Letters

Pope's advisory board

Ken Bayliss

Contents - Aug 2013 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Church's clear opposition to all same-sex unions Holy See announces canonisation of Blessed John Paul II - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World University: In the lions' den: Catholic ministry on secular campuses - Br Barry Coldrey Lumen Fidei: The great gift of Faith: Pope Francis' first encyclical - Damian Wyld Understanding Syria's religious war - Fr Paul Stenhouse Common good: St Basil the Great: outstanding doctor of the Church for our time - Jordan Grantham Sacra Liturgia 2013: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith: interview on liturgy - Zenit News Service National Assembly: Order of Malta renews and grows - Damian Wyld Letters: Sense of sacred - Cedric Wright Letters: Liturgical abuses - Michael Apthorp Letters: Pope's advisory board - Ken Bayliss Letters: Catholic statistics - John R. Barich Letters: Christian example - Arnold Jago Letters: Humanae Vitae - Frank Mobbs Books: FRANCIS: POPE OF A NEW WORLD, by Andrea Tornielli - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS: a course in religion for Catholic high schools - Michael E. Daniel (reviewer) Books: FROM BROTHERHOOD TO PRIESTHOOD: Memoirs of Msgr William A. Mullins - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT, by Fr Ken Barker MGL - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Benedict XVI's Assumption homily: 'In God there is space for man' - Benedict XVI

Congratulations to His Eminence George Cardinal Pell in being appointed to Pope Francis' eight-member advisory board, the first major decision of the Holy Father on 13 April.

The eight cardinals cover the five continents. With a bishop as secretary, they will meet periodically to reform the Roman Curia.

I have been an admirer of His Eminence since his first days as Archbishop of Melbourne when he quickly reformed his seminary and was one the first Australian prelates to ban the incorrect usage of the Third Rite in his diocese.

His decision gave heart to laymen across Australia – and also to the late Father Terence Purcell of St Benedict's Church, Broadway, Sydney, who worked at a grassroots level. Keeping the Catholic Church Catholic was Fr Purcell's constant theme. He is the unsung hero of making Australia a "Third Rite-Free Zone". He was very happy when Archbishop Pell was appointed Archbishop of Sydney and later Cardinal.

KEN BAYLISS
Holland Park West, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 26 No 7 (August 2013), p. 14