David Timbs (Melbourne)
David Timbs (Melbourne)
2014-2015 articles 2013 articles
2015-03-09:
The
Great Disaffiliation (Published by Catholics for Renewal)
Following the Second World War, while the Catholic Church in
Africa and Latin America grew rapidly, in the West it was the opposite.
There the Church suffered a massive haemorrhage of membership
2015-02-15:
God,
Compassion and Law
(Published by Catholics for Renewal)
Francis is reminding the Catholic people that there is always a
solution to challenges and impasses whatever they may be. He reminds
everyone that nothing, not even the Church’s own laws can contain,
limit or domesticate the mystery of Christ and his Gospel
2015-01-24:
The
Synod of Bishops
Pope Francis has challenged
the Bishops to snap out of their collective amnesia and to liberate
themselves from the years of blind obedience, supine compliance and
micro-management imposed on them from 1978 to 2012
August
21, 2014: The
Parish - a Community of Evangelisation
(theological and historical context
and perspectives)
- published on website of
Catholics for Renewal
David's articles about "Fr Z", originally published on v2catholic, have been posted on Catholica at this link. Thank you again David for such excellent research, and thank you Brian Coyne for superb editing
June 1: Zuhlsdorf demystified - you can't make this stuff up - Part Three
May
25: Zuhlsdorf
demythologized by Francis - Part
Two
April
13: Tom
Hoopes and the JPII Catholics
Francis has halted the fabrication of JP II’s regressive Cold War
Catholicism and the duplicitous pretence of Ratzinger’s Reform
of the Reform. Restoration has taken on a refreshing, unexpected twist and assumed
a surprising new incarnation. It will not be held hostage to
euro-centric ideology again
Feb
23: Zuhlsdorf
– you can’t make this stuff up, but
he makes a comfortable living out of it
Feb
16: Francis
and the Trads Part
Two
(Part
One)
In
Australia the Traditionalist/Conservative blog-scape is very similar to
that in many other countries. It is bleak, introspective, self-interested,
self-absorbed and a very sorry little scene. There is scant evidence of a
broad expansive Christian vision for the Church with a Gospel inspired
radical hopefulness.
(At
the end of this article, see David's comments about CathNews)
Feb
9: Pope
Francis and the rage of the Traditionalists:
Who’s angry with whom and why?
Part
One
Some
have gone quiet and folded. Some have gone quiet but continue to sulk and
seethe. Others are still making their voices heard, noisy, angry,
resentful and full of rage. What they all have in common is their feelings
of frustration at and betrayal by Benedict for his abdication and their
palpable collective contempt for Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis.
Jan
26: A new Trad growth industry: IOPFKWIK
Some
very interesting things have been happening within the dynamics of various
Traditionalist-Conservative Catholic groups, especially in the ways they
are responding to Pope Francis, his words, writings and gestures
August 6: Blog Links to Cathnews
(New Format, 2013)
An index of David's many blogs for Cathnews