AUSTRALIA
CathNews
Published: May 09, 2012
BY CHRISTINE HOGAN
During the recent Australian Catholic Media Congress, I had a conversation in three parts with another delegate. He obviously felt deeply about the stories which reflect negatively on the Church, which can make it harder for priests and religious to operate in their ministries. He shared something of that feeling with me.
The clerical sexual abuse scandal, and its coverage on CathNews, really affected him, and I hope I was sympathetic to his concerns. He wanted to hear the good news about the Church, and what the people who work for the Church, who fills its pews, and who sustain and are sustained by it, are doing.
I did my best to point out that those stories are featured on CathNews: the lives of devoted men and women religious and others celebrated in the Obituaries; ordinary people Living Catholic in their everyday lives… both of those sections can be found every week on CathNews Perspectives.
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