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Believers: Does Australian Catholicism Have a Future?
Believers Does Australian Catholicism Have a Future Author:Paul Collins World Youth Day 2008 and the visit of Pope Benedict XVI provide an opportunity to analyze the state of the Catholic Church in Australia. Believers offers a comprehensive account of everything that is right and wrong with Catholicism in Australia and asks whether it is really in decline. Paul Collins addresses difficult topics: the lack of... more » effective leadership, sexual abuse scandals, a drastic shortage of priests, and declining mass attendance, particularly by young people. Believers delivers an optimistic message, bolstered by a clear program for reform and renewala nd the realization that the church has managed to recover from its past mistakes.« less