All four motions in part 3 of the document – entitled “Called by Christ – Sent Forth as Missionary Disciples” – achieved qualified majorities on both rounds of voting. Two-thirds of voters present must support a motion to achieve a qualified majority. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC Members of the Plenary Council are being invited to spend additional time to discern after two motions did not ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9v7KrvQB3I Day 3 highlights video from the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council. Video: Neil Helmore/ACBC.

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At the beginning of the second full day of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, Members received input from two of the Council’s theological advisers, also known as Periti. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC. At the beginning of the second full day of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, Members received input from two of the Council’s theological advisers — or periti — on topics being...

Bishops vote in the initial rounds of the Second Assembly, Monday 4 July. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC. The outcome of the initial rounds of voting for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have been announced, with all relevant motions being passed with a qualified majority. Members of the Plenary Council voted on six motions from the Motions and Amendments document during the past 24 hour...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB opened the first day of deliberations of the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council, highlighting that we are called to be a Christ-centred Church.

Wilcannia-Forbes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green OSPPE has told Members gathered for the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia we need to cling to the cross.

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Townsville priest and internationally respected systematic theologian Dr Ormond Rush has said the Church is powerless, clueless, without the Spirit enlightening it to discern how to apply the Gospel of Jesus Christ in new situations.

Dr Rush was last week invited to unpack the seventh theme of the Framework for Motions, At the Service of Communion, Participation, and Mission: Governance.

Setting aside time for reflection and united prayers, Perth’s Plenary Council members gathered at the Salvatorian Spirituality Centre on 7 June for an intimate Eucharistic Mass and special blessing.