May 14, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: Lay Catholics in the Diocese of Parramatta, Australia, have persuaded Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen to ease his opposition to a bill that would bar the teaching of gender ideology in public schools. The diocese had initially opposed the legislation, saying that the schools should focus on “promoting and respecting the human dignity of all.”
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Australian Catholics Petition Vatican to Remove Their Bishop Over His Stance on Homosexuality 05/05/2021 at 11:09 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White
Bishop Vincent Long Văn Nguyễn’s outspoken support for ‘LGBT’ inclusivity has roiled many local Catholics, who say their bishop’s actions contradict Church teachings.
By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, May 3, 2021
VATICAN CITY Catholics from the Diocese of Parramatta, Australia, have submitted a formal appeal to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith calling for the removal of their bishop over his apparent support of same-sex relationships.
The complainants are also seeking the removal of the diocese’s vicar general and its executive director of Catholic education.
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Subscriber only The Bishop heading one of the largest Catholic dioceses in the country has put himself at odds with his own church by announcing he would fight a bill looking to protect parents rights to stop their children being taught about gender Âfluidity at school. Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long declared his intention to oppose NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham s Parental Rights Bill, which he has moved in a bid to re-establish the primacy of parents in shaping their children s development and sense of identity .
.Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy died April 10 at the age of 96. He is pictured with German Lutheran Bishop Christian Krause at the signing of The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in Augsburg, Germany, Oct. 31, 1999. Cardinal Cassidy, representing the Vatican, and Bishop Krause, president of the Lutheran World Federation, signed the document marking the resolution of a doctrinal dispute that sparked the Reformation. (CNS photo/Ralph Orlowski, Reuters)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, died April 10 at the age of 96 in Newcastle, Australia.