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Matthew K Michels, OblSB's avatar

"Hey guys, I know things are looking pretty bad right now,

but don't worry!

...it's gonna get a lot worse."

Any Catholic-Church-adjacent organization (Catholic charities, hospitals, schools, social services, etc.) are at immediate risk of having the state co-opt, commandeer control of, or restrict those institutions in Western Developed First-World countries. We as Catholics cannot act ignorant of this fact.

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This was a bit of a dick move from the ACT government but not entirely surprising. The ACT is probably the most ‘left’ of any Australian state or territory as it’s population has A disproportionately high number of public servants and political activists thanks to our Federal Parliament being placed there. They would have very little respect or patience for Canon Law and this is going to be a MAJOR issue for Australian Catholics going forward. What do we do with our schools, hospitals and universities in our increasingly secular society once the last nuns and brothers who founded them are retired and dead and the lay people who take over boards are part of a Catholic ‘lite’ roving elite who use participation in these boards as fodder for their philanthropic credentials and as stepping stones to more lucrative board roles? The practicing Catholic population was always small and so was the rest of Australia’s population.

This should have been a MAJOR issue at the plenary council. It wasn’t because said roving elite used the usual 70s nonsense to accrue themselves more authority by making the bishops look stupid and incompetent.

I’m a fan of sell it all and start again but what do I know?

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