My guest to today is Dr Philippa Martyr who is an academic at the university of Western Australia, an author, a regular columnist of the Catholic Weekly, and one of the more knowledgeable people about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today.

She has just released a new book “Witness: The Future Catholic Church in Australia” which contains probably the most comprehensive and UpToDate data about the true state of the Church and Catholic-branded organizations in Australia. It does not paint a pretty picture. However, she is a friend of the Church and the book also contains some thoughtful analysis about what should its future should look like.

In our chat we discuss

1. Why non-Catholics should care about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today

2. How dire things really are

3. What the cause of this situation?

4. Whether we need a Catholic DOGE to get Catholic organizations focused on their true mission.

And much more.

https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/Witness-The-future-Catholic-Church-in-Australia-by-Philippa-Martyr_p_636.html

https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/philippa-martyr

https://catholicweekly.com.au/author/dr-philippa-martyr/