Members of an Australian collective calling for the Church to place greater emphasis on human rights are among speakers at the Root and Branch Synod, the lay-led and reform-focused event to take place in Bristol and online from 5-12 September. The Australian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform – a collective of nineteen organisations calling for a more inclusive Church – has produced a book demanding changes to the agenda of the Australian Plenary Council, which is set to meet in October 2021.
Catholic Church ‘must do more’ on human rights