeting to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. 37m 06s [Post on the Catholica Forum where this address was published on 28Mar2013]

Robert Mickens on the "implosion" of Catholicism Robert C. Mickens, Vatican correspondent and columnist for "The Tablet", speaks about The Vatican's implosion and what it means for American Catholics. A 56-minute address to The City Club of Cleveland, broadcast on radio and television across on the United States. What Mr Mickens has to say has relevance to Catholics not just in the United States but throughout the Western world. 56m 46s [Post on the Catholica Forum that drew attention to this address. 27Nov2012]

Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch: "The place of silence in theology, scripture and religion" This is the third of six one hour lectures by the Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Diarmaid MacCulloch, on the intriguing subject of the importance of "silence" in Jewish and Christian Scripture. Professor MacCulloch has swept to some prominence recently with his book on the history of Christianity [LINK], which has also been made into a BBC television series. This third lecture is entitled "Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500". 1h 16m 41s [Post on the Catholica Forum that first drew attention to this series of lectures. 10Sep2012]

Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch: "The place of silence in theology, scripture and religion" This is the second of six one hour lectures by the Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Diarmaid MacCulloch, on the intriguing subject of the importance of "silence" in Jewish and Christian Scripture. Professor MacCulloch has swept to some prominence recently with his book on the history of Christianity [LINK], which has also been made into a BBC television series. This second lecture is entitled "Catholic Christianity and the arrival of ascetism, 100-400". 1h 13m 40s [Post on the Catholica Forum that first drew attention to this series of lectures. 10Sep2012]

Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch: "The place of silence in theology, scripture and religion" This is the first of six oen hour lectures by the Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Diarmaid MacCulloch, on the intriguing subject of the importance of "silence" in Jewish and Christian Scripture. Professor MacCulloch has swept to some prominence recently with his book on the history of Christianity [LINK], which has also been made into a BBC television series. 1h 06m 42s [Post on the Catholica Forum that first drew attention to this series of lectures. 10Sep2012]

Brene Brown: "Listening to Shame" Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word. 20m 38s [Post on the Catholica Forum that first drew attention to this talk. 22Sep2011] | [Post on the Catholica Forum drawing attention to the Houston TED Talk she mentions. 22Sep2011]

Brene Brown: "The power of vulnerability" Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share. 35m 55s [Post on the Catholica Forum drawing attention to this video 22Sep2011]

Sr Joan Chittister: "The Spirituality of Struggle" Sister Joan Chittister explores the landscape of suffering and hope in this moving video recorded in 2005. The theme of the talk is taken from her book published around that time, "Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope". We struggle, she says, against change, isolation, darkness, fear, powerlessness, vulnerability, exhaustion, and scarring; and while these struggles sometimes seem insurmountable, we can emerge from them with the gifts of conversion, detachment, faith, courage, surrender, limitations, endurance, transformation, and (perhaps most important) hope. This is an uplifting video for everyone but more especially for anyone facing some struggle in life. 35m 55s [Uploaded to Catholica Video Channel on 27Aug2011]

A conversation with Dr Jane Anderson... Brian Coyne and Amanda McKenna in conversation with Dr Jane Anderson about her life and her postdoctoral research program into progressive Catholicism. 55m 52s [Catholica commentary where we first published this on 21st July 2011]

What's your view of God today? Dr Jane Anderson interviews Amanda (Milly) McKenna as part of a postdoctoral research fellowship seeking to discern the views of Catholics who have become disenchanted with the institutional agenda but still very much consider themselves "Catholic". Further information about the interview, and the research project, can be found HERE. 43m 08s [Catholica commentary where we first published this on 19th July 2011]

Why am I a Catholic? This is part of the address Boston Globe columnist and academic James Carroll delivered at the American Catholic Council in Detroit on Saturday, 11th June 2011. 13m 26s [Catholica commentary where we first published this on 2nd July 2011]

Trends and contradictions in religious belief in Australia Social researcher, Hugh Mackay, talks about trends and contradictions in belief in Australia, the value of progressive thinking in religious institutions, and how both atheism and fundamentalism challenge contemporary religion. The interview with Eureka Street TV was conducted after he spoke at the Common Dreams conference for religious progressives in Melbourne in April 2010. 6m 49s [Catholica Forum entry where we first drew attention to this lecture] | [Original Commentary on Eureka Street]

Jesus the Jew - but what sort of Jew? John P. Meier, a Catholic priest, is professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame. He is perhaps the foremost biblical scholar of his generation. Meier's work represents the first time an American Catholic biblical scholar has attempted a full-scale, rigorously scientific treatment of the "historical Jesus". By the "historical Jesus", Meier means the Jesus whom we can recover or reconstruct by using the tools of modern historical research. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society". This video was originally recorded on 25 October 2001, uploaded to the UCTelevision Channel on YouTube on 8th January 2008 and to the Catholica Channel on YouTube on 31st May 2010. 1h 21m 50s [Catholica Editorial where we first drew attention to this lecture]

The Mission of Christ, the Mission of the Church, the Mission of a Diocese Dominican bishop, Anthony Fisher, was installed as the Third Bishop of the Western diocese of urban Sydney, the Parramatta Diocese, on 4 March 2010. His homily delivered at the Installation Mass outlined his broad sweep of the Mission of Jesus Christ, the Mission of the Church, and what he sees as his personal Mission which he was seeking to invite the people of the Western suburbs of Sydney to embrace. Here at Catholica we think the homily offers rich food for reflection and discussion at a number of levels: firstly the evident thought put into the address, secondly in that the Western suburbs of Sydney in many respects are typical of the social challenges encountered in almost any major city of the Western world, and also because of questions that intersect with many of the discussions the community at Catholica engages in of the problems facing the Church today. Because of YouTube limitations the video is in three parts of 9m 54s, 5m 59s, 6m 12s (22m 5s total), [Catholica Editorial where we first drew attention to this homily]

Tuning in to the Parliament of the World's Religions In an attempt to provide readers remote from Melbourne an overview of what is happening at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne this week, we present a video blog being produced for the ABC Religious Affairs by four young journalism graduates from RMIT University in Melbourne. This video seeks to give an overview of the opening plenary session. You can find further videos and blog entries on Margaret Coffey's Blog hosted by ABC Religious Affairs at the link which follows this description. (The ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] is Australia's national, publicly funded broadcaster.) 6m 21s [Margaret Coffey's ABC Blog from the Parliament of the World' Religions in Melbourne]

Caritas Australia Special Appeal! Caritas Australia urgently needs your support to help the victims of several major disasters hitting the Pacific and Asia. Caritas is responding to all of these crises with people on the ground delivering life-saving assistance. This immediate relief has had a huge impact already, but to continue our work in the region we need your support. Watch this video appeal from Caritas Australia CEO, Jack de Groot. 0m 31s [DONATE ONLINE AT CARITAS AUSTRALIA]

Geraldine Doogue on "The Catholic Church's Key Challenge in Modern Australia" Video of Geraldine Doogue's presentation on 11th August 2009 to the St Thomas More Forum in Canberra brought to you courtesy of Catholic Life the website of the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn. 62m 56s [Original Post on the Forum where this was published on 30Sep09]

Dr Ian Elmer on St Paul Video of Catholica commentator, Dr Ian Elmer's address at the launch of his book Paul, Jerusalem and the Judaisers at ACU, Brisbane. The video was filmed and edited by Daniel Gullotta another of the regular commentators on Catholica. 4m 41s [Original Post on the Forum where this was published on 07May09]

Course Promo: Paul the Radical Jew Catholica commentator, Daniel Gullotta, presents a YouTube introduction to a course on St Paul he is organising in Brisbane for the The Year of St Paul. Daniel indicates that he will be preparing podcasts of the lectures and we'll try and present these on the Catholica Video Channel as well. 3m 28s [Daniel provides further explanation on the Forum 03May09]

Karen Armstrong on a Charter for Compassion People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion – to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious focus. 21m 27s [Catholica Discussion in the Forum 06Mar09]

Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church Controversial retired Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, author of Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church criticizes the Vatican hierarchy for its slow and muted response to the clergy abuse scandal and calls on the church to reconsider its doctrine of enforced celibacy for priests and its opposition to homosexuality. Lecture recorded at University of California July 2008. 58m 54s [Catholica News Story 16May08]

Fr Michael Whelan SM Part 1 Catalyst for Renewal held an enormously enthusiastic one day intensive forum at the Salvation Army Congress Hall in Sydney on Saturday, 28th March 2009, to discuss Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's provocative book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church — Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus. This book has generated extraordinary interest around the world and has now clocked up 20,000 sales according to the publisher. The editor of Catholica, Brian Coyne, attended the Catalyst Forum with video camera and today presents some edited highlights of the Forum on the Catholica YouTube channel. 8m 26s [Catholica News Story 29Mar09]

Fr Michael Whelan SM Part 2 The concluding part of Fr Whelan's address to the Catalyst for Renewal Forum held on Saturday, 28th March 2009. 7m 28s [Catholica News Story 29Mar09]

Fr Frank Brennan SJ Part of Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Catalyst for Renewal Forum held on Saturday, 28th March 2009. 3m 29s [Catholica News Story 29Mar09]

Clare Macquire This is an appeal that Clare Maguire made from the floor of the conference on behalf of the Redfern Parish Community in Sydney and a response to that by Fr Frank Brennan SJ. 3m 40s [Catholica News Story 29Mar09]

A Cross too Heavy: Launch of new scholarly study on Pope Pius XII by Australian scholar, Dr Paul O'Shea... We present the full video of all the addresses at the launch ceremony which was held in Parliament House, Sydney. Addresses by Stephen Crittenden, Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence and Paul O'Shea. 37m 36s [News Story where this was published 17Oct08]