Plenary Council 2020 - Working to make sure Jesus is at the Heart of Everything

Archbishop Mark Coleridge says he will be “working to make sure Jesus is at the heart of everything” as he prepares to lead Australia’s Catholics through the sexual abuse crisis and the upcoming historic plenary council.

“This will mean helping the Church find a distinctively Gospel voice in the great social debates – not fighting ideology with ideology, but engaging issues with the power of the Gospel,” Archbishop Coleridge said.

“Throughout history, the great surges of Gospel energy have come when things looked grim. That’s where we are now,” Archbishop Coleridge said.

“The great opportunity we have is to open ourselves to the power of God in our weakness and allow God to build a new and unexpected future for us.

“That will mean a humbler, simpler and more joyful Church. It will also mean a more missionary Church.”