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Second Plenary Council assembly ends on high note

Second Plenary Council assembly ends on high note

Plenary Council - July 8, 2022
On the final full day of the Plenary Council, Members have celebrated the passage of almost all motions contained in the Motions and Amendments document...
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Mary’s protection invoked at Plenary Council mass

Mary’s protection invoked at Plenary Council mass

Plenary Council - July 8, 2022
Members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia should persevere in their prayers to the Mother of God, Bishop Paul Bird CSsR (pictured above) said...
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Announcement of voting outcomes due at 6.30pm

Announcement of voting outcomes due at 6.30pm

Plenary Council - July 8, 2022
Due to additional changes in the program for the Plenary Council’s second assembly, no deliberative vote outcomes were announced within the assembly on Friday morning....
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Blessed Peter To Rot hailed as model of fidelity

Blessed Peter To Rot hailed as model of fidelity

Plenary Council - July 8, 2022
Those gathered for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are following in the footsteps of the early Christians, Cardinal John Dew said at Mass on...
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Plenary council backs action on ecology, church governance reform

Plenary council backs action on ecology, church governance reform

Plenary Council - July 8, 2022
Plenary Council Members have passed all six motions they considered on Thursday across parts of the agenda in the areas of Church governance and integral...
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Members hear call to mission and conversion

Members hear call to mission and conversion

Plenary Council - July 7, 2022
  After a change to the program, Plenary Council Members have been reflecting on four parts of the Motions and Amendments document on Thursday, assisted...
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Homily urges Plenary Council members to seek unity

Homily urges Plenary Council members to seek unity

Plenary Council - July 7, 2022
  As Wednesday’s proceedings came to a close, Members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia were invited to remember the “saving unity” to which...
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Members will reconsider two Plenary Council motions

Members will reconsider two Plenary Council motions

Plenary Council - July 7, 2022
The Members of the Plenary Council have spent Wednesday afternoon working together to reconsider a pair of motions that were not passed earlier in the...
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Changes to program lead to change in voting plan

Changes to program lead to change in voting plan

Plenary Council - July 7, 2022
Due to a change in the program for the Plenary Council’s second assembly, no deliberative votes were cast on Thursday morning. Council Members are working...
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