scholarly journals Negotiating Social Inclusion: The Catholic Church in Australia and the Public Sphere

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Catholic Church

This paper argues that for religion, social inclusion is not certain once gained, but needs to be constantly renegotiated in response to continued challenges, even for mainstream religious organisations such as the Catholic Church. The paper will analyse the Catholic Church’s involvement in the Australian public sphere, and after a brief overview of the history of Catholicism’s struggle for equal status in Australia, will consider its response to recent challenges to maintain its position of inclusion and relevance in Australian society. This will include an examination of its handling of sexual abuse allegations brought forward by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and its attempts to promote its vision of ethics and morals in the face of calls for marriage equality and other social issues in a society of greater religious diversity.

scholarly journals THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE FACE OF THE EUROPEANIZATION OF POLISH POLICY OF EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION. THE CASE OF THE CAHVIO CONVENTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Piotr Burgoński
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The Public ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article shall analyse the attitude of the Catholic Church towards the process of Europeanization of Polish policy of equality and non-discrimination. It shall be an analysis of a single case, i.e. the debate around Poland’s adoption of the CAHVIO Convention of the Council of Europe. These analyses shall seek the answer to the question of how the Catholic Church sees the process of Europeanization of equality and anti-discrimination policy in Poland. Whether it supports it or opposes it. What role does it want to play in this process? How is the Church and its attitude towards Europeanization perceived by other participants of the public debate and how does this affect the ability of the Church to control the process of Europeanization? The theoretical approach used in the research shall be the paradigm of the public sphere and Europeanization. Methods and techniques of discourse analysis shall be applied as well.

Repeat Offending, Victim Gender, and Extent of Victim Relationship in Catholic Church Sexual Abusers

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Perillo ◽  
Cynthia Calkins Mercado ◽  
Karen J. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Repeat Offending ◽  
Sex Offender Risk Assessment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Risk Predictors ◽  
Victim Gender ◽  
The Catholic Church

Despite wide reports of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, empirical data on Catholic Church sexual abuse have not been readily available. The present study examines factors associated with sex-offender risk assessment along three criteria (repeat offending, victim gender, and victim relationship) on a sample of sexual abusers in the Catholic Church. Data from 4,392 priests with documented allegations of child sexual abuse were used. Logistic regression analysis resulted in significant predictive models for all comparisons. Factors consistently found to be significant predictors across comparisons included victim age, cleric age, all male victims, and history of victimization. Results suggest that risk predictors for Catholic Church sexual abusers are similar to those used in the general sex-offender population.

scholarly journals “To Serve and not to be Served”: The Mission of the Catholic Church through Education in Zambian Church History: A Narrative of James Spaita in the Public Sphere, 1960–2014

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelly Mwale
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Church History ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Role ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Social Teachings ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article revisits Zambian church history in order to show the interconnectedness of the mission of the Catholic Church through education and individual narratives of the clergy in the public sphere. This is done through the example of James Spaita. Informed by an interpretative phenomenological study that drew on interviews and content analysis, and in conversation with the Catholic Social Teachings (CST), the article advances that the contributions of James Spaita to church history were largely through education, advocacy and social justice—as shaped by his positionality as an indigenous priest, educator and church leader, and therefore a product of the Catholic Church’s context. Spaita’s narrative also signifies the growing public role and the mission of the Catholic Church in post-independence Zambia, as underpinned by social teachings of the Catholic Church. While discourses of Catholic Church history in Zambia were preoccupied with historicising missionary work and Catholic education (as part of the mission of the church) at the structural level, the article argues that the mission of the Catholic Church through education was also largely shaped by trajectories of the clergy in postcolonial and modern times.  

The Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis as a Theological Crisis: Emerging Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-589
Author(s):  
Massimo Faggioli
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
The Catholic Church

The sexual abuse crisis has long-term consequences: not only on the victims and survivors of abuse, but also on the theological standing and balance of the Catholic Church throughout the world. Theological rethinking in light of the abuse crisis is necessary: not only from the lens of those who have suffered, but also from the lens of the changes caused by this global crisis in the history of the whole Catholic community. The article examines the consequences of the abuse crisis on different theological disciplines, with particular attention to the history of the Catholic Church, liturgy, ecclesiology of reform, and church–state relationships.

scholarly journals Estándares contemporáneos de buena gobernanza. Factores sistémicos en la crisis de los abusos en la Iglesia Católica

Pelícano ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 072-097
Author(s):  
Carlos Schickendantz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
Systemic Factors ◽  
Institutional Aspect ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
The Catholic Church

Contemporary Standards of Good Governance. Systemic Factors in The Crisis of Abuse in The Catholic Church ResumenLa cuestión del abuso sexual de menores constituye una de las crisis más significativas de la Iglesia Católica en la era moderna. En primer lugar, este artículo ofrece múltiples argumentos para la comprensión del asunto a partir de unos textos norteamericanos especializados. El segundo momento representa el núcleo de la contribución: con el análisis de varios informes de diferentes nacionalidades, particularmente australiano y alemán, se pone de relieve el aspecto institucional de lo sucedido en la Iglesia Católica, en especial sus disfunciones sistémicas que, como se muestra con diversos argumentos, converge con reflexiones ya elaboradas en agendas teológicas de reformas en la Iglesia. AbstractThe issue of sexual abuse of minors constitutes one of the most significant crises of the Catholic Church in the modern era. In the first place, this article offers several arguments for the understanding of the subject from specialized North American texts. The second moment represents the core of the contribution: with the analysis of several reports of different nationalities, particularly Australian and German, the institutional aspect of the issue that occurred in the Catholic Church is highlighted, especially its systemic dysfunctions, which, as depicted with various arguments, converges with reflections already elaborated in theological agendas of reforms in the Church. Key words: Clericalism, Governance System, Accountability, Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

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